War, Occupation, Peace
Ethiopia and Italy in the XXth Century The history of Ethiopia and Italy during the XXth century is marked by several encounters and collisions between the two countries. Often the relations between Ethiopia and Italy has been analyzed following a chronological partition, according to the following schema: 1) the period of war, 1935-1936; 2) the […]
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Trento Film Festival in Addis Ababa
Mountaneeiring and exploration 1° giorno: Chasing Ice di Jeff Orlowski – USA, 2011 – 75’ – v.o. con sottotitoli italiani In spring 2007 James Balog, an important photographer for the “National Geographic” magazine decided to travel to the North Pole, with the scope of carrying out unprecedented photographic documentation: an archive of images clearly showing […]
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New sounds from Africa
Piano Recital – Silvia Belfiore Music by African contemporary composers African music plays a particularly important role; the interest that it can arouse is extraordinary; the far-reaching attention for music cultivated In the Africa of today is remarkable, like the pattern in light, true dichotomies between different parts of the continent, between country and city, […]
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Programme – May 2014
. Inserire qui il sottotitolo 2 dell’evento (seconda lingua) Tue 6th, 6.30 pm Auditorium IICSilvia Belfiore, piano: New Sounds From Africa A piano recital dedicated to African contemporary composers Wed 7th; 14th; 21st; 28th, 9.30 am at Ristorante Belvedere Italian home cooking for amateur cooks, 4 practical meetings Mon 12th to Fri 16th […]
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I am because you are
Audio Video Performance by Alessandro Olla IMBYA – A/V performance & installation Posted on 4 giugno 2013 by admin “I am because you are“ is a field recording and live electronics audio project conceived during the SUNHOO Park Artistic Residence, Hang Zhou, China and then developed during two other Artistic Residencies in Ethiopia and […]
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Retrieving the Ethiopian Big Bands
Music, arrangement and conducting by Feleke Hailu A great concert which retieves the tradition of the Ethiopian big bands. With some of the best Ethiopian Jazz player togheter with the conduction of Feleke Hailu
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Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio
By Isotta Toso Italy 2010 , 100 min A decadent building in Rome, filled with residents that can’t find ways of connecting with each other, goes through a critical condition when some of the people opt to ignore the new rules concerning the use of the elevator. Tension rises between neighbors, families and outsiders from […]
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Paolo Angeli – Solo
Recital for Prepared Guitar Paolo Angeli Born in 1970, he started to play guitar when he was 9. He grew up in Palau, an extremely stimulating musical environment. The guitar and the voice of his father, his first mentor, the autobus with the drums, the chicken, the melons, the ‘diroccati’ rock groups in an old […]
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Massimo Nalbandian – Guitar
Massimo NALBANDIAN was born in Addis Abeba in a family of excellent musicians including his grandfather Kevork Nalbandian and his uncle Nerses Nalbandian.Still child his father Jirair Nalbandian introduced him to the basics of the violin permitting his admission in the class of violin at Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome followed by the study of […]
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April 2014 Programme
Tue 1st, 6.30pm IIC Gallery “Invisible View” Art Exhibition by Solomon AbrhaThu 3rd, 6.30 pm Massimo Nalbandian Classical Guitar Recital Mon 7th 9.30 am and 11am Open doors for kids and girls at the Italian Institute Library. (Registration compulsory) Wed 9th 6,.30 pm Paolo Angeli Solo For Prepared Guitar Tue 15th 6.30 pm Film: Scontro […]
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