Nu Guo, in the Name of the Mother
In Yunnan, China, at a height of 2,700 meters at the foot of the Himalayas Mountains, the Moso is a non violent egalitarian community led by women without discrimination, oppression or repression irrespective of gender. For thousands years they have been proving that a harmonious and peaceful life is still possible. The beauty of the […]
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Piano recital by Christian Leotta
Christian Leotta has been defined by the legendary Rosalyn Tureck as “an extraordinary talent with a beautiful innate musicality”, and the great Karl Ulrich Schnabel wrote about him: “his respect of the indications of the Classical and Romantic composers is perfect and their understanding considerable”. Christian is a native of Catania, Italy, and now lives […]
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Aldo Manuzio, Prince of Publishing
The lecture by prof. Bertilaccio presents the story of the man who invented the modern book and the very concept of publishing, making Venice the international capital of printing. In the 15th century, Aldus Manutius was considered the greatest printer of his time: more than five hundred years later, we can recognize in him the […]
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Cafiso Duo at Pune Jazz Utsav and at FIAT Ranjangaon
The Cafiso-Schiavone duo lives of palpable musical feelings: creativity and an enjoyable vein of artistic madness arise from two souls who speak the same language in a perfect alchemy. The duo’s repertoire consists of songs from the new album titled Cafiso 3, the first among the works of the Sicilian saxophonist entirely made up of […]
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Off the Menu
Laila Wadia, Pamela Timms, and Samar Halarnkar join chair Antoine Lewis in a discussion on writing about food in fiction. Laila Wadia is an Indian writer and translator who has lived in Italy for over 25 years. In Italy she published: Mondo pentola (Iannone 2007), Amiche per la pelle (E/O 2009), Come diventare italiani in […]
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Permanent Strangers: What is life like for a migrant living in a new city?
What is life like for a migrant living in a new city? What are the stereotypes and conflicts that they have to deal with and how do they express this in their literature? Actor Kabir Bedi and Swiss Italian poet Oliver Scharpf answer the questions. Laila Wadia chairs the panel discussion. Kabir Bedi is an […]
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Medieval and Renaissance Italian Arias. A harp and voice duo concert with Enrico Euron and Anne-Gaelle Cuif
Enrico Euron, composer, musician, researcher is one of the most noteworthy Celtic harp players. He has performed throughout Italy and Europe with all the greatest Celtic harp players, including Vincenzo Zitello, Myrdhin, Grainne Hambly, Stefano Corsi, Jochen Vogel, Phil Holland. Maestro Euron has performed more than five hundred concerts, recorded nine CD’s – as a […]
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Ganga – Photo exhibit by Antonio Di Canito
Italian photographer, Antonio Di Canito, recipient of the Arte Laguna Prize: Technymon ARTresidency, created these images during his month-long residency in India, where he explored Varanasi, Delhi and Puducherry (Pondicherry). Taking off from the reverence that Indians have towards their holy waters, he has shot portraits of ordinary women immersed in the water, combining the […]
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A lecture on Italian Commedia dell’Arte with Deepal Doshi
Commedia dell’arte is an Italian form of physical theatre, which uses masks as the primary medium of playing characters and physical comedy as the underlying genre to communicate a virtuosic story-telling. The workshop by Deepal Doshi aims to introduce students to the world of masks and teach them the principles and techniques of mask work. […]
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Lo sviluppo delle competenze orali
On the occasion of 14th Italian Language Week in the World, Francesca Gallina holds a refreshers course for teachers of Italian in India. Francesca Gallina has a post-doc position at Università per Stranieri di Siena, Italy. She completed her PhD in Linguistics and didactic of Italian as L2 with a dissertation on the development of […]
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