Buxton International Festival. Vincenzo Bellini’s La Sonnambula
Buxton International Festival and ICI London present A Special Evening of Music With extracts from Vincenzo Bellini’s La Sonnambula Buxton International Festival’s Artistic Director, Adrian Kelly, will join Chinese soprano, Ziyi Dai, and South African born bass-baritone, Simon Shibambu, (soloists from BIF’s production of La sonnambula, which will be performed as part of this year’s […]
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GLOBAL GRAMSCI #2. The Value of Cosmopolitanism. Roberto Dainotto and Peter D. Thomas in conversation with Marzia Maccaferri
Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937) was an innovative and wide-ranging thinker, whose theorisation of the role of the intellectual have added a new dimension to the cultural and political understanding of current society. For 50 years, Gramsci remained an Italian concern, until the English translation of Selections from the Prison Notebooks catapulted the Italian thinker onto the […]
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GeM – Gloria e Marco Award 2023
In 2017, Gloria Trevisan and her fiance’ Marco Gottardi, young and talented architects from Italy, came to London to find work and were delighted to have found an affordable flat on the 23rd floor of the Grenfell Tower. They both died tragically in their flat during the fire in London on 14 June 2017. Out […]
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Open Dialogo #4. Disabled leadership
Wednesday 14 June, 5-6pm UK / 6-7pm Italy ZOOM Join our panel of disabled leaders to discuss why it matters to have disabled people in leadership positions and how we can support the next generation of leaders. With panellists DJ Hassan and Sarah Archdeacon (Corali), Laura Jones (Stopgap), Aristide Rontini (Independent Artist) and Marina Cuollo […]
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Animating the table: art and nature in Giulio Romano’s inventions for silverware at the Gonzaga court
Tuesday 13 June, 7pm The British Italian Society presents The 2023 Charles de Chassiron Memorial Lecture Animating the table: art and nature in Giulio Romano’s inventions for silverware at the Gonzaga court By Professor Giulio Rebecchini After a brief introduction to Giulio Romano’s artistic production in Mantua, the talk will focus on his practice as […]
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Transcending Borders #1. OPERA
Monday 12 June, 7pm In 2018, the Italian Cultural Institute in London and the Royal Academy of Music established a partnership to present Transcending Borders, a concert series celebrating Europe through song. To mark the series returning to Belgrave Square, Academy Voices serenade their hosts with an evening of Italian opera. BOOK HERE
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uMoya: The Sacred Return of Lost Things – Liverpool Biennial 2023
ICI London is pleased to support the participation of Senegalese-Italian artist Binta Diaw to the Liverpool Biennial 2023: this year’s 12 edition Biennial ‘uMoya: The sacred Return of Lost Things’ addresses the history and temperament of the city of Liverpool and is a call for ancestral and indigenous forms of knowledge, wisdom and healing. In […]
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Kety Fusco Harp Experimental Performance
Thursday 8 June, 6.30pm To celebrate the Italian Festa della Repubblica (Italian National Day) ICI London is pleased to present Kety Fusco Experimental Performance. A project by Italian renowned harpist Kety Fusco, recently performed at the Royal Albert Hall in London Featuring music from her latest album THE HARP – a contemporary exploration of the […]
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Open Dialogo #3. Creative Access for Dance Audiences
Wednesday 7 June, 5-6pm UK / 6-7pm Italy ZOOM Discover the imaginative ways in which inclusive artists have made their work accessible to disabled audiences. The webinar will also demonstrate how creative access can open a new creative frontier. Chaired by Dalila D’Amico (Researcher), with panellists Camilla Guarino (Independent Artist), Giuseppe Comuniello (Independent […]
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Match Point 2023: Di Cosa Hai Paura? What Are you Afraid Of?
Match Point 2023: Di Cosa Hai Paura? What Are you Afraid Of? Deadline for submissions: 30 June 2023 Second edition of Match Point Literary Prize for unpublished short stories in Italian written by UK residents. An initiative by Il Circolo Italian Cultural Association in collaboration with Londra Scrive, online literary magazines Cattedrale – Osservatorio sul […]
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