Vico Magistretti – Archivio in Viaggio / Travelling Archive. Opening at RMIT Design Archives.
Vico Magistretti – Archivio in Viaggio / Travelling Archive. This extraordinary exhibition opens at RMIT Design Archives(15th-24th March 2019) Opening Date: Friday 15th March 2019Time: 6:00 pm – 8:30 pmVenue: RMIT Design Archives – 154 Victoria Street, Carlton This exhibition documents material from the archive of internationally recognised Italian architect and industrial/furniture designer Vico Magistretti (1920-2006) […]
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Melbourne Taranta Festival 2019
The 2019 Melbourne Taranta Festival aims at celebrating Italian music and dance with a particular focus on contemporary folk music. The festival’s objective is to diffuse Italian and Mediterranean culture and to create a platform for Italian artists in Australia to collaborate with other artists from diverse communities, nationally and internationally. Conferences, workshops and artistic […]
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Mediterramìa
Luca Ciarla solOrkestra in concert.Violin, live loops, vocals, toy instruments. Italian born violin wizard Luca Ciarla owns the stage with his fiddle and a few toy instruments. With a loop pedal he performs live all the parts, playing the violin also like a guitar, a cello or a percussion. In this imaginative landscape Luca sings, […]
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Spina & Benignetti Piano Duo
The Italian Cultural Institute Melbourne is pleased to present a four hand piano recital by duo Eleonora Spina and Michele Benignetti. Eleonora Spina and Michele Benignetti‘s partnership as a piano duo began in 2013 and immediately received positive acclaim. Winners of international music competitions they obtained the prestigious Diplôme Supérieur d’Exécution at the Ecole Normale […]
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Aperitif for Valentine’s Day
Final lecture of “Francis, Jacopone and Valentine: Umbrian and not only Saints”. A series of three free public lectures funded by Regione Umbria (Italy). Ever wondered who San Valentino was? Ms Stefania Filippi, from San Valentine’s hometown of Terni, will guide you in the discovery of the life and legend of the Saint of Love. […]
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Primo Levi’s Skis
On the occasion of the International Memorial Day in January 2019, the Italian Institute of Culture in Melbourne will be showing “Gli Sci di Primo Levi” (Primo Levi’s Skis) a documentary by Paola Toscano and Bruna Bertani [Italy, 2017, 62’, in Italian with English subtitles]. Dr Mirna Cicioni will give a brief introduction about the […]
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Brunswick Beethoven Festival 2019
The Brunswick Beethoven Festival brings together internationally acclaimed performers for a festival of the finest classical chamber music in Brunswick, inner Melbourne – and for the lowest prices so that everybody can afford to come and hear these exceptional artists playing the great classical composers – Beethoven, Brahms, Bach, Mozart, Handel, Piazolla, Paganini, Elgar, Albinez, […]
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MDLSX by Motus
MDLSX by Motus at Midsumma Festival Revolutionary intersex performance by international artist Silvia Calderoni With Silvia CalderoniDirected by Daniela Nicolò and Enrico CasagrandeDramaturgy by Daniela Nicolò and Silvia Calderoni Presented by: Midsumma Festival and Arts House MDLSX is an explosive, psychedelic and solitary hymn to the freedom of becoming, to gender b(l)ending, to being other […]
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Avec Charme
Not to miss this exquisite concert by Italian artist Gianfranco Bortolato and Australian pianist Anthony Halliday. “A real revelation ; his interpretation is rich in poetry and sweet sound … a poetic interpretation particularly in the second movement of Albinoni’s divine … .. Bortolato obtains melancholic, delicate and sweet tones, with impeccable musicality and a […]
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Organs of the Ballarat Goldfields 2019 – Festival of Fine Music
In its 24th year, Organs of the Ballarat Goldfields is a summer celebration of early music. Directed by renowned organist Maestro Sergio de Pieri OAM, the programme contains an exciting mix of Australian and International musicians including a number of artists from Italy. In addition to the numerous recitals, there will be discussions, picnics, dinners […]
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