The Tour of Italy On the occasion of the Giro d’Italia, “Tour of Italy”, (May 8th - May 30th 2021), the “Italian rooms” will open a space throughout the duration of the competition, where related texts, videos, and stories will be shared. We will begin on Saturday, May 8th with a text on the relationship between Italy and the “Pink Jersey” event. This
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
Napoleon and Manzoni 5 May 1821 - 2021 Video interview by Fabio Finotti with Luca Badini Confalonieri, Professor of Italian Literature at the University of Turin and Manzonian scholar, on the occasion of the two hundredth anniversary of the writing of the ode "Cinque Maggio" by Alessandro Manzoni. Badini Confalonieri helps us discover themes and connections in Manzoni's ode that have been ingrained
May 1st: Labor and Workers' Day Today is May 1st and in Italy we celebrate Labor and Workers' Day. Watch the video by director Fabio Finotti, IIC of New York, where he shares some reflections on the concepts of "otium" and "negotium", on the history of this anniversary between Italy and the United States and on the centrality of work in the Constitution
April 25th: Liberation Day «On April 25th, we celebrate a festivity that has a beautiful name: Liberation Day. Not the Day of Freedom but the Day of Liberation. What's the difference? They are two beautiful but different concepts. Freedom is a fact, a reality in which we live and which may have been given to us by others. Liberation, on the other hand,
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
Journalist Antonio Di Bella guest of the Fireplace The Fireplace of the Italian Cultural Institute in New York hosts a conversation with journalist Antonio Di Bella - RAI correspondent from the United States, former director of Rai3 and Rai News 24 - who talks about his long relationship with the USA from his university days to the very recent events that have become
Anthony Tamburri is the first guest of the Fireplace Anthony Tamburri (Dean, John D. Calandra Italian American Institute) inaugurates the series of conversations in front of the Fireplace. While also retracing his personal history, he talks about the relationship between Italians and America and vice versa, in light of Pietro Bassetti’s notion of "Italics" (i.e., those who have embraced Italian values and traditions
The Fireplace of the Stanze Italiane The Fireplace is the room dedicated to conversations dealing with examples and stories of Italians in New York, USA. It is presented by the Director of the Italian Cultural Institute, Fabio Finotti. Find out more What’s New in the Other Stanze Italiane
The Alighieri's after Dante Dante Alighieri lived for part of his life in the Veneto region, and in 1353 his son Pietro bought land in the Valpolicella area, which is still today owned by the heirs who, since the sixteenth century, bear the double surname Serego Alighieri. More details about the family history, and other tales, are revealed in a conversation - on wine and literature- between Pieralvise
