INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY Luciano Chessa in concert with Frances-Marie Uitti The Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco commemorates International Holocaust Remembrance Day with a concert curated by Luciano Chessa and featuring Frances-Marie Uitti (cello, voice) and Chessa (piano, voice). The program includes two works, both inspired by Primo Levi. The opening piece, QUEST[O] (for cello, piano, […]
🇮🇹 Beppe Gambetta Live Concert 🇮🇹January Friday 27, 2023 | 6 PM at SFIAC The Museo Italo-Americano in conjunction with The San Francisco Italian Athletic Club and the Liguri nel Mondo presents Beppe Gambetta in concert.Italian guitarist Beppe Gambetta will play acoustic hits while visiting North Beach from Genoa, Italy. Heavy appetizers. Cash bar. Info and tickets HERE
DATES: Nov 11–Dec 3, 2022 COMPOSER: Giuseppe Verdi LANGUAGE: Sung in Italian with English supertitles RUN TIME: Approximately 3 hours, including two intermissions Her love was never for sale. Fame. Power. Fortune. Violetta Valéry has it all as Paris’ most admired courtesan. But never has she allowed herself to experience true love. All that changes […]
Adelmo Fornaciari, better known to the world as Zucchero, a nickname given to him by one of his school teachers, is back on a worldwide tour that will take him to the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco on September 29, 2022 at 8:00 PM. BUY TICKETS
The Competition will take place from 2 to 11 September 2022. The preliminary round, the semifinal and the final will take place publicly at the «L. Bratuž »of Gorizia, Viale XX Settembre, n. 85. Violinists of any nationality born after 11 September 1989 can participate in the competition. Admission is decided by the Organizing Committee of the […]
A World Premiere, Composed by Kirke Mechem. Thursday, February 24 through Saturday, February 26 7:00 pm& Sunday, February 27 at 3 pm (staged performances) The Cabrillo College is honored to present the world premiere of a new opera by Kirke Mechem, one of the world’s most respected composers and a Northern California resident. The fable […]
JAN 27-29 VIDEO-CONCERT with Gabriele Coen, Pietro Lussu, Barbara Eramo A journey into Klezmer musical culture and Yiddish song JAN 27-FEB 6 THE JUDGE OF THE RIGHTEOUS (Il Giudice dei Giusti) A documentary about Moshe Bejski, written by Gabriele Nissim and Emanuela Audisio, directed by Enrico Marchese (In Italian with English subtitles) JAN 27-29 VIDEO-CONCERT: A JOURNEY […]
IL CONTAFAVOLE (Teller of Tales), is a fun and engaging puppet show created for the younger audience of the Institute. fun new series from the beloved Italian children’s theater company, Teatro Verde, created exclusively for IIC SF for KIDS as a co-production of The Italian Cultural Institutes of San Francisco and Chicago. ABOUT TEATRO VERDE: Teatro Verde is […]
Stories of Italian Creativity & Entrepreneurship A Youtube show exploring the Italian way to innovation through presentations, interviews and lessons. For academic, professionals, students, and lovers of Italian culture and industry. The host & creator: Luca Cottini, Ph.D. is a classical philologist & cultural historian. Educated in Italy (University of Milano) and in the US […]
La XX Settimana della lingua italiana nel mondo si svolgerà dal 19 al 25 ottobre 2020 e avrà come titolo “L’italiano tra parola e immagine: graffiti, illustrazioni, fumetti”, una tematica che potrà essere declinata sia in chiave storico-linguistica, sia ponendo l’accento su forme espressive come il fumetto, la novella grafica e l’editoria per ragazzi. Di […]