Napoleon and the Cult of Objects Continuing the in-depth study dedicated to Napoleon Bonaparte, the ICI presents a video interview with Arianna Arisi Rota, Professor of Contemporary History in the Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Pavia. The author, in conversation with Fabio Finotti, presents her new book: Il Cappello dell'Imperatore - The Emperos's Hat (Donzelli 2021), dedicated to the history and fortune of some memorabilia linked
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
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
