The fourth concert of the Boccherini–Beethoven Cycle with Quartetto Adorno The “Flute Quintet in G minor, op. 19 n. 2”, the “Flute Quintet in E flat major, op. 17 n. 6” by Luigi Boccherini and the “String Quartet in B flat major, op. 130 n. 13” by Beethoven make up the program of the last concert of the Adorno Quartet with Andrea Oliva,
The second concert of the Boccherini–Beethoven Cycle with Quartetto Adorno The dialogue between Luigi Boccherini’s and Ludwig van Beethoven’s chamber writing continues in the Auditorium of the “Italian Rooms”, entrusted to the Quartetto Adorno together with guitarist Giampaolo Bandini, for the second concert, play two famous pages by the composer from Lucca with two very characteristic final movements, and the debut score in
Gioachino Rossini from the sources to the stage The musicologist Vincenzo Borghetti and the superintendent of the Rossini Opera Festival present the important edition and staging of “Elisabetta regina d’Inghilterra”, a rare work by the composer born in Pesaro The "Italian Rooms", the virtual home of the Italian Cultural Institute of New York directed by Fabio Finotti, an Italianist that hails from Padua,
"The sound of Dante" The Italian Cultural Institute of New York will participate in the 21st week of the Italian language in the world from October 18-24, 2021. The title of this special week is “Dante, the Italian language” and ad-hoc events will be viewable on "Stanze taliane". On September 25, 2021, “The sound of Dante” – a project carried out by Mariateresa Sartori in collaboration with Fondazione
The first concert of the Boccherini–Beethoven Cycle with Quartetto Adorno The "Italian Rooms" enrich their "Auditorium" space dedicated to music, performing arts and cinema with new unpublished contributions, this time dedicated to the concert repertoire between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. From September to December, four unpublished videos executed by the Quartetto Adorno and dedicated to the dialogue between the chamber music of
Opera Italiana is in the Air, by Alvise Casellati, presents “Rebirth!” On Monday June 28th at 7:00 PM, Opera Italiana is in the Air returns to Central Park to present a special, one-night only, open-air performance of beloved Italian opera classics under the baton of Maestro Alvise Casellati at the newly reopened Naumburg Bandshell. A summer evening of music that is free and
Napoleon's Piano Two hundred years after Napoleon's death, pianist Costantino Mastroprimiano - one of the most famous performers on period instruments - guides us through the laboratory of Ugo Casiglia, Maestro harpsichordist and restorer of keyboard instruments in Cinisi (PA). We will learn the secrets of early keyboards and listen to the timbral nuances of ancient instruments, which are impossible to recreate on
The Sound of the Emperor Guest of the Library of the Italian Rooms is Pianist Costantino Mastroprimiano for the two hundredth anniversary of Napoleon's death. A concert with period music and instruments to discover the taste and sounds typical of the early 19th century. The program includes sublime but little-known pages by Giovanni Paisiello, Ludwig van Beethoven, Philipp Jakob Riotte. Find out more
In Memory of Milva We celebrate one of the divas of the Italian theater and music, who was famous worldwide for her charisma and interpretative strength, from Sanremo to Strehler, from Alda Merlini to Battiato and Astor Piazzolla. In the Stoà, you will find a commemoration by Fabio Finotti of "her enormous talent, not only musical but also as an actress and histrionic
Migrant Music An exclusive video interview with Luca D'Ambrosio, blogger and music expert, with the participation of Umberto Marin of the Association "Time for Africa" in Udine. A dialogue on music as a form of cultural mediation. Migrant musicians (such as griot Kora Hero) perform pieces from the repertoire of their own cultural traditions and new compositions. Find out more
