Cari Amici dell'Italia,

dopo un bellissimo avvio anche a Boston dell'ANNO DELLA CULTURA ITALIANA NEGLI STATI UNITI, con tre prestigiosi eventi, prosegue a febbraio la nostra programmazione, con una particolare attenzione alla musica e al cinema. Vi sottolineo infatti le performances del CANZONIERE GRECANICO SALENTINO e del gruppo WOMEN OF THE WORLD, nonche' la programmazione del film SENSO alla Dante Alighieri.

Non mancate poi l'appuntamento di DEGUSTAZIONE DELL'OLIO D'OLIVA che questo Consolato organizza con i Consolati greco ed israeliano. La prenotazione e' obbligatoria.   

 Giuseppe Pastorelli

Panopticon Gallery in conjunction with the Decaneas Archive are excited to be exhibiting photographs by Bradford Washburn and Vittorio Sella. As climbers and photographers, Washburn and Sella had a love for the land, but there were a few things that were visibly different in many of the images that they captured. 

First, Sella's photographs were taken from a stable position on the ground, while Washburn was high above, photographing snow covered peeks through the vantage point of an open aircraft door. Second, besides capturing the majestic images of the Alps, Sella often times included people, whether they were fellow climbers or porters who carried his photography equipment up the mountainsides - Washburn rarely included people in his visas. Vittorio Sella began his photographic career in 1879 walking out his front door to climb and photograph the nearby Alps. 

His home was in Biella, Italy, and his camera was an 11x14 large-format field camera through which he captured his earliest images onto wet plate collodion glass negatives. Anchored to the inside of an airplane, Bradford Washburn was equipped with an 8x10 Fairchild aerial camera. He captured majestic landscapes with the resolution and tonality equalling, if not exceeding those of the great masters.

Dante Alighieri Society presents Visconti's Masterful Film. Venezia, spring of 1866, in the last days of the Austrian occupation. A performance of Il Trovatore ends up in confusion due to an anti-Austrian demonstration, organised by Count Ussoni. His cousin Countess Serpieri falls in love with vile Austrian Lieutenant Franz Mahler, but the times are changing.

Free Admission - Free Parking. Refreshments will be served.    

Giovani in Festa nell'Italia del Rinascimento

This event is sponsored and hosted by Il Circolo Italiano. Giovani in Festa nell'Italia del Rinascimento (This is the lecture planned for November 29, 2012 and kindly rescheduled because of a black out).

Matteo Casini ha completato il PhD presso l'universita' "Ca' Foscari" di Venezia e si e' occupato di storia veneziana ed italiana dal Rinascimento al Barocco. Ha lavorato a Venezia, Londra, Firenze, Padova, Washington, Los Angeles e Princeton. Ha pubblicato numerosi saggi e articoli in riviste e volumi collettanei, e il libro "I gesti del principe" (Venezia 1996). Insegna Storia Globale alla Suffolk University.

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Andrea Marcon, conductor and harpsichord

Founded in 1997 by Baroque scholar and harpsichordist Andrea Marcon, the Venice Baroque Orchestra is "one of the world's most adventurous and dramatic period instrument ensembles" (NPR). They have toured the globe, thrilling audiences with an electrifying sound full of lively energy and impeccable musicianship. The Venice Baroque Orchestra makes a triumphant return to Boston in a program showcasing Vivaldi concertos that feature dynamic interplay between soloist and ensemble, with additional works by Italian master composers Albinoni, Geminiani, and Veracini. 

Free pre-concert talk at 7pm

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Saturday, February 16, I will be hosting an exclusive piano workshop at M. Steinert & Sons! This workshop is a special opportunity for classical pianists to explore the elements of improvisation. With an emphasis on rhythm, melody and harmony, my goal is to give students a toolkit of techniques for developing their own musical personalities. 

 

The European Career Fair @ MIT (ECF) is an annual recruiting event, organized by the MIT European Club, that connects employers from Europe with the most talented candidates in the US.

The Fair offers an opportunity to: 

• connect European employers with some of the brightest candidates who are interested in a career in Europe
• increase awareness in the US about the opportunities that European research offers

Women of the World was born from a dream to bring women musicians from across the globe onto a common creative platform, women who not only work and perform together, but who learn from each other, exploring each other's culture, language, food, and traditions by interacting closely on a daily basis.

For their spring concert, Women of the World will present Koloro, a multi-art production paying tribute to the myriad colors in nature, culture, and life. The word "koloro" (meaning color) was specifically chosen from the language Esperanto, which was created in the late 1800s to foster international peace and understanding as a common language for all. The concert will also showcase a World Peace Choir consisting of more than 50 women musicians from different countries. From lush choral arrangements, to body and mouth percussion, to experimental a cappella works, Koloro promises to be an evening of celebration!   

Admission: $8 in advance (discount applied at checkout), $12 day of show, general admission

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Jill Slosburg-Ackerman's drawing project, In Rome, was initiated while she was a visiting artist at  the American Academy in Rome in 2009. Roman pine cones inspired her initial observational drawings and led her to draw other forms, in particular, the patterned stone floors she encountered in medieval Roman churches. As she explored connections between these two representative forms of nature and civilization, Slosburg-Ackerman's project evolved in ways that expose the fluidity of boundaries between two- and three-dimensional experience, organic and geometric structure, intimate and architectural scale, sculpture and furniture...