Concert: DREAMING JUPITER Vittorio Ghielmi, guest director & viola da gamba
Tafelmusik & The Istituto Italiano di Cultura present: DREAMING JUPITER Vittorio Ghielmi, guest director & viola da gamba Thursday, February 6 | 8pm Friday, February 7 | 8pm Saturday, February 8 | 8pm Sunday, February 9 | 3:30pm Jeanne Lamon Hall, Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS SPECIAL DISCOUNT OFFER FROM TAFELMUSIK FOR IIC […]
Read more
Concert: Trumpet Rhapsody
Presented by the Istituto Italiano di Cultura and Hugh’s Room. Luca Seccafieno and Fabrizio Viti present a program focused on rhapsodic style. The first part is dedicated to Arutiunian’s Armenia and the elegance of Charlier. The second part is a tribute to the city of New York, the energy of West Side Story, and the […]
Read more
PROGRESS FESTIVAL: Affioramenti (Surfacing)
Acclaimed visual artist Antonella Bersani builds an immersive environment with the help of the audience. Organized by the Istituto Italiano di Cultura and DopoLavoro Teatrale (DLT) in collaboration with The Theatre Centre and the Progress International Festival of Performance and Ideas. The Affioramenti experience is designed for six participants at a time, who have one-on-one […]
Read more
Remembering Pier Giorgio Di Cicco
Toronto Poet Laureate Pier Giorgio Di CiccoJuly 5, 1949 – December 22, 2019 Join Al Moritz (Toronto’s Sixth Poet Laureate) for a celebration of the life and work of late Toronto Poet Laureate, Pier Giorgio Di Cicco. The event will feature readings and remembrances by Anne Michaels, Dennis Lee and others, with music performances by […]
Read more
Book Presentation: “Possess the Air” by Taras Grescoe
The Istituto Italiano di Cultura will host a presentation for the new book by Taras Grescoe, “Possess the Air – Love, Heroism, and the Battle for the Soul of Mussolini’s Rome”. Description: Whoever you are, you are sure to be a severe critic of Fascism, and you must feel the servile shame. But even you […]
Read more
“Lagrime di San Pietro” with Los Angeles Master Chorale staged by Peter Sellars
The MUST-SEE performance of the season! From the creative mind of acclaimed director Peter Sellars comes his very first a cappella staging and most personal work to date. Lagrime di San Pietro (The Tears of St. Peter) is a ground-breaking production of Renaissance master Orlando di Lasso’s final work, a collection of 27 madrigals sung […]
Read more
Maurizio Guarini and String Quartet
Goblin keyboard player Maurizio Guarini will be performing for the first time his new solo album, A Goblin’s Chamber with a string quartet. A Goblin’s Chamber unveils reimagined versions of some of the most significant tunes from Goblin’s repertoire, with a classical twist…for the first time anywhere, they have been arranged for string quartet. The […]
Read more
Book Presentation: “Where Angels Come to Earth” by Vincenzo Pietropaolo and Mark Frutkin
The Istituto Italiano di Cultura is pleased to support the launch of the book “Where Angels Come To Earth: An Evocation of the Italian Piazza”, by Vincenzo Pietropaolo and Mark Frutkin. The presentation will be moderated by Professor Don Snyder (Ryerson University), M.A., Photographic Studies, Goddard College, Plainfield, Vermont /B.A., History of Music, Yale University. […]
Read more
International Holocaust Remembrance Day: North American Premiere of “Figli del destino” (Sons of Destiny)
On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Foreign Ministry renews its staunch commitment to preserve the memory of the Shoah, also abroad, through the numerous events and initiatives organised by our diplomatic network around the world, including the Italian Cultural Institutes. In 2020, the Istituto Italiano di Cultura in Toronto commemorates this tragic event with the […]
Read more
L’Altra Italia Screening (TORONTO): Il grande spirito | The Great Spirit
TORONTO Friday, January 24RECEPTION: 7:00pm | Toronto Fiction Club | 180 Pearl St.SCREENING: 9:00pm | TIFF Bell Lightbox | 350 King Street W. Genre: Comedy-Drama | Language: Italian| Subtitles: English In a neighbourhood on the outskirts of Taranto, a robbery takes place in which a fifty-year-old man named Tonino, who is also known as Barboncino, […]
Read more