IIC Newsletter for March-April 2015

Istituto Italiano di Cultura - IIC Melbourne
Event Program March-April 2015
6-7-13-14 MARCH - Music
19 MARCH - Literature
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA by Pietro Mascagni
Conductor: Maestro Gaetano Colajanni
Where: Hawthorn Arts Centre, Hawthorn
Time: 7.30pm Cost: $55 Full, IIC Members
$45: See: www.hawthornartscentre.com.au
Featuring some of the Australia’s finest opera
singers and CitiOpera’s chorus.
In collaboration with RISM (Research in
Italian Studies in Melbourne)
“Music in the concentration camps:
memories and resistance of Jewish
musicians in Fascist Italy” by Dr Alessandro Carrieri
Where: Monash University Clayton Campus Time: 5.30pm
Cost: Free Bookings essential: [email protected]
12 MARCH - Language teaching
iCan Speak Italian Workshop for teachers of
Italian. A presentation of a
digital course that replaces
textbooks in the classroom.
Presentation by Jenna Lo Bianco & Victoria Taylor
Where: IIC, 233 Domain Rd, South Yarra
Time: 4.30pm-6.00pm
Cost: Free - Registration essential
More and more schools are adopting digital devices for their
students. This workshop will show how to effortlessly use
technology to enhance the teaching of Italian.
Enquiries and enrolments: [email protected]
26 MARCH - Music
Homage to Scarlatti
Piano Recital by Alex Raineri
Where: IIC, 233 Domain Rd, South
Yarra Time: 6.30pm Cost: Free
Bookings essential: [email protected]
21 year-old soloist and chamber musician, Alex Raineri is
frequently broadcast on ABC Classic FM and the MBS
networks. Alex won the prestigious National Piano
Competition in Shepparton in 2014 and is destined to a
brilliant career. A chance to meet a budding star!
13 APRIL - Language - TERM 2 (13 April - 6 June)
Italian Courses at the Italian Cultural
Institute Where: IIC, 233 Domain Rd, South
Yarra Cost: $350
Early bird discount: $300 for enrolments by Wed 8 April!
Enquiries & enrolments: [email protected]
11-12-18-19 APRIL - Cinema
Una giornata particolare
(A Special Day) (M) - Italian
w/ English subtitles. Sophia Loren
and Marcello Mastroianni in this
poignant, intimate drama from 1977, directed by Ettore Scola.
Where: ACMI, Federation Square Times: 11/18 Apr: 7pm;
12/19 Apr: 5.30pm Cost: Concession tickets on presentation of
your current IIC Membership card. Courtesy: Surf Film
23 APRIL - Music
Piano recital by
Maestro Luciano Bellini
Where: IIC, 233 Domain Rd,
South Yarra Time: 6.30pm Cost: Free. Maestro Bellini
presents a varied program including Verdi, Casella and Berio.
Bookings essential: [email protected]
From 14 APRIL - Literature
Discovering Dante: his poems, his
Florence, his Inferno
1265-2015 - 750th anniversary of Dante
Alighieri’s birth. A course in English for those who wish to know
more about Dante‘s “eternal message”. Where: IIC, 233 Domain
Rd, South Yarra Time: 6.30pm-8.00pm. 8 sessions, 1 each
month Cost: $200, $160 IIC Members Teacher: Dr Adriana
Diomedi. Enquiries and enrolments: [email protected]
9 APRIL - Literature and linguistics
RISM (Research in Italian Studies in Melbourne) “Purists, neopurists & anti-purists: foreign words in Italian from the fascist
‘language campaigns’ to 2015” by Dr Mirna Cicioni
Where: IIC, 233 Domain Rd, South Yarra
Time: 6.30pm Cost: Free Bookings
essential: [email protected]
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