Opera Italia!
In celebration of the launch of the Richard Divall Emerging Opera Artists Program (named in memory of the late Australian conductor, composer and scholar), Melbourne Opera and the IIC Melbourne present an opera soirée featuring the next generation of artists singing Italian opera classics. Director Suzanne Chaundy Soprani Rebecca Rashleigh & Alison McIntosh Deszcz, mezzo-soprano […]
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“Beyond Leone: The Radical Lawlessness of the Spaghetti Western” – an audiovisual lecture by Rolando Caputo
As an introduction to the retrospective season, “Beyond Leone: The Radical Lawlessness of the Spaghetti Western”, the Melbourne Cinémathèque and the Italian Institute of Culture present an audiovisual lecture by Rolando Caputo. The lecture will serve as a precursor to the season of six films programmed at the Cinémathèque, beginning on August 22. Although westerns […]
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CINECITTA’ BEATS – 70’s Italian Cinematic Party
Cinecittà Beats is a party in honour of the 70’s Italo-Crime films inspired by an historical era distinguished by its mood, images and music. Come dressed in your best 70’s attire and enjoy an evening of live music with the soundtracks from Italo-Crime films performed by local Italian band Nanni Calandro’s Cinematic Band, followed with […]
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Cristallografia e patrimonio culturale: scienza e passione
Il nostro Istituto è lieto di ospitare Gilberto Artioli, professore di mineralogia e cristallografia all’Università di Padova, a Melbourne in occasione del XXII Meeting of the International Mineralogical Association che si terrà dal 13 al 17 Agosto 2018. La conferenza, che verrà tenuta in inglese, si focalizzerà su cristallografia e scienza dei materiali come strumenti […]
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South Yarra a mano armata – 70’s Italian Crime Cinema Night
The Melbourne International Film Festival and the Italian Cultural Institute are pleased to present an introduction to the retrospective Italo-Crime, in Italian known as poliziottesco. Italo-Crime surveys the lurid and acclaimed landscape of crime, action and police procedurals of 60s/70s Italy: the soundtracks, the car chases, the political upheaval – all is up for grabs […]
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Italian Mysteries – The new IIC Book Club series starts with Italian crime novels
Reading has the power to carry us back to places we know or forward to those we can only dream of. Join the IIC Book Club and travel to Italy each month, on the words of some of Italy’s most popular writers. This year the IIC Book Club will be dedicated to Italian crime novels […]
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Contrappunti #01 Marco Fusinato / Vettor Pisani
Contrappunti #01 Marco Fusinato / Vettor Pisani (12 luglio – 7 Ottobre 2018) Mostra di arte contemporanea, curatore Eugenio Viola Vernice: giovedì 12 luglio 2018 Media Release Counterpoints # 01Marco Fusinato / Vettor PisaniCurated by Eugenio Viola ‘Counterpoint’ is a term that defines the art of combining note against note in one or more melodies […]
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FRANCESCO CAFISO: a Shining Ambassador for Italian Jazz.
Proudly supported by the Italian Cultural Institute, saxophonist Francesco Cafiso will be performing at the Melbourne International Jazz Festival (1-10 June 2018). A child prodigy who started playing at 9, Cafiso burst on to the worldwide jazz scene after being discovered in his teens by Wynton Marsalis. Now, at only 28, he has come into […]
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EST OVEST – PIETRO ROFFI IN CONCERTO > EVENTO ANNULLATO
Ci dispiace informarvi che per ragioni indipendenti dalla nostra volontà l’evento è stato annullato. Dal Rinascimento all’ultimo pezzo scritto da Roffi solo qualche mese fa. Il fisarmonicista italiano torna ancora una volta in Australia per offrirci uno straordinario viaggio! IL PROGRAMMA Il viaggio comincia stavolta con quattro canzoni rinascimentali, appartenenti alla […]
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Transforming Baroque
Presenting Davide Monti (Italy, Baroque Violin) and Alexander Nettelbeck (Australia, Piano) performing together in a world premiere here in Melbourne at the Italian Institute of Culture. A musical tapestry unfolds inspired by ancient and modern music from around the globe in a celebration of culture and shared history! Drawing from their rich and diverse international […]
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