VI Italian Research Day in the World
The Italian Embassy in Ottawa, the Italian Consulate General in Montreal and the Italian Cultural Institutes in Montreal and Toronto celebrate the Italian Research Day in the World. Scheduled for April 15th – Leonardo da Vinci’s birth date – GRIM intends to give visibility to all Italian researchers abroad, enhancing their contribution in the most […]
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Tour of the Guappecartò in Quebec
Five musicians – a violin, an accordion, a guitar, a double bass and drumer – of extraordinary compositional and executive sensitivity with an innate live attitude characterized by enthralling and highly expressive performances. Their intimate music mixes Mediterranean sounds with tunes that border on classical music. A surprising and balanced blend of many genres and […]
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”Retour en Italie” – ”L’immensità” by Emanuele Crialese
Rome, 70s. The young Borghetti family has just moved to one of the many newly built apartments blocks in the city. But the family is no longer as united as before. Clara and Felice are no longer in love, but they are unable to separate. Clara takes refuge from her loneliness and in her three […]
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Festival cinéma du monde de Sherbrooke 10th edition
The Festival cinéma du monde de Sherbrooke unveiled its 10th edition, which will take place from April 6th to April 13th, 2023. In total, more than 90 films from 40 countries and 25 events will be presented. This year the Italian productions that will participate in the tenth edition of the Festival are: Friday April […]
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“I Promessi sposi”, the novel of all Italians – Meeting with Michael F. Moore
May 22, 2023 marks the 150th anniversary of the disappearance of Alessandro Manzoni (1785-1873), among the greatest authors of Italian literature thanks to the timeless masterpiece The Betrothed. Michael F. Moore with the new translation of I promessi sposi (The betrothed) offers an exceptional opportunity to discover this classic Italian novel. Wednesday April 5th – […]
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“East-West: enemy brothers?”
Are we in a new cold war? What is the origin of the current tensions which oppose the Atlantic democracies to Russia and China? Federico Rampini, Italian essayist based in New York, author of numerous books on this subject, offers a broader perspective on two thousand years of history and the point of view of […]
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Caterina Barbieri and Lorenzo Senni at the Club SAT (Sociéte des arts technologiques)
Exclusive nights are back at club SAT with the performances of the most visionary and compelling exponents of Italian electronics such as Caterina Barbieri and Lorenzo Senni. Saturday March 25th from 9:30pm to 03:00amEspace SAT1201, Boul. Saint-LaurentMontreal TICKETOFFICE Caterina Barbieri is an Italian composer and musician. Her work explores the psychophysical effects of repetition and […]
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“Baroque music in Sainte-Madeleine d’Outremont”
As part of the “À l’heure de l’Italie” project, on March 24th, 2023 at 6pm (Église catholique Sainte-Madeleine 750 Av. Outremont, Outremont), grand recital of singing and organ. Protagonists are two great performers: the tenor Luigi Schifano e l’organista Andrea Coen. Program: • Gerolamo Cavazzoni (1520 – 1577) – Ricercare Primo• Giovanni Salvatore (1620 – […]
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Bad Children – Golden Nightmares Tales of ordinary, current madness. Show of stories, music and illustrations
Nicholas Ciuferri and Daniele Celona will stage the reinterpretation and rewriting of some traditional fairy tales and stories for children in a current and dystopian key (plus the creation of some) to bring out aspects of the contemporary in a direct and sometimes crude way through the tool of fantasy, black humor and images as vivid […]
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Screening of “Mein Sohn”
Love and loss are in close proximity in Lena Stahl’s feature debut about a teenager and his mother setting off on a journey together after they almost lost one another. The tragicomic and emotionally gripping story features Jonas Dassler, rising star of German cinema (amongst others Fatih Akin’s “The Golden Glove” and Lars Kraume’s “The […]
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