Swiss Festival 2018 – Do You Speak Swiss?! Celebrating Swiss Culture
Swiss Festival 2018. In collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute, Alliance Française and the Goethe Institut. DO YOU SPEAK SWISS?…! PARLEZ-VOUS SUISSE? SPRICHST DU SCHWIIZERISCH? PARLI SVIZZERO? The Swiss Festival 2018 is a classic cultural event on the calendar of Melbourne and surrounds. Once a year Swiss expats, families with kids and friends of Swiss […]
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SENZA PAROLE! (SANS MOTS)
A mime and visual comedy show performed by Matteo Cionini and directed by Patrizia Besantini. Original musics by Alberto Mompellio. The show has been created in 2011 and starts from the great tradition of modern and contemporary mime to reach a new language blending physical theatre, clowning, and musical pantomime skills together with theatre sound […]
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Mystical Love in the Heart of Medieval Italy (1): St Francis and his Canticle of Brother Sun
18th Week of the Italian Language in the World (15th-21st October). Under the High Patronage of the President of the Republic of Italy. The first lecture of “Mystical Love in the Heart of Medieval Italy: St Francis and his Canticle of Brother Sun” is presented by Prof. Rodney John Lokaj, associate professor at Kore University […]
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Playful raids into a ‘networked’ Italian
Lecture by Prof. Vera Gheno, Accademia della Crusca. 18th Week of the Italian Language in the World (15th-21st October). Under the High Patronage of the President of the Republic of Italy. On the occasion of the 18th Week of the Italian Language in the World, whose theme this year is “Italian and the network, networks […]
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Finissage of “Counterpoints#01 Marco Fusinato/ Vettor Pisani”
Finissage of the exhibition “Counterpoints#01 Marco Fusinato/ Vettor Pisani. Guest speaker Dr Roberta Crisci-Richardson (Lecturer, Art History & Theory, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Federation University Australia, Ballarat). Crisci-Richardson studied the history of art in Rome, Paris, and Melbourne, specialising in French and Belgian art of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Moving across prints, […]
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Special Event: For a Fistful of Dollars – Lavazza Italian Film Festival 2018
Presentation of a new, restored version by Ms Laura Napolitano, Director of the Istituto Italiano di Cultura in Melbourne The Istituto Italiano di Cultura is pleased to co-present with Palace Cinemas a new, completely restored version of a movie which inaugurated a new cinema genre, the ‘Western Italian-style’, or Spaghetti Western: For a Fistful of […]
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Amore e speranza – Italian Arias and Songs
A delightfull evening dedicated to Italian opera and music with a fine selection of arias and songs. Presented by Melba Opera Trust in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute. Performing artists: Cleo Lee-McGowan (soprano – Joseph Sambrook Opera Scholarship) Jessica Harper (soprano – Dame Nellie Melba Scholarship) Rhodri Clarke (pianist – Associate Artist) To […]
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Special Event: A Conversation on Elena Ferrante – Lavazza Italian Film Festival 2018
A Conversation on Elena Ferrante The IIC Melbourne is pleased to co-present with Palace Cinemas a double feature of the documentary Ferrante Fever by Giacomo Durzi [2017, 74′] and Troubling Love by Mario Martone [1995, 103′] along with a panel discussion between the screenings. The panel will featureMs Laura Napolitano (director of the IIC Melbourne), Dr Andrea Rizzi (Australian […]
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La Dolce Guitar
An exciting recital by Italian classical guitarist Gian Marco Ciampa, a marvellous young musician. On the occasion of the Melbourne International Guitar Festival (21-23 September 2018). Since he was very young Gian Marco has played concerts at important venues and festivals all over Italy and abroad. He has been regularly taking part in master classes […]
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Lavazza Italian Film Festival 2018
The 19th edition of the Lavazza Italian Film Festival comes back to Australia to showcase the best of the latest Italian cinematographic production. The Festival will take place in Melbourne between the 13th of September and the 7th of October at selected Palace Cinemas. The Festival will travel to all Australian capital cities, and will […]
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