Nights at the Opera
SAVE THE DATE: THURSDAY 26 OCTOBER! Melba Opera Trust presents a new and exciting production of “Nights at the Opera” with an insight into the world of bel canto on stage and behind the scenes. The prestigious Welsh pianist Rhodri Clarke accompanies the young and talented artists of Melba Opera Trust Hannah Dahlenburg and Daniel […]
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17th Week of the Italian Language in the World
On the occasion of the 17th Week of the Italian Language in the World, a series of materials have been produced dedicated to this year’s topic: Italian at the cinema, Italian in the cinema: 1. Short movie Il cinema parla Italiano – Cinema Speaks Italian The short movie is dedicated to the relationship between […]
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Lorenzo Micheli: Virtuoso – 2017 Melbourne International Guitar Festival
2017 Melbourne International Guitar Festival / September 22-24 The headline act for this year’s festival is Lorenzo Micheli from Italy who will be performing on Saturday 23rd September at 7:00pm at the Melba Hall (Melbourne University, Parkville). This event has been organized in collaboration with the IIC. Members and current students of […]
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Lavazza ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL 2017
SPECIAL EVENT – CLOSING NIGHT – Palace Cinema Como LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL directed by Roberto Benigni Sunday 8th October, 6.15 PM LIFF 2017 in Melbourne from Sept 14 to Oct 8. The Lavazza Italian Film Festival 2017 keeps screening the best contemporary Italian movies. Read more The Italian Film Festival was founded in 2000 by Antonio Zeccola […]
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Italian Cities Within: Napoli
This special event about Napoli is a presentation of the interactive cultural series “Italian Cities Within” commencing soon at the IIC. In Italian & English. From the modern Naples Metro to a traditional dinner table. An experimental performance that explores stories, traditions,flavours and sounds of the city. An event to see, hear, smell and taste […]
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Living Thoughts
LIVING THOUGHTS, thoughts speaking up clearly, the voice of the actor who reaches the audience through the words of the greatest playwright of the modern era: Luigi Pirandello. One-hundred and fifty years (28 June 1867 – 28 June 2017) have passed since his birth but the words written by the author who created “Six Characters […]
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Flying Dreams
The IIC hosts “Flying Dreams” a unique exhibition in collaboration with Stamperia d’ Arte Albicocco from Udine (Italy). For the first time in Australia, will be shown selected works by the most representative contemporary Italian artists such as Emilio Vedova, Giuseppe Zigaina, Giuseppe Santomaso, Luca Pignatelli, Giovanni Frangi, Piero Pizzi Cannella and Matteo Massagrande. La Stamperia […]
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Remains of the Day
REMAINS OF THE DAY Photographs by Emilio Cresciani Co.As.It. Museo Italiano, 199 Faraday St, Carlton: from 17th June until 18th August 2017 The exhibition features large-scale photographs of different types of rubbish found in waste centres – the remains of our modern consumer lifestyle. These places are removed from our daily experience, but are the […]
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“Jihad Selfie”: the role of the artist in a social environment.
Event presented by Bruce Gil, a young Italian film maker and sound designer. Soon after his arrival in Australia, one day by chance, Bruce read a job request. They were looking for an editor and film maker for a documentary commissioned by The Institute for International Peace Building (Indonesia). Then Bruce met Indonesian director […]
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The Italian Devil – Davide Monti at the Woodend Winter Arts Festival
The IIC proudly supports the 13th edition of the Woodend Winter Arts Festival with Baroque violinist extraordinaire Davide Monti and Accademia Arcadia. This concert and cd launch take their name from Giuseppe Tartini’s sonata known as “The Devil’s Trill”, in addition to which there are works by Domenico Scarlatti and Arcangelo Corelli, including the famous […]
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