Fare Cinema – Third edition
The IIC Melbourne is pleased to promote by publishing on its social media and YouTube channel the third edition of “Fare cinema“. Due to the COVID restrictions and the uncertainty of holding live events, the “fair” will come to you online.For a week, from the 15th to the 21st June 2020, thanks to the partnership […]
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#PlayBack: Sorry, boys by Marta Cuscunà
Sorry, boys by Marta Cuscunà Dialogues about a secret agreement for 12 cut-off heads Freely inspired by real events in Gloucester, Massachusetts. https://youtu.be/ljOIp–l5g0 THE STORY “It starts as a gossip in the high school in Gloucester. There are 18 pregnant girls – 4 time more than the normal one – and it seems […]
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These Digital Times – MIJF: Luca Ciarla in concerto
These Digital Times is a free, online music festival presented by the Melbourne International Jazz Festival. The festival will feature a stellar line-up of Australian and international artists live streamed on the last Saturday of May, June and July. That’s three days of incredible live music in the comfort of your home and a much […]
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Caravaggio: the truth and myths of a revolutionary painter
With the revolutionary painter Caravaggio, we are launching “Truth, Power and Desire: a journey through the emotions in Italian Art History”, a series of webinars to be held by the Italian Art Historian, Prof. Costantino D’Orazio, who many of the friends and members of the IIC met last year. He was supposed to return this […]
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Fernando Sor Project – 20 guitarists online
Progetto Suono Italiano 2020 on line di CIDIM presenta sulla propria piattaforma YouTube il Progetto Sor con la partecipazione di 20 fra i più grandi chitarristi italiani. Il progetto ideato dal M° Giulio Tampalini e promosso in collaborazione con la rivista musicale Seicorde è dedicato ai 20 studi di Fernando Sor (nella selezione Segovia) caposaldo […]
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Strega Prize 2020
Since its inception in 1947, the prestigious Premio Strega has been a mirror of the Italian cultural environment and its literary taste: its award-winning books have recounted our country, documenting its language, changes, and traditions. The Italian Cultural Institute of Melbourne is part of the literary jury with 10 readers that will choose the five […]
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Salone Internazionale del Libro di Torino EXTRA
For the first time in its long and celebrated history – after thirty-two years – Salone Internazionale del Libro di Torino, one of the most important publishing events in the world, cannot take place in May, due to the Covid-19 emergency. We are dealing with a dramatic threat for our health, our idea of coexistence […]
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RODE Project – 24 violinists online
The pandemic has obliged Conservatories and Music Academies to move all teaching online while all regular class-based activities are suspended. Davide Alogna involved 23 colleagues – from Conservatory teachers to first parts of prestigious orchestras and chamber musicians and soloists of international level – to record via smartphone or makeshift cameras one of Pierre Rode’s […]
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#PlayBack: “Acqua di Colonia” by Frosini-Timpano Theatre Company
Today we are launching a new review that will keep us company over the next few months, #PlayBack: it’s the first review dedicated to Contemporary Italian Theatre, and has been inspired by the theatre company of the first show we will present to you, the Frosini-Timpano Theatrical Company. From Monday 4 May, for a month, […]
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25 Aprile 2020 – Festa della Liberazione
Quest’anno si celebrano i 75 anni della Festa della Liberazione, il 25 aprile, momento fondante della nostra Repubblica. Non potendo festeggiare di persona, vogliamo segnalarvi alcune iniziative online, gratuite e a pagamento: AAMOD – Archivio Audiovisivo del Movimento Operaio e Democratico L’AAMOD è nato alla fine degli anni Settanta del Novecento, svolge la sua attività […]
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