“Genova. Ritratto di una città”
Presentation of the book by the author Maurizio Fantoni Minnella In his book Genova. Ritratto di una città, Fantoni Minnella uses history as a basis to illustrate the evolution of Genoa from a city of bourgeoisie to a city with fascist characteristics and taking into consideration the metamorphosis of the harbour by Renzo Piano. The […]
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“L’enigma Caravaggio”
A series of lectures about Italian art by Fr Marius Zerafa The life and works of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio have always been shrouded in significant secrets, mysteries, enigmas and twists of fate. Beginning from a news story of recent times, Fr Marius Zerafa, an internationally known adacemic for his studies on Caravaggio, will illustrate […]
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Exhibition “Afterselfie – beyond masks | oltre le maschere”
Afterselfie project was launched in 2014 with the purpose to promote a cultural exchange between Malta and Italy for the artists and for the other young professionals involved in the organization of this cultural event. For this reason “Afterselfie” project is divided into two phases: the first art exhibition is hosted by the prestigious St […]
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Exhibition “Shared Traces”
L’Abruzzo si presenta. Cultura artistica, artigiana e di pregio. Craftsmanship, with its strong link which binds it to the daily life of its place of origin, becomes a very precious illustration of the previous and contemporary mechanisms which generated it. Consequently and unwittingly, civilizations have become scattered with the traces of this craftsmanship.The Italian Cultural […]
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“Splendor”
“Omaggio a Massimo Troisi, ’o miracolo napoletano”. Rassegna cinematografica retrospettiva Directed by Ettore Scola (Italy, 1988 – 115’ minutes. Language: Italian)Starring Marcello Mastroianni, Massimo Troisi, Marina Vlady, Paolo Panelli, Pamela Villoresi, Nicoletta della Corte, Vernon Dobtcheff.
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“Il caffè e… i caffè storici d’Italia”
The Magic Box It’s the first Tuesday of the month, this time, it’s 6.30 pm, and it is The Magic Box at the Italian Cultural Institute, as on 10th February we’ll all be celebrating St Paul’s shipwreck in Malta! Continuing the programme, Dott. Porcheddu is delighted to present the topic of February, Il caffè e […]
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Il “Paradiso” di Battistello Caracciolo
Lecture by Jean-Paul De Lucca, Sante Guido, Giuseppe Mantella Il restauro di un dipinto tra Caravaggio e Tommaso Campanella The restoration of the painting Paradiso by Battistello Caracciolo is a path that leads to a reflection on Caravaggio’s works of art and the philosophical thought of Tommaso Campanella. Caravaggio’s art and Campanella’s thought are the […]
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Concert by Duo Fricelli-Aleshina
With Giuseppe Fricelli and Daria AleshinaMusical Compositions by Moritz Moszkowski, Johannes Brahms, Franz Scubert, Mario Tarenghi, Edvard Grieg The Italian Cultural Institute wished to organize, at the prestigious Russian Centre for Science and Culture, a four hand piano concert. The famous Italian Maestro Giuseppe Fricelli from the Conservatory L. Cherubini of Florence and the Russian […]
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“Il viaggio di Capitan Fracassa”
A retrospective film festival – “Omaggio a Massimo Troisi, ‘o miracolo napoletano’ “ Directed by Ettore Scola (Italy, 1990 – colour, 133’min. Comedy. Language: Italian)Starring Massimo Troisi, Vincent Perez, Lauretta Masiero, Ornella Muti, Toni Ucci, Emmanuelle Beart, Tosca D’Aquino, Claudio Amendola, Remo Girone. The story takes place in France during the 1600. A theatre company […]
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La Befana, secondo la tradizione italiana!
The Magic Box It’s not the second Tuesday of the month this time, it’s the first Wednesday of the month, and Befana has just arrived from Italy. She was so busy visiting her huge family of all the Italian children, that we had to give her an extra day to reach Malta. That’s why we […]
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