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EVENTS | FROM GHETTO TO PALAZZO.
AN AFTERNOON AT THE GONZAGA COURT
January 26 | 2:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Museum of Jewish Heritage, Edmond J. Safra Plaza | 36 Battery Place
Tickets: $ 25, $ 30, $35 www.mjhnyc.org and www.salonsanctuary.org
Tickets are going fast, don't miss this rare opportunity!
Join us for an adventurous Sunday afternoon of music, film and conversation featuring the legendary life and music of Salomone Rossi and the US premiere of the extraordinary Israeli vocal ensemble I Profeti della Quinta. A violinist in Monteverdi's orchestra, Salomone Rossi (c.1570 - 1630) is credited with having invented the trio sonata and introducing polyphonic music to the synagogue. His sister, a soprano at the same court, premiered roles and sang madrigals of Monteverdi at Palazzo Te, the Gonzagas' festivities palace. In his dual role as court and synagogue composer, Rossi inhabited two worlds at a time of both heightened physical segregation and active social interaction between Jews and Christians. Read
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EVENTS | CELEBRATING BOOKS: L'INDICE AND THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS
January 9 | 6:00 pm
Italian Cultural Institute, 686 Park Avenue.
Free admission. RSVP: 212-879-4242 ext 362
Centro Primo Levi is proud to co-host an evening dedicated to the 30th Anniversary of L'Indice and the 50th Anniversary of the New York Review of Books. Speakers include Gian Giacomo Migone, Robert Silvers, Victoria De Grazia, Mark Lilla and Eric Foner. Read
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BOOKS | IN THE FOOTSTEP OF THE "GREAT JEWISH COMPOSER"
Edwin Seroussi, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem on Don Harr�n's classic "Salamone Rossi: Jewish Musician in Late Renaissance Mantua" (reprint)
Following Jellinek, nineteenth-century Jewish intellectuals and researchers of Jewish culture in modern universities started to perceive Rossi as a figure worthy of careful study. Shortly after the publication of Jellinek's article, cantor and composer Samuel Naumbourg (1815-80), a central figure in the Jewish musical life of Paris, began to take an interest in Rossi's Hebrew musical works. Read
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GIORNO DELLA MEMORIA | JANUARY 27
Beginning on January 27 with the Ceremony of the reading of the names of the Jews deported from Italy and the Italian territories, this annual series of lectures and symposia explores the history of the Nazi-Fascist persecutions, new research and the significance of memory in 21st century society.
Presented by the Consulate General of Italy, Centro Primo Levi, NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli Marim�, Italian Cultural Institute, Italian Academy at Columbia University, Calandra Institute of Italian American Studies at CUNY. Read
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RADIO | THE GOOD ITALIAN?
Canadian radio program explores aspects of the persecution of the Jews in Italy and the construction of post-war national myths. Listen
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PUBLICATION | PRIMO LEVI'S FIRST REPORT ON AUSCHWITZ
The Centro Internazionale Primo Levi in Turin published the first stand alone edition of Levi's initial report on Auschwitz. It can be obtained by making a donation to support the center's activities. Read more
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THANKS
Centro Primo Levi thanks its readers, audience, contributors and main supporters: Cahnman Foundation, Viterbi Family Foundation, Peter S. Kalikow Dr. Claude Ghez, David Berg Foundation, John Elkann, Exor, Fairholme Foundation, Charles Hallac & Sarah Keil Wolf, Jeffrey Keil & Danielle Pinet, Marian and Jacob K. Javits Foundation, Andrew Sabin, Lily Safra, Joseph S. & Diane H. Steinberg Charitable Trust, Ezra Zilka
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