“Little Tito and the Aliens” at the European Union Film Festival
Movie. The Istituto Italiano di Cultura, is pleased to present the screening of “Little Tito and the Aliens” at the 14th annnual edition of the European Union Film Festival in Toronto. Science fiction, poetry and human emotions are woven together in this stunning tale set near the famous Area 51, where legend has it that […]
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At the movies with L’Altra Italia: screening of “As Needed”
In occasione della Settimana della Cucina Italiana nel mondo, l’Istituto Italiano di Cultura e’ lieto di presentare la proiezione del film: “Quanto Basta”. Film Arturo è uno chef talentuoso che finito dentro per rissa, deve scontare la pena ai servizi sociali tenendo un cor- so di cucina in un centro per ragazzi autistici dove lavora […]
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Concert: Super Hot Sax
World premiere Purchase tickets Trailblazing saxophonist Wallace Halladay with 13 hot-shot instrumentalists – all pedal to the metal, with a thousand notes to burn. Featuring a new work by Jimmie LeBlanc commissioned by Daniel Cooper, and Adam Scime’s commission from the 2015 Toronto Emerging Composer Award. Composers Franco Donatoni (IT)Clara Iannotta (IT)Jimmie LeBlanc* […]
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Vesuvius Ensemble: Tale of Tales
Storyteller Mariella Bertelli joins Vesuvius Ensemble in a special program that combines both traditional and original music with fairy tales from the collection known as the Pentamerone or The Tale of Tales. Composed in Neapolitan dialect in 1634 by Giambattista Basile, this work contains early versions of such tales as Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty before […]
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Franco Gallippi: “Dante, Leonardo, e Galileo: l’arte della scienza”
“Dante, Leonardo, and Galileo: The Art of Science” The Italian Cultural Institute in Toronto presents a lecture series dedicated to the relationship between art and science in those Italians who have inspired and shaped so many minds over the centuries. The first cycle of lectures examines the encyclopaedic and cosmological vocation of Dante Alighieri, Leonardo […]
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Conference: ” Early Modern Cultures of Hospitality”
The Istituto Italiano di Cultura is pleased to present an Interdisciplinary Conference at the University of Toronto about Early Modern Culture of Hospitality. Regulating relationships among strangers was a primary concern of the early modern world. Both the rediscovery of the Ancients and the new encounters among Europeans, Eastern peoples, and Native Americans required a […]
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Al cinema con L’Altra Italia: “Little Italy”
Film Il resista di “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days” e “Miss Congeniality” ci ha servito una deliziosa nuova commedia condita con passione, simpatia e tanta mozzarella! Gli ex amici d’infanzia Leo (Hayden Christensen in Star Wars) e Nikki (Emma Roberts) ormai cresciuti si sentono attratti l’uno all’altro. Si trovano però ad affrontare […]
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Screening of Verdi’s I Due Foscari
Festival Verdi For the series of operas from ‘Festival Verdi’, the Istituto Italiano di Cultura presents Due Foscari by director Joseph Franconi Lee and conductor Donato Renzetti. In the cast: Leo Nucci (Francesco Foscari), Roberto de Biasio (Jacopo Foscari), Tatiana Serjan (Lucrezia Contarini), Roberto Tagliavini (Jacopo Loredano), Gregory Bonfatti (Barbarigo), Marcella Polidori (Pisana), Mauro Buffoli […]
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Imago Mundi — Great and North
This sweeping exhibition, part of the global Imago Mundi project, creates a snapshot of contemporary art across the country today. Presented for the first time in Canada, it features 775 small-format works by 760 established and emerging artists and creators from across Canada, including Inuit and Indigenous artists from across North America. Imago Mundi — […]
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Claudio Jr. De Rosa artista residente all’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Toronto
Claudio Jr De Rosa, artista residente presso l’Istituto Italiano di Cultura, è un sassofonista, arrangiatore e compositore alla ribalta nella scena jazz europea. Vincitore dei premi “1st Asian Saxophone Congress, Taiwan” (2016), “Premio Nazionale C. Bettinardi” (2016), “Louis van Dijk Jazz Award” (2016), “Leiden Jazz Award” (2015), vive tra Olanda e Italia dal 2013, dove […]
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