“Intrecci”, songs and folk music from northern Italy, by Andrea Capezzuoli
A concert that shows the various facets of folk from those lands: epic ballads, love songs, work songs, ritual songs, romantic and spirited dances. Music that tells of the feelings, and fears, and joys of a rural world gone forever that Andrea brings to life with her voice and accordions. A spirited concert that transports […]
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Andrea Capezzuoli at the 34th edition of the “Carrefour mondial de l’accordéon de Montmagny”
The 34th edition of the Carrefour mondial de l’accordéon de Montmagny invites you from September 1st to September 3rd, to reconnect with musicians from Quebec, Canada and more than 8 countries including Italy. These three days of music offer an intense experience, punctuated by more than 30 activities. Since the 90’s, Andrea Capezzuoli has traveled the planet leading […]
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Free outdoor screening EUNIC | ”Amours & Jeunesse“ | Tuesday August 22nd
Tuesday August 22nd take a seat under the stars at the Italian Cultural Institute to attend a free outdoor film screening on the theme ”Amours & Jeunesse”! End of summer – Notes on furio by Laura Samani (Italy 2023 – 15min. – OVEST) Un adieu by Mathilde Profit (France 2019 – 24min. – OVFST) Les liaisons foireuses by Chloé […]
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MUTEK – 24th edition of the Festival of sound and visual exploration and technological innovation
Within the framework of the 24th edition of MUTEK, International Festival of Digital Creativity and Electronic Music, five projects concerning Italian artists will be presented: TVSI (Guglielmo Barzacchini) DJ set Tuesday, August 22nd, 6:30pm Esplanade Tranquille du Quartier des spectacles Grand River & Marco Ciceri Tuesday, August 22nd, 9pm New City Gas (950, rue […]
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‘Leading Men,’ a novel by Chris Castellani (NEW DATE)
The writer, Chris Castellani, will be at the Institute, Wednesday, August 9th, at 7.00 pm, to read from his latest novel, Leading Men, about the relationship between playwright Tennessee Williams and his lover and muse Frank Merlo, in what may have taken place in Portofino, Italy in the early 1950s. The novel, for which Castellani […]
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Free outdoor screening EUNIC | ”Amours & Jeunesse“ | Tuesday August 8th
Tuesday August 8th take a seat under the stars at the Italian Cultural Institute to attend a free outdoor film screening on the theme ”Amours & Jeunesse”! Partir un jour by Amélie Bonin (France 2021 – 25m. – OVFST) Alice et les soleils by Théo Degen and Charlotte Muller (Wallonia-Brussels General Delegation 2022 – 24min. – OVFST) Albertine […]
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Sicilian Jazz Project with Daniela Spalletta and Giuseppe Di Bella
On the occasion of the festival ItalfestMTL (August 4 to August 20 2023), the Sicilian Jazz Project by Michael Occhipinti, thanks to the support of the Italian Cultural Institute of Montréal, will welcome Sicilian vocalists and composers to Canada for the first time Daniela Spalletta e Giuseppe Di Bella. Special guest Don Byron, Grammy-nominated clarinetist, saxophonist and composer. Saturday August 5th at […]
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Pier Paolo Pasolini’s trylogy of life
In the early 1970s, the great Italian poet, philosopher, and filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini brought to the screen a trio of masterpieces of medieval literature—Giovanni Boccaccio’s The Decameron, Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, and The Thousand and One Nights (often known as The Arabian Nights)—and in doing so created his most uninhibited and extravagant work. In this brazen and bawdy […]
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“Woman of Porto Pim” by Teatro Gioco Vita at the Festival international des arts de la marionette Saguenay
Women of Porto Pim by Teatro Gioco Vita is a ballad for actors and shadows based on Antonio Tabucchi’s short story. It is a tribute to a writer for whom writing is “something that involves desires, dreams and imagination.” Here then, in the adaptation by Fabrizio Montecchi, who takes care of its direction and scenes, it is the […]
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Costantinople – Il ponte di Leonardo – Canadian tour
When we think of Leonardo da Vinci, an emblematic figure of the Renaissance, we think of the Mona Lisa and his inimitable smile, revolutionary inventions, and a personality out of the ordinary in every way. Less is known about his crazy, unrealized project to build a bridge in Istanbul connecting the two sides of the […]
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