ITALIAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE
New York
TUE 4
6:00PM
MARIO FRATTI
“A Forbidden Diary”
Book presentation
THU 6
6:30PM
“Diario Proibito” (A Forbidden Diary)
was written in 1958. Mario Fratti was
15 years old when nine of his partisan
friends were murdered by the fascist
regime, in his home town of L’Aquila.
“Diario Proibito” is a homage to
political commitment, and first-hand
memoirs of World War II.
MARIO FRATTI, playwright, actor, and
drama critic, is a well known figure
on the literary and theatrical scene
in the US. Several of his 91 plays
have been translated and performed
in 19 languages and have granted
him many Awards. Among them,
seven Tony Awards for the smash hit
Broadway musical “Nine”.
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Born and raised in Messina (Sicily), Cettina
Donato started playing drums at the age
of 6. She has been performing since she
was a child.
At the age of 8 during a concert she
met the Director of the Conservatory of
Messina who really encouraged her to
study music at the Conservatory. Cettina
graduated in Classical Piano, Jazz Piano
and in Musical Didactic.
She also studied Classical Composition.
She graduated in Social Psychology
from the University of Messina and she
obtained two Masters in Special Didactic.
Due to her strong skills in playing all
styles of music she listened by ear,
Cettina not only plays classical music but
pop and jazz as well. Cettina graduated
from Berklee College in December 2011
majoring in Jazz Composition.
RSVP: diana.santi@nyfa.edu
WED 19
6:00PM
FABIO VOLO “La Strada Verso
Casa” “The Road Home”
Book Presentation
THU 27
6:00PM
Italian Cultural Institute
THU 20
6:00PM
THE ITALIAN OPERA IN THE
CHAMBER MUSIC
De Bonfils Minervino Duo
With five million copies sold,
Fabio Volo’s books have made him
unquestionably one of the most
acclaimed authors in Italy and a sort
of miracle in a country which seems
to have lost its reading culture: no one
succeeded as he did at harmoniously
connecting with the feelings of a
“mega-generation” spanning from
age twenty to forty. In this new novel,
now available in the U.S., Fabio Volo
tells the story of two brothers who
are as opposite as they can be in
both character and lifestyle. Also in
e-books: “One More Day” and “Day
Break”.
Fabio Volo, born in Brescia in 1972,
is a writer, actor, radio and TV deejay and the author of six extremely
successful novels still riding high in
the bestsellers charts.
The program for this concert covers some
of the transcripts of the most famous
Italian opera overtures. Gioacchino
Rossini Ouverture from “Il Barbiere di
Siviglia” Domenico Cimarosa Ouverture
from “Il Matrimonio Segreto” Gioacchino
Rossini Fantasy on “Il Tancredi” Ouverture
from “La Cenerentola”
Massimo de Bonfils, Professor at the S.
Cecilia Conservatory in Rome, graduated
both in Violin and Viola. At thirty-one
he became, in Alessandria and Novara,
the youngest conservatory director in
Italy. He has performed as soloist with
Orchestras in three continents and is
invited to be part of numerous juries of
prestigious International Awards.
Luca Minervino, graduated in classical
guitar at Conservatory in Bari and has
attended various master classes. He has
quickly established himself in various
national and international competitions.
He has performed in New York at the
Bronxville Women’s Club and also in St.
Petersburg at the Italian Cultural Institute.
Italian Cultural Institute
Italian Cultural Institute
GOTHAM PRIZE
Exhibition Opening
Gotham Prize 2012 - Winners
Andrea CHIESI & Collective of artists
ZIMMERFREI (Anna DE MANINCOR,
Massimo CAROZZI, Anna RISPOLI).
This award is a project of the Italian
Cultural Institute conceived to
introduce the excellence of young
Italian contemporary artists in
New York. The winners, selected
by an international jury, have the
opportunity to present their works
in a personal exhibition at the Italian
Cultural Institute in New York. By
establishing this award, ICI intends
to highlight its commitment to the
promotion of contemporary young
Italian artists, with a careful, rigorous
selection process.
On view from March 27 t o April 24
Monday through Friday 10am to 4pm
Italian Cultural Institute
Italian Cultural Institute of New York
CETTINA DONATO
In Concert
New York Film Academy
17 Battery Park Place, NYC
Italian Cultural Institute
Maristella De Panizza Lorch, Professor
Emerita of Italian and Medieval
and Renaissance Studies at Barnard
College at Columbia University, has
taught courses on Dante, Petrarca,
Renaissance Humanism, and related
topics for over fifty years. Since retiring
Dr. Lorch has devoted herself to
writing a semi-fictionalized memoir of
her roots in the Austro-Italian Alps, her
experience of the resistance in Fascist
controlled Italy, her immigration to
the United States as a war bride, and
her subsequent development as an
academic humanist, an entrepreneur,
and a wife and a mother of three
daughters. Her memoirs form a
trilogy, of which Beyond Gibraltar is
the second volume. The first book,
Mamma in her Village, was published
in 2005 by Ryder and Finn. Dr. Lorch
is currently working on the third
volume The Other Shore.
TUE 11
6:00PM
7:30 - Screening: Pietra Pesante ,
Storia di Nessuno
Andrea Zanzotto (1921-2011) is widely
considered one of the most important
Italian and European poets of the
twentieth century. Zanzotto’s poetry
has registered the profound social and
cultural changes that have transformed
postwar Italy.
Patrick Barron teaches at the University of
Massachusetts. He has received awards
from the Academy of American Poets,
the American Academy in Rome, the
Fulbright Commission, and the National
Endowment for the Arts.
MARISTELLA LORCH “Beyond
Gibraltar”
Book presentation
FILMAKERS
6:30 - Panel: Four Continents at
the Movies: A new generation of
filmmakers from Italy, New York and
beyond talk about their future.
“Composed directly in English during
a period of writer’s block and later
‘translated’ by the poet himself into
facing semi-independent Italian versions,
Andrea Zanzotto’s fascinating Haiku for
a Season constitutes a singular addition
to world literature: a classic poetic form
handled deftly by a master innovator
and one of Europe’s major poetic voices”
(John P. Welle, University of Notre Dame)
WED 26
6:00PM
ITALIAN
The award was granted in the
following categories: Documentary:
“Pietra Pesante” by Davide Gambino
Short Film: “Storia di Nessuno” by
Manfredi Lucibello Feature film: “La
Strada Verso Casa” by Samuele Rossi
Italian Cultural Institute
ANDREA ZANZOTTO:
HAIKU FOR A SEASON –
HAIKU PER UNA STAGIONE,
A talk by editor Patrick Barron
YOUNG
AWARD
ICI and NYFA celebrate the three
young film directors who won the
YOUNG ITALIAN FILMMAKERS AWARD
2013. They will have the opportunity
to showcase their work and discuss
with their peers from different
countries cinema and its future.
Introduction by:
Claudio Angelini, former Director of
ICI, Journalist, writer
Francesco Bonavita, Professor Kean
University, NJ
FRI 14
6:00PM
MARCH 2014
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MON 31
6:00PM
PLACES AND LIFE OF JEWISH
DIASPORA IN SOUTHERN ITALY
IN MEMORY OF CESARE COLAFEMMINA
Cesare Colafemmina (1933-2012)
was a professor of Hebrew Epigraphy
and Antiquities at the University of
Bari, and of Hebrew Literature at
the University of Calabria. His entire
lifetime as a scholar was devoted to
researching the presence of Jews in
Southern Italy, from Late Antiquity to
the Middle Ages.
Fabrizio Lelli teaches Hebrew
Language and Literature at the
University of Salento and is presently
a fellow at the Herbert D. Katz Center
for Advanced Judaic Studies in
Philadelphia.
Mauro Perani is professor of Hebrew
at the University of Bologna, Italy. He
is credited as having discovered the
oldest known complete Torah scroll,
dating from 1155-1225, kept at the
University of Bologna.
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