ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI CULTURA
NEWSLETTER
496 Huron Street, Toronto
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MUSIC
MUSIC
Opening of the Albert Chiarandini art
retrospective
Passion of Heart and Soul
CONCERTO BY LUISA SELLO – FLUTE
CONCERTO BY LUISA SELLO &
FRIENDS
Music by Vivaldi, Paisiello, Friuli, Chwojko,
Verdi, Rossini
Susan Hoeppner - flute (Special Guest)
Robert Kortgaard - piano
Saturday, February 6, 6pm.
Sunday, February 7, 2pm.
Villa Charities Art Carrier Gallery
901 Lawrence Ave W, Toronto
Georgina Art Gallery
(Sutton, Ontario)
$25, $15 students
Opening of the
Chiarandini art
retrospective at Villa Charities Carrier Art
Gallery
Under the auspices of the Italian Cultural
Institute, Toronto.
FOOD & WINE
Part of the project “Under a Lucky Star”
BOOK LAUNCH BY CHEF PINO
CUTTAIA
“Per le scale di Sicilia: profumi sapori - racconti - memoria”
Tuesday, February 2, 7pm.
Universal EventSpace
6250 Highway 7, Vaughan
The Istituto Italiano di Cultura and the
Consulate General of Italy in Toronto are
proud to present an evening with Chef
Pino Cuttaia.
LA MADIA’S CHEF WILL HOST A
DINNER WITH TORONTO’S CHEF
ROB GENTILE
February 4th, 6:30pm.
Buca Osteria & Bar
Yorkville
Tickets for the event are $300/person
(+taxes) www.kingstreetfood.com.
Proceeds from the dinner will go towards
George Brown College’s Chef School to
fund scholarships, an annual award and
opportunities for internships in prestigious
restaurants in Italy.
FEBRUARY 2016
Luisa Sello flute
Music by Vivaldi, Paisiello, Friuli,
Chwojko, Verdi, Rossini
• Antonio Vivaldi 4 Seasons
(Largo, Allegro) restructured
by Jean Jaques Russeau
• Giovanni Paisiello La bella
Molinara Fantasy for flute
• Friulian popular song Homage to
Friuli and its traditions restructured
for flute by Luisa Sello
• Steeve Chwojko Chiarandini Versione
Zero (2015) for flute (composed for
Luisa Sello) Canadian premiere
• Giuseppe Verdi La Traviata Fantasy
for flute by Raffaello Galli
Music by Vivaldi, Mendelssohn, Chwojko,
Paisiello, Verdi, Friulian songs, Mozart,
Bach, Doppler
Under the auspices of the Italian Cultural
Institute, Toronto.
Flutist Luisa Sello & friends
Susan Hoeppner flute (SPECIAL GUEST)
Robert Kortgaard piano
• Antonio Vivaldi Concerto in C major for
2 flutes and b.c. (Allegro, Largo, Allegro)
• Theobald Boehm/Mendelssohn Trio
Fantasie for 2 flutes and piano
• W.A. Mozart 2 Arie dall’opera
“Il flauto magico” for 2 flutes
• Giovanni Paisiello La bella
Molinara for flute
• Giuseppe Verdi La Traviata
restructured for flute by R. Galli
• Friulian popular song Homage to
Friuli and its traditions restructured
for flute by Luisa Sello
• Steeve Chwojko Chiarandini Versione Zero
(2015) for flute (composed for Luisa Sello)
• J. S. Bach Triosonata in sol maggiore
for 2 flutes and b.c. (Adagio, Allegro)
• Franz Doppler Andante e
Rondò for 2 flutes and piano
For further info. or tickets bit.
ly/1PmzjM1 or call 905-722-9587.
MUSIC
WALTZES & OVERTURES
An afternoon performance presented by the
Greater Toronto Philharmonic Orchestra.
Sunday, 7 February
3pm. – 4:30pm.
Columbus Centre
901 Lawrence Ave. W, Toronto
Tickets: $17.03 - $27.11
http://bit.ly/1PowYAj
The concert features a selection of the
best Viennese and Italian repertoire.
• G. Verdi - Nabucco, overture
• J. Strauss II - Der Zigeunerbaron, Waltz
• J. Strauss II - Künstlerleben (Artists’ Life)
• G. Verdi - La forza del destino, overture
• G. Rossini - L’italiana in Algeri (The
Italian girl in Algiers), overture
Young talented soprano Jennifer Mizzi will
join us, singing some beautiful arias by Bellini,
Verdi and Lehar under the baton of maestro
Jean-Micheal Malouf.
In collaboration with the Istituto Italiano di
Cultura
MUSIC
MATTEO FEDELI plays
Stradivari 1715 “ex Bazzini”
Antonio
EMILIO DE MERCATO, pianist
“A Stradivarius For The People”
Canadian Tour
• Edmonton, Winspear Centre
For Music: February 11
• Calgary, Rozsa Centre EckhardtGramatté Hall: February 12
• Vancouver, Playhouse
Theatre: February 13
• Toronto, The Castle Of
Casa Loma: February 17
In collaboration with the Istituto Italiano di
Cultura
The program includes a variety of wonderful
works for violin and piano by composers
such as Rachmaninoff (Hungarian Dance),
Fauré (Après une rêve), Brahms (Scherzo in
C minor), Grieg (Allegretto espressivo alla
Romanza from Sonata op.45), Saint-Saëns
(Danse Macabre), Franck (Allegro from
Sonata in A major), Paganini (Cantabile),
Bartok (Roumanian Folk Dances). Maestro
Matteo Fedeli will lead the evening as well
as a speaker with his introduction on the
works, on the composers and disclosing
the story of the Stradivarius violin built in
1715, “ex Bazzini-De Vito”.
A special participation of the ASO String
Quintet for the Edmonton concert will
feature
Music Director Emilio De
Mercato as pianist and conductor in a
selection from L. V. Beethoven’s Emperor
Piano Concerto, while in Calgary,
Vancouver and Toronto, Maestro De
Mercato will perform a solo work by
Chopin (Ballade in G minor).
PUBLISHING
WORDLESS
PICTURE
BOOKS
FROM AROUND THE WORLD
Ibby Silent Book Exhibit
MUSIC
Tuesday, February 9 - March 12
ITALIAN OPERA WINTER SERIES
MILLENNIUM LIBRARY,
251 Donald St., Winnipeg
Following the successful “Opera in the
Garden” at the Consulate General of Italy,
the Istituto Italiano di Cultura is pleased to
announce three evenings dedicated to Italian
opera.
6pm.-9:20pm.: Opening reception
6:30pm.-7pm.: Mariella Bertelli, IBBY
Canada (International Board of Books
for Young People), speaks on the history
of the Lampedusa library and how
wordless picture books can be enjoyed by
all, regardless of language. Mona Gray
Program Room.
The exhibit is open for viewing February 9
– March 12, 2016 in Children’s Services,
Millennium Library. Accompanying the
exhibit are two activities for children of any
age – Write a Postcard (to the children of
Lampedusa) and Create your own Silent
Book (make and take your own silent book
using the supplies provided). Activities are
available during the library’s open hours for
the duration of the exhibit.
Sponsored by the Istituto Italiano di
Cultura, Toronto.
Alliance Française Theatre
24 Spadina Road, Toronto
Free admission - Tuesdays at - 6:30pm.
Tuesday, February 16
• G. Verdi’s “Otello” directed by
Graham Vick. Music director:
Riccardo Muti. Starring: Placido
Domingo (Otello); Leo Nucci (Iago),
Barbara Frittoli (Desdemona)
Orchestra and chorus of Teatro alla
Scala. Production Year: 2001
Tuesday, March 22
• G. Verdi’s “Falstaff”.
Director: Ruggiero Cappuccio
Starring: Ambrogio Maestri, Roberto
Frontali, Juan Diego Flores, Barbara
Frittoli. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
Orchestra & Coro del Teatro Alla Scala
hosted by the Opera House in Busseto
with original scenography from 1913.
Running time: 118 min.
Production Year: 2001
In Italy he has published a collection
of short stories entitled “di corsa”
(Monteleone/Mapograph – Vibo Valentia),
the collections of poetry entitled “tempo
rubato“ (Atelier 14 – Milano) and “darsena
inquinata” (Moderata durant – Latina),
the novel “tra Rothko e tre finestre”
(Ibiskos) , a collection of poetry “l’alfabeto
del viaggiatore” by Silvia Editrice and a
collection entitled Abecedario (etchings by
Sandro Martini – printed by Paolo Nava).
LITERATURE
POETICA Series
POETICA-1
Sonia Di Placido, Luciano Iacobelli,
Corrado Paina, Gianna Patriarca
ALL MY
FALLEN
ANGEL A S
A first in a series of presentations which will
feature local artists, writers, poets and who
will share their latest works.
Join us for an evening of poetry and
discussion.
Wednesday, February 17
6:30pm.
Istituto Italiano di Cultura
A reception will follow
Sonia Di Placido:
Sonia is a graduate of
anna
Patriarca
anna
Patriarca
Ryerson Theater School, holds an honours
BA Humanities from York University; a
writer, actor, painter and director. Has
published 2 chapbooks, Vulva Magic with
Lyrical myrical press and Forest Primitive
with Aelous House Press. Her full length
book of poetry Exaltation in Cadmium Red
was published by Guernica Editions 2012.
Sonia’s writing has been anthologized
in various publications and she will be
launching her new book The Akashic Wood
in 2016 with Lyricalmyrical press.
Luciano Iacobelli: Luciano is a poet and
publisher he is also the author of numerous
chapbooks and 3 full length books of
poetry. His 4th book The Examined Life is
due for publication in the fall of 2016 with
Guernica Editions. He is also the co-owner
of Quattro Books and the sole owner and
publisher of Lyricalmyrical Press.
ALL MY
FALLEN
ANGEL A S
Corrado Paina: Corrado’s collections of
poetry have been published by Mansfield
Press:
“Hoarse Legend”, 2000; “The dowry of
education”, 2004; “The alphabet of the
traveler”, 2006; “Souls in plain clothes”,
2008; “cinematic taxi”, 2015
Corrado Paina has published many
plaquettes with “Il pulcino e l’elefante” of
Alberto Casiraghi, “i quaderni d’Orfeo”
of Roberto Dossi and Luciano Ragozzino
and “il ragazzo innocuo” of Dario
Borso. Corrado Paina has also edited the
publication:
“College street – Little Italy – The
Renaissance strip” (Mansfield Press) finalist
of the Toronto Heritage Award.
His next book, a novel, will be published
by Quattro books and Piazza Italia, a
collection of poetry in Italian will be
published by the “collane ungarettiane” of
Columbia University.
Gianna Patriarca: Gianna is the author of 8
books of poetry and 1 children’s book. Her
award winning Italian Women and Other
Tragedies, has had its 4th printing and has
been translated into Italian. Gianna’s work
is extensively anthologized, featured in
numerous documentaries and adapted for
the stage and CBC radio. Her work appears
on the course list of American, Canadian
and Italian Universities. A translation of
her poetry is due to appear this year by Prof.
Carlo Pagetti in Milan. Her first collection
of short fiction All My Fallen Angelas will be
launched this Spring, May 5th by Inanna
Publications.
skilled performer play in a style that derives
as much from pop and folk, as it does from
jazz.
Rita Marcotulli was born in Rome, Italy.
Playing piano from early childhood,
Marcotulli studied classical music at
the Santa Cecilia Conservatory before
being drawn to Brazilian music. She also
began moving onto the fringes of jazz
and established a local reputation at first,
before becoming well known among
contemporary jazz audiences both at
home and abroad. This was largely due to
playing with musicians such as Chet Baker,
Richard Galliano, Jon Christensen, Palle
Danielsson, Peter Erskine, Steve Grossman,
Joe Henderson, Hélène La Barrière, Joe
Lovano, Tony Oxley, Michel Portal, Enrico
Rava, Michel Bénita, Aldo Romano and
Kenny Wheeler. In 1987 she was nominated
for the Best Young Talent award in the
Music Jazz Poll and the following year she
was a member of Billy Cobham’s band,
touring Europe and the USA and appearing
on 1989’s Incoming. She spent some time
in Sweden, before returning to Italy in the
early 90s. In the late 90s, she played the
San Remo festival in duo with Pat Metheny
and also appeared as a member of a piano
trio, with Paul Bley and John Taylor, at
the Olympic Theatre of Vicenza. Among
other musicians with whom Marcotulli
has worked and sometimes recorded are
Sal Nistico, Pino Daniele, Andy Sheppard,
Charlie Mariano, Marilyn Mazur, Roberto
Gatto, Bob Moses, and she has had a longterm musical relationship with Dewey
Redman. Marcotulli has claimed the
influence of musicians such as Thelonious
Monk, Bill Evans and John Coltrane. (via
allmusic.com)
MUSIC
RITA MARCOTULLI PERFORMS AT
JAZZ BISTRO IN TORONTO
Monday, February 22
7:00-8:15pm & 9:30-10:45pm
Jazz Bistro
251 Victoria Street, Toronto
Well known amongst contemporary jazz
audiences at home in Italy and abroad,
Rita Marcotulli has performed with
musicians such as Kenny Wheeler and Pat
Metheny to name a few. See this highly
EVENTS ELSEWHERE
THEATRE
CINEMA
Gardiner Lecture Series 2016
CURIOUS MINDS: ITALY - WHERE
ROMANCE MEETS REALITY
HARLEQUIN ROMANCE: EUROPE’S
LOVE AFFAIR WITH COMMEDIA
Speaker: Domenico Pietropaolo
Gardiner Museum
111 Queen’s Park, Toronto
The Commedia dell’Arte was a popular
form of drama based on the improvisation of
dialogue and action, and on the use of stock
characters. It lasted well over two hundred
years, spreading from makeshift stages in
public places to the most refined homes and
commercial settings of Europe. Throughout
its history, Commedia dell’Arte exercised a
powerful form of social criticism.
As the political and economic conditions
of Europe changed, so did Commedia
dell’Arte. It adapted to the new
circumstances by reversing the direction
of its criticism and by migrating from
the stage to the world of the decorative
arts, including garden statuary, porcelain
miniature sculpture, etchings, picture
books, and so on. This lecture traces the
main lines of that transition, showing how
the stock characters continued to flourish as
protagonists of their new domains.
DOMENICO PIETROPAOLO
Principal of St. Michael’s College in
the University of Toronto, Domenico
Pietropaolo is a professor of Italian
Literature and an active scholar. He is a
former Chair of the Department of Italian
Studies and a former Director of the
Graduate Centre for Study of drama. His
main research interests are Italian literary
history from Dante to the Enlightenment,
the Commedia dell’Arte Tradition and the
Baroque opera libretto.
ABOUT COMMEDIA DELL’ARTE DAY
On february 25, we’re celebrating Commedia
dell’Arte Day with a special gardiner signature
lecture and a 15% discount* for gardiner friends
in the shop on regular priced items, including
works inspired by the characters of the commedia
dell’arte by thomas aitken and kate hyde.
For tickets http://bit.ly/1JWGXk7
In Toronto and in Vaughan we offer
a variety of courses ranging from
beginner to advanced levels;
Our courses follow the Common
European Framework set by the
European Council for Languages;
Thursday, February 25, 6:30pm.
**Tickets $10 for Istituto
Italiano di Cultura members
by calling 416-586-8080, or by
purchasing tickets in person**
Students choose the Istituto
Italiano di Cultura because:
We offer special interest courses
such as business, stylistics, grammar,
conversation and culture classes;
Our teachers are highly qualified
native speakers of Italian;
Bloor Hot Docs Cinema
506 Bloor St. W.
Tuesdays, February 2, 9 ,16
10:00 a.m. to noon
6-Week Course: $63
(Bloor Members: $54, $42, Free).
Single Class: $20
(Bloor Members: $17, $14, Free)
Professor of Italian culture Franco Gallippi
will be your guide on an exciting journey
through the art and culture of his native
land. Delve deep into Italy’s cuisine,
literature from Dante to Elena Ferrante,
notorious ex-Prime Minister Silvio
Berlusconi and his clashes with Federico
Fellini and more. Discover la Bella Italia
as you’ve never seen it before.
This course is led by Professor Franco
Gallippi, who completed his PhD thesis
Calvino: Reader of Leopardi and Galileo at
the University of Toronto in 2007. He was
Assistant Professor of Italian at McMaster
University for four years and currently
teaches at the Italian Cultural Institute in
Toronto. He is working on a book on Italo
Calvino and has appeared in books and
academic journals in Italy, Canada and the
U.S.
Doors will open one hour before the first
class. Registrants will receive supplementary
materials in advance of their first class.
For further info: http://bit.ly/1NnUqQv
ITALIAN LANGUAGE AND
CULTURE COURSES
The Istituto offers the opportunity to learn
about the Italian language and culture through
the organisation of courses. Over 1100 students
take courses at the Istituto every year. The
courses are taught by Italian native speakers
with a particular focus on communication.
Small groups: minimum 6 and
maximum 13 students;
Students can partecipate at the cultural
events organized by the IIC;
Students have free access to the
Istituto’s library and movies;
Certificates of proficiency can
be issued upon request;
Students can benefit from various scholarships
offered by language schools in Italy;
The Istituto is the only place in Toronto where
the Certification of Italian Proficiency exams
(esami CILS) are held. This certification is
officially recognized by the European Union.
Academic year
Courses at the Istituto Italiano di
Cultura are divided into eight levels and
are offered in four yearly sessions:
Winter session January - March
Spring session April - June
Summer session July - September
Fall session October - December
Courses are:
once a week: 25 hours in ten weeks;
twice a week: 25 hours in six weeks;
intensive: three times a week for a
total of 25 hours in four weeks;
private: flexible according to students’
special interests and needs.
The Istituto also offers courses in:
Grammar and Stylistics
Conversation • Business Italian
Introductory Italian Translation
Italian History • Italian Literature