ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI CULTURA

Winter Events 2015

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Celtic Connections

Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino Friday 23 January 2015, 7.30 pmO2 ABC 1, 300, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow

Glasgow’s annual folk, roots and world music festival, Celtic Connections celebrates Celtic music and its connections to cultures across the globe. From 15 January – 1 February 2015, more than 2000 musicians from around the world will descend on Glasgow and bring the city to life for 18 days of concerts, ceilidhs, talks, art exhibitions, workshops, and free events.

The unique cultural traditions of Salento, in the heel of Italy’s boot, find thrilling expression in the performances of Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino, an internationally acclaimed seven-piece ensemble whose spectacular blend of music, song and dance centre on the ancient and mysterious traditions of pizzica tarantata.

“An electrifying whirlwind of rhythmic power and soulful melody” RootsWorld

Tickets: £16. For further information please visit: www.celticconnections.com or buy tickets from the box office on 0141 353 8000

Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino

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Theatre / Teatro

Chris Jarrett meets Luca Ciarla and the GamesThursday 29 January 2015, 8pmStrathclyde Suite, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall2 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3NY

The US-born, German-based pianist/composer Chris Jarrett and Italian violinist Luca Ciarla have each carved out highly distinctive paths across diverse musical genres, before joining forces in early 2014. Jarrett - younger brother of fêted jazz pianist Keith - has composed for opera, ballet and film, working with poets, jazz and world musicians as well as solo, while Ciarla’s dazzling improvisational gifts interweave folk, jazz and classical elements. Together, both are inspired to fresh heights of creativity.

Tickets: £14For further information please visit: www.celticconnections.com or buy tickets from the box office on 0141 353 8000 In collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute

Tristissimo with Chiara Taviani & Carlo Massari

Friday 30 January, 2015, 7.30 pmThe Lemon Tree, Aberdeen

Wednesday 4 February 2015, 7.30 pm The Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh

A contemporary elaboration of Tristan and Isolde’s tragedy. Two lovers, strongly physically attracted, are separated by the things they cannot control. A perfect day, a perfect world, but suddenly it all gets twisted… BANG… just one shot, a single word, and everything ends…

Following its very successful run of Maria Addolorata during last year’s Fringe, CEC return to Edinburgh with a taste of its new production.

Partial female nudity. Part of a triple bill. UK Premiere

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Maria Addolorata with Chiara Taviani & Carlo Massari

Saturday 31 January 2015, 7.30 pmThe Big Burns Supper Festival, Dumfries

An investigation – and not a safe one for that matter – of a real moment of suffering and release. Two ordinary people, everyday contemporary victims trying to survive events.

At the same time, trying to survive themselves, and each other. Marvellous, muscular physical theatre and dance from this leading international award-winning company.

The suppleness and quickness of the choreography keeps the dance moving at pitch-perfect pace… passages ripple with gorgeous sensuality. The List

For further information and tickets please visit: www.manipulatefestival.org and www.ceccompany.org

In collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute

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Cinema / Cinema

Italian Films at Glasgow Film Festival 201518 February - 1 March 2015 Glasgow Film Theatre and venues across Glasgow

Recognised as one of the biggest and best film events in the UK, the award-winning Glasgow Film Festival runs a day longer in 2015. Generously supported by the Italian Cultural Institute, the Italian presence in the Festival is stronger than ever in 2015. Among the confirmed titles set to appear at Glasgow are Alice Rohrwacher’s fairytale-like Cannes prize-winner Le meraviglie/The Wonders, Francesco Munzi’s chilling journey into family feuds Calabrian style in Anime nere/Black Souls, the Italian comedy hit of the year Smetto quando voglio/I Can Quit Whenever I Like and the return of the incomparable Gianni Di Gregorio in Buoni a nulla/Good For Nothing.

The full programme will be launched on Wednesday 21 January and tickets are on sale from Monday January 26 at 10am.

In collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute

Further information can be found on www.glasgowfilm.org/festival or from the box-office on 0141-332-6535

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Theatre / Teatro

A Bench On The Road by Charioteer Theatre Written & directed by Laura Pasetti

Friday 20 February 2015, Main Hall, Summerhall, Edinburgh

A Bench on the Road is the result of research commissioned in 2013 by the University of Edinburgh under the Italian-Scottish Research Cluster project (ISRC). The script, written by

Laura Pasetti, is based on archival items held by the ISRC, such as recorded interviews and other personal documents, regarding and involving women.

The play tells the stories of six women from 1850 to 1950. This is the period of global Italian migration as 25 million Italians left their country between political unification and the post WWII economic boom, one of the largest human migrations to date. Many thousands made their home in Scotland, especially since the 1880s, with further migration peaks around the World Wars and rise of Fascism, generating one of the most successful socio-economical integrations on record. The Italo-Scottish community constitutes a large and vibrant ethnic group in Scotland. Italians have contributed to the development of Scotland’s identity through time and history. A Bench on the Road is a project in co-production with the Italian Cultural Institute and realised with the contribution of Creative Scotland.

For further information please visit: www.charioteertheatre.co.uk

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ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI CULTURA

The Italian Cultural Institute in Edinburgh run a comprehensive

series of courses in Italian Language & Culture suitable for everyone

from absolute beginners to fluent speakers – enrolling now!

For full details pick up a leaflet or download it from the web site

www.iicedimburgo.esteri.itemail: corsi.iicedimburgo@esteri.it

StAnza 2015 Scotland’s International Poetry Festival, St Andrews, 4 -8 March 2015

Book launch: War and Poetry

Saturday 7 March 2015, 6.15-7.15 pmJ&G Innes Ltd, Booksellers, South Street, St Andrews, Free

New Scottish poems inspired by Italy’s great poet Giuseppe Ungaretti, with Katherine Lockton, Carlo Pirozzi.

This event launches a new Luath anthology that contains new translations of one of Italy’s most respected poets, Giuseppe Ungaretti, and allows Scottish poets such as John Burnside, Gerry Cambridge and Christine De Luca amongst others to respond to Ungaretti in their own words.

The translator of the new English version of Ungaretti’s poems is Heather Scott. She has contributed occasional poems and articles to literary magazines and has translated several volumes of Italian poetry. She was born in London but has lived in Edinburgh since 1960, and was married to the poet Tom Scott.

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Installation: War and Poetry

4 - 8 March 2015, 10am-10pm (in rotation with other installations) The Byre Theatre, Abbey St. Foyers, Free

Italy’s great Giuseppe Ungaretti and poems he inspired.2014 saw the 100 year anniversary of the First World War. 2015 marks the Italian centenary of that same war. Much has been written and debated about Italy’s involvement in the war, but how did it impact on the poets in Italy? What were they thinking? This digital installation offers a glimpse inside a new book on the subject.

Border CrossingsSunday 8 March 2015, 2.15-3.15 pm The Undercroft, St John’s House, South St. St Andrews £3.75/£2.75

Reading: Ian Stephen, Anna Cristina Serra

Our final Border Crossings reading brings together two writers for this festival’s focus on islands. Ian Stephen hails from the Isle of Lewis and is a writer, storyteller, artist and sailor. His prose, poetry and drama have been published internationally and garnered several awards. Anna Cristina Serra is a Sardinian-speaking Italian poet with four collections. She frequently judges Sardinian and Italian national competitions and has been involved in various educational projects promoting the Sardinian language.

Sponsored by the Italian Cultural Institute

For more information please visit: www.stanzapoetry.org

Roberto Prosseda in Scotland

Roberto Prosseda’s recital

Friday 6 March 2015, 1-2pmRoyal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow

Roberto Prosseda’s recital at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland features the Piano-pédalier. In the late 1800’s there was a fashion for the Pedal Piano – two grand pianos stacked on top of each other, with the bottom instrument played using pedals much like an organ. Roberto Prosseda is the leading exponent of this instrument in our time, and his programme features some of those great composers, including Schumann, Gounod and Charles Alkan.

Schumann Etudes in Canon Form for pedal pianoSchumann Sketches for pedal pianoBoëly Fantaisie et Fugue Gounod Marche Funèbre pour une MarionnetteAlkan BenedictusAlkan 3 Grands Préludes

Supported by Bru Zane Foundation

Tickets: £11 (£8.50) RCS Box office: 0141 332 5057 | or rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice

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Piano Recital Roberto Prosseda

Tuesday 10 March 2015, 1.10 pm Admission FreeReid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh

Roberto Prosseda’s sensational discovery of new Mendelssohn works made headlines in Europe and lead to three Decca releases. His albums have won much acclaim in the press, including the CHOC from Le Monde de la Musique Classique, the Diapason d’Or and Chamber Music CD of the Month in the UK’s Classic FM magazine.

Programme will include: ‘Mendelssohn in England and Scotland’Four Songs without Words Trois Fantaisies ou Caprices op. 16 Variations sérieuses op. 54 Fantaisie op. 28 ‘Scottish Sonata’

Roberto Prosseda will also play on Saturday, 7 March 2015, 6.30 pm in Crear, Kilberry, Argyll

In collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute

Roberto Prosseda

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Cinema / Cinema

Italian Film Festival in Scotland6 – 19 March 2015Edinburgh Filmhouse, Glasgow Film Theatre, DCA Dundee and other venues

The annual Italian Film Festival has been delighting audiences for more than twenty years and has become an unmissable part of the cultural calendar. The loyal support of the Italian Cultural Institute and core venues across Scotland has allowed the Festival to screen the very best of new Italian cinema and celebrate the rich heritage of the country’s filmmakers and stars. The 2015 Festival will feature some of the most noteworthy Italian films of the past year and restored gems from the past. Among the titles expected at the Festival are Mario Martone’s sumptuous dramatisation of the life of poet Giacomo Leopardi Il giovane favoloso / Leopardi starring Elio Germano and a restoration of Marco Bellocchio’s celebrated satire on class conflict and social climbing La Cina è vicina / China is Near. The Festival will also mark the 40th anniversary of the death of Pier Paolo Pasolini with screenings of some of his most admired and enduring films.

Further information: www.italianfilmfestival.org.uk

Cinema / Cinema

Full programme details will be available in February from the Italian Film Festival’s website and from the host venues

Organised in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute, Edinburgh.

China is Near

Il giovane favoloso/Leopardi

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Theatre / Teatro

Le voci di dentro (Inner Voices, 1948) by Eduardo De Filippo

18–19 March 2015, 7.30pmAssembly Roxy, 2 Roxburgh Place, Edinburgh Eduardo De Filippo is among Italy’s most prolific and distinguished contemporary playwrights of the 20th Century. Strongly influenced by the social milieu of his native Naples, his plays continue to be highly regarded and performed internationally more than thirty years after his death in 1984.

Le voci di dentro is set in Naples, in the aftermath of WW2. In a typical Neapolitan tenement, middle-aged Alberto Saporito accuses his good neighbours, the Cimarrutas family, of murdering his friend Aniello.

Crisscrossing between black comedy and drama, De Filippo’s story of people embittered by the war still resonates, today more than ever, with our contemporary world of suspicion, social mistrust, and ultimately the inescapable frailty of human nature.

Performed in Italian and Neapolitan by students of the University of Edinburgh Organized by Luana Babini & Mara Mari Kirkwood (University of Edinburgh). In collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute, Edinburgh

Tickets: £7

Bookings: innervoiceseu@gmail.com

Cinema / Cinema

Pasolini’s Passion by Prof. Paolo Valesio

Wednesday 25 March 2015Italian Department, University of Edinburgh

2015 marks the 40th anniversary of the death of one of the greatest Italian intellectuals of the 20th century: Pier Paolo Pasolini, poet and filmmaker, essayist and novelist. The Italian Cultural Institute, in collaboration with the University of Edinburgh, the Filmhouse and the Cineteca di Bologna, have organized a series of events to celebrate his life and work.

The talk “Pasolini’s Passion” by Paolo Valesio, Giuseppe Ungaretti Professor Emeritus in Italian Literature, Columbia University, and President of the Centro Studi Sara Valesio in Bologna. A screening of Pasolini’s short film “La ricotta”, 1962 and the documentary

“Location Hunting in Palestine” (“Sopralluoghi in Palestina”, 1963) will follow.

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The Gospel According to St. MatthewThursday 26 March 2015 The Filmhouse, 88 Lothian Road, Edinburgh

Screening of “The Gospel According to St.Matthew”(Il Vangelo secondo Matteo, 1964), which just celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2014. The film uses the Gospel of St. Matthew as a direct source for the screenplay and was shot with non-professional actors on various locations in Central and Southern Italy, among which the famous Sassi of Matera. Among its many awards, the Special Jury Prize at the XXV Venice Film Festival and the prize of the Office Catholique International du Cinéma (OCIC), the highest Roman Catholic prize for cinema.

The Film will be introduced by Prof. Paolo ValesioThe Filmhouse will also host the photographic exhibition of stills from Pasolini’s film by Angelo Novi, who worked on the set of the “The Gospel” with Pasolini.

Stefano Tura in conversation with Giuliana Pieri

Thursday 16 April 2015, 6pmItalian Cultural Institute, 82 Nicolson Street, Edinburgh

Detective stories seem to be immune to crisis and recession. The more popular characters have been fictionalised on television and have now become household names. One for all, the much-loved Commissario Montalbano, now famous both sides of the Atlantic which reaches wide audiences at every re-run of old episodes.

How do they manage to be so captivating? Why readers enjoy them so much? What is the secret of their success? Stefano Tura, detective story writer, and Giuliana Pieri, academic, will explore the enduring success of this literary genre.

Stefano Tura, journalist and writer, is London correspondent for RAI TV since 2006. After several years working for RAI as a reporter on current affairs in Italy, in 1999 he became a war correspondent from Kosovo, then Afghanistan, Iraq, Sudan. He has written several thriller books, including Il killer delle ballerine, Non spegnere la luce, Arriveranno I fiori del sangue (set in war-torn Kosovo), Delitti per le feste. He has also recounted his experiences in Afghanistan in Le caramelle di Super Osama – Viaggio a Kandahar di un inviato di Guerra. His latest book is Tu sei il prossimo (published by Fazi Editore). Giuliana Pieri is Reader in Italian and the Visual Arts at Royal Holloway, London. Her research interests include visual culture in the 20th century, comparative literature and culture from the 19th to 21st centuries, modern Italian literature, especially the 21C detective novel. She is the author of Italian Crime Fiction, the first study in the English language on Italian detective and noir fiction from the Fascist period to the present day.

Crime Literature

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Pasolini on the set of Il Vangelo secondo Matteo

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Crime Literature

Maurizio De Giovanni in conversation with Raffaella Ocone

Thursday 23 April 2015, 6pmItalian Cultural Institute, 82 Nicolson Street, Edinburgh

Maurizio De Giovanni, detective story writer, and Raffaella Ocone, academic, will continue to explore the enduring success of detective stories and specifically those set in Naples.

Maurizio De Giovanni lives and works in Naples. In 2005, he won a writing competition for unpublished authors with a short story set in the thirties about Inspector Ricciardi; this story became the first novel in a series. The Crocodile, another best-seller, marked the

beginning of a new crime-series set in present-day Naples and featuring Inspector Lojacono. De Giovanni’s books have been translated into French, Spanish and German, and are now available in English for the first time, published by Europa Editions. A television series is under way in Italy.

Raffaella Ocone is an engineer and academic. With a first degree from her native Italy and a masters and doctorate from Princeton in the US, she is an internationally known researcher in the area of the modelling of complex systems applied to the energy and petrochemical industries. Her written academic contributions are of a technical nature, but she is fascinated by crime stories and the technical precision of making them work. She has long enjoyed reading Scandinavian noir literature and then… along came Commissario Ricciardi.

Maurizio De Giovanni

Opera / Opera

NEW COURSE

Introduction to Italian OperaCentral Library of Edinburgh, 7-9 George IV Bridge16 February – 13 April 2015, Mondays from 6.30pm to 8pm The Italian Cultural Institute is pleased to announce a new course “Introduction to Italian Opera”, either in Italian or English according with the requirements of the class.

Pamela Recinella will lead you through the compelling history of the development of Italian opera, from the first forms of ‘drama in music’ found in Monteverdi, the Italian works of Mozart, classic repertoire pieces by Rossini, Verdi and Puccini, through to the recent experimental approaches of Luigi Nono and Luciano Berio. Each class will provide an overview of the historical period in which the composer lived, his biography, musical style, and focus on a celebrated opera representative of his best work.

Participants will experience the best recordings and productions of such works as Don Giovanni, La Cenerentola, Norma, Lucia di Lammermoor, Aida, Tosca, Cavalleria Rusticana and Il Promoteo from the world’s major opera houses and festivals. Pamela Recinella studied at the University of Bologna under Umberto Eco before moving to Venice for a Master’s in Directing, studying with Dario Fo, Romeo Castellucci and Ezio Toffolutti.

For more information please visit: www.iicedimburgo.esteri.it

La Fenice Opera House in Venice(Photo Michele Crosere)

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Information / Informazioni

ITALIAN LANGUAGE COURSES

Why study Italian at the Italian Cultural Institute, Edinburgh?

Students are keen to study at our Institute because:

• the Italian Cultural Institute, Edinburgh, offers a comprehensive range of courses • courses comprise the 6 different levels of language competence acquisition according to the European Common Framework of Reference for Languages • Intensive Summer Italian Language Courses available July & August• The Italian Cultural Institute, Edinburgh, is the only centre in Scotland and Northern Ireland for the CILS examinations (University for Foreigners, Siena), to certify the knowledge of Italian as a foreign language • courses are taught by trained Italian teachers • the Italian Cultural Institute, Edinburgh, provides proof of attendance and proficiency • students may be offered grants / scholarships to attend courses in Italy (language, culture, history of art) • students attending our classes may consult the library and the video library • students receive information and invitations to cultural events organised by the Institute

Please look at the class calendar of the courses organised by the Italian Cultural Institute, Edinburgh.

Library The library of the Italian Cultural Institute, Edinburgh has around 7000 books, 1800 videos and DVDs, 150 CDs and CD-ROMs, wide selections of reviews, magazines and newspapers.

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Library access The library is open to the public Monday – Thursday 9am-5pm, Friday 9am-12noon. Access to the library is free, books and magazines may be consulted in the two reading rooms which seat 15 people. The catalogue of the library is available on-line. The library and the film library are constantly enriched and updated thanks also to the contributions of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Ministry for Cultural Heritage, as well as donations from publishers and private individuals.

Membership

Members of the Italian Institute enjoy the following benefits:

• Discounts on selected Italian restaurants and retailers• Newsletter with information on the Institute activities • Room hire for private receptions at reduced price • Invitations to special events not open to general public • Concessions for cultural events organized by the Institute in other venues • Free access to library borrowing facilities and loan of Italian videos, upon deposit for £ 30.00 (cash or not-dated cheque) • Corporate membership, £ 50.00, plus £ 50.00 deposit for the loan of videos

Choice of Membership:

• Individual: £ 35.00 - Renewal: £ 25.00 • Concessions*: £ 30.00 - Renewal: £ 20.00 • Friends and Family: £ 50.00 – Renewal: £ 40.00 • Corporate: £ 60.00 – Renewal: £ 50.00* Under 18, Full-time student, Senior citizens, Unwaged, Disabled

Opening times: Monday-Thursday 9am-5pm, Friday 9am-12noon

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