Girolamo Frescobaldi and Friends: A Musical Meet-and-Greet
The Istituto Italiano di Cultura will host a presentation of the ‘season opener‘ concert: Frescobaldi & The Glories of Rome. The event will introduce some of the brilliant music and musicians of early 17th-century Rome, including Girolamo Frescobaldi (organist at San Pietro for over thirty years!), Luigi Rossi, Stefano Landi and others. Arias and madrigals, […]
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Guido Guidi – A New Map of Italy
Guido Guidi A New Map of Italy The Istituto Italiano di Cultura in Toronto is pleased to present the exhibition Guido Guidi – A New Map of Italy, a project dedicated to the Italian photographer known worldwide as one of the most important researchers of Italian contemporary photography and a pioneer in the country’s modernization […]
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Tafelmusik’s Concert: Vivaldi Con Amore
A celebration of Vivaldi’s most energetic and amorous concertos, starring Tafelmusik’s own musicians click here to buy tickets Tafelmusik’s long association with Antonio Vivaldi has entered a new phase with the arrival of Music Director Elisa Citterio. In this celebration of the composer’s unmatched vivacity and inventiveness, Tafelmusik, in collaboration with the Istituto Italiano di […]
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Duo Alterno: Concert in Waterloo
Italy’s Duo Alterno and Waterloo’s Penderecki String Quartet present a concert featuring two world premieres including Piacentini’s new work for piano, soprano, and string quartet and “Four Hundred for Four”, a new work for the PSQ created by four Italian composers. The evening will also feature Ligeti’s “String Quartet No.1”, excerpts from Gyorgy Kurtag’s monumental […]
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Culture Courses for Italophone Youth
The Istituto Italiano di Cultura, in collaboration with Accademia dei Ragazzi, offers culture courses for italophone youth ages 5-16. Click here for more info. For more info: iicToronto@esteri.it | 416.921.3802
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European Day of Languages 2018
Celebrate with us the European Day of Languages in Toronto! The European Day of Languages has been celebrated in Europe since 2001 as an initiative of the Council of Europe to promote lifelong language learning and stress the importance of intercultural understanding. Presented by Alliance Française, Goethe-Institut, Instituto Camões, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Spanish Centre. […]
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Conference: Unite4Heritage – The Carabinieri Command for the Protection of Cultural Heritage
The Istituto Italiano di Cultura in Toronto in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy in Canada, is pleased to present the conference: The Carabinieri Command for the Protection of Cultural Heritage and the Italian Task Force “Unite4Heritage” by Fabrizio Parrulli, General of the Carabinieri Command for the Protection of Cultural Heritage. The General will be […]
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“The Tragedy, the Beauty, the Book: the films of Luchino Visconti from Dostoevskij to D’Annunzio”. Lecture by Dr. Carlo Coen
Dr. Carlo Coen, lecturer of Italian Cinema at York University, will explore the relationship between Literature and Luchino Visconti’s filmography from The White Nights (1957) to The Innocent (1976). Dr. Coen will focus on several important films by the Milanese director: Rocco and His Brothers, The Leopard and the so-called “German Trilogy” (The Damned, Death […]
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Vesuvius Ensemble 2018/2019 Concert Series
The Istituto Italiano di Cultura is pleased to present the launch of Vesuvius Ensemble 2018/2019 Concert Series. The group will entertain the audience with a delightful preview of some of the pieces included in their upcoming program. Vesuvius Ensemble is North America’s first traditional music group dedicated to the preservation and transmission of the enormous […]
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Italian movies at the TIFF 2018
Italian movies at the TIFF For the category SPECIAL PRESENTATION • DOGMAN by Matteo Garrone – Canadian Premier https://www.tiff.net/tiff/dogman/ September 6, 6 pm, Scotia Bank September 8, 3 pm, Scotia Bank For the category MASTERS • LORO – by Paolo Sorrentino – World Premier https://www.tiff.net/tiff/loro/ September 6, 9:15 pm, Elgin September 7, 9 […]
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