Italian Festival in Thailand 2015 10th Edition

Tuesday, 3rd NOVEMBER, 2015
Duo Canino-Bidoli
Venue: Music Hall, Art & Culture Building, Chulalongkorn University
Time: 19.00 hrs
The Duo Canino Bidoli will perform a very
interesting and rare concert by piano (Bruno
Canino) and violin (Alessio Bidoli), playing
almost unheard-of musical masterpieces by
two composers of the XIX Century (the Century of Romanticism), the Italian Antonio
Bazzini and the Polish Henryk Wieniawski.
Saturday, 21st NOVEMBER, 2015
ITALI’ by OPLAS
Venue: 4th Floor, BACC
Time: 19:00 hrs
Choreography: Luca Bruni
Scenes and costumes: Mario Ferrari
A journey across a Country made of colours,
languages and cultures but still united under a same name: Italy ! Our movie and musical traditions, football, food, etc., so many
sacred icones of a land made of flesh, soul
and passion!
Ambasciata d’Italia a Bangkok
Italian Festival
in Thailand 2015
th
10 Edition
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Friday, 27th NOVEMBER, 2015
Convergenze – Prospective in light
Venue: 4th Floor, BACC
Time: 19:00 hrs
As 2015 is the Year of Light, “E.sperimenti
Gdodance Company” has prepared the
new production “Convergenze – Prospective in light” that will be performed by
Italian dancers with a contamination between contemporary dance, hip hop and
electronic music. Lights and technology
will play a major role in creating an original
frame for the movements of the artists.
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ADMISSION TO ALL EVENTS IS FREE
Tuesday, 21st APRIL, 2015
A Special Lecture by Prof. Antonello Alici
Venue: Silpakorn University Faculty of Architecture
Time: 17:30 - 20:30 hrs
Under the Agreement on academic cooperation and exchange between Silpakorn University and the Italian Università Politecnica
delle Marche, Silpakorn University hosts the
Special Lecture “Architectural heritage
management and Tourism: the Italian and
European experience” by Prof. Antonello
Alici, from the Department of Engineering
of the Università Politecnica delle Marche.
Prof. Alici has been a student of Rossano
Viviani, the son of Silpa Bhirasri.
Monday 4th,11th,18th MAY, 2015 & Thursday 7th,14th,21st MAY 2015
Completing Beethoven 32 Piano Sonata Cycle By Christian Leotta
Venue: Sala Sudasiri Sobha, Cocktail Reception: 18:30 hrs. Concert: 19:30 hrs
Master Christian Leotta, one of the most ingenious interprets of Ludwig Van Beethoven,
comes back to Bangkok after last year’s great
success. This time, in the surrealistic atmosphere of Nat Studio, he will complete with
another 6 concerts the cycle of Beethoven’s
32 piano sonatas by performing the remaining 24 musical compositions.
Monday, 4th MAY:
No. 14 in C- sharp minor, Op. 27 No.2“Moonlight”
No. 7 in D major, Op. 10 No. 3
No. 29 in B-flat major, Op. 106 “Hammerklavier”
Thursday, 7th MAY:
No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2 No. 1
No. 13 in E-flat major, Op. 27 No. 1
No. 25 in G major, Op. 79 No. 17 in D minor, Op.. 31 No. 2, “The Tempest”
Friday, 24th APRIL 2015
Mauro Maur in Concert
Venue: Dusit Thani, Dusit Thani Hall
Cocktail Reception: 18:30 hrs. Concert: 19:30 hrs
The trumpet of Mauro Maur and the piano of
Francoise de Clossey are a “marvelous music
machine” (Pierre Thibaud) which have made
the American, European and Asian audiences
be moved as well as smile.
For 30 years, this great trumpeter, accompanied for over 10 years by the virtuoso pianist
Francoise de Clossey, has received applauses
in the most important concert halls of the
world.
By invitation only.
Monday, 11th MAY:
No. 2 in A major, Op. 2 No. 2
No. 9 in E major, Op. 14 No. 1
No. 18 in E-flat major, Op. 31 No. 3
No. 26 in E-flat major, Op. 81a “Les Adieux”
Thursday, 14th MAY:
No. 12 in A-flat major, Op. 26
No. 4 in E-flat major, Op. 7
No. 19 in G minor, Op. 49 No. 1
No. 20 in G major Op. 49 No. 2
No. 28 in A major Op. 101
Monday, 18th MAY:
No. 6 in F major, Op. 10 No. 2
No. 15 in D major, Op.28, “Pastoral”
No. 22 in F major, Op. 54
No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110
Thursday, 21st MAY:
No. 16 in G major, Op. 31 No. 1
No. 8 in C minor Op. 13, Pathétique
No. 24 in F-sharp major Op. 78
No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111
Monday, 25th to Sunday, 31st MAY, 2015
In celebration of the strong bond between the Kingdom of Thailand
and the Republic of Italy, you are cordially invited to “Italian Fair Week”.
Venue: Siam Paragon
At Food Hall & Gourmet Market, G Floor.
Titillate your taste buds at the Italian Food Fair.
A tantalizing week to enjoy a variety of delicious Italian cuisine, gathered from a number
of leading Italian restaurants-both within Siam
Paragon Shopping Center and outside the
shopping center. Many food booths are available to serve mouth-watering dishes.
Friday, 29th MAY, 2015
Eugenio Bennato and his Band
Venue: Parc Paragon, M Floor
Time: 18:30 hrs
Eugenio Bennato and his Band come back
to Thailand, being called by those who were
enthusiast for last year’s performance. While
continuing the tradition of workshops aimed
at teaching the Taranta dance to Thai students, Eugenio Bennato will perform this
time with even more Mediterranean rhythm,
in an Italian “piazza”-style concert.
Thursday, 28th MAY to Thursday, 11th JUNE, 2015
EMQUARTIER URBAN ITALIANA
A Celebration of Finest Italian Innovation & Lifestyle
Venue: Emquartier
The EM DISTRICT, in cooperation with the
Italian Embassy, proudly presents the first
unique Italian week “EMQUARTIER URBAN
ITALIANA” at the EM District. Join a celebration of Italian innovation and luxury lifestyle.
Visitors will be inspired by the latest models
of finest Italian innovative motors from official distributors and enjoy delicious Italian
Gastronomy with a wide selection of food
and finest Italian ingredients.
CINEMA
A selection of movies from the Italian production of the recent years. It’s a 7 titles list
aimed at communicating a contemporary image of the Italian society and culture. The
choice focuses on movies which are obtaining international approvals from the audience,
the critics and the most important festivals worldwide: an high quality selection of titles
that put together film masters with new young authors. All the movies will be projected
with the original Italian soundtrack and English subtitles.
.THE WONDERFUL BOY
(IL GIOVANE FAVOLOSO) - 2014
.MY TOMORROW
(IL MIO DOMANI) – 2011
.ME AND YOU
(IO E TE) – 2012
.THE WONDERS
(LE MERAVIGLIE) - 2014
.LONG LIVE FREEDOM
(VIVA LA LIBERTA’) – 2013
.REALITY - 2012
.HUMAN CAPITAL
(IL CAPITALE UMANO) – 2013
Wednesday, 24th JUNE (Opening & Seminar) 2015; Monday, 22nd to Tuesday, 30th JUNE (Exhibition)
CDC Italian Festival 2015
Venue: CDC
Seminar: 13:30 hrs. Grand Opening: 17:00 hrs
CDC Italian Festival 2015 will be held on
June 22nd-30th, 2015.
The annual outstanding exhibition will
gather world-renowned leading Italian
brands ranging from furniture and home
decoration to kitchenware, and food &
beverage.
An updating seminar on Milan Fair 2015
has also been organized.
Tuesday, 29th SEPTEMBER 2015
Trio Pieranunzi-Mirabassi-Bulgarelli
Venue: Multi-function hall, 1st floor, BACC
Cocktail Reception: 18:00 hrs. Concert: 19:00 hrs
The Trio Pieranunzi-Mirabassi-Bulgarelli will
perform a special concert by piano, clarinet
and double-bass. On the occasion of the
event “Mediterranean Novels”, the Trio will
combine and alternate the subtle improvisation of the jazz music with simple but deep
folk tunes of Italy.
Friday, 02nd OCTOBER, 2015
Max Ionata Hammond Trio
Venue: Bangkok University, Rama IV Campus
Cocktail Reception: 18:00 hrs. Concert: 19:00 hrs
Tenor saxophonist Max Ionata with his Hammond Trio (Nicola Angelucci – drums, Alberto
Gurrisi – Hammond organ) represents a new
generation of extraordinary musicians who
have been invited to play in the major Jazz
festivals around the world. The popular magazine Jazzlife recently tributed to Max Ionata
an article addressing him as “a saxophonist
who opened new boundaries in jazz”.
Tuesday, 6th OCTOBER, 2015
Duo Bosso-Mazzariello
Venue: Bangkok University, Rama IV Campus
Cocktail Reception: 18:00 hrs. Concert: 19:00 hrs
Trumpeter Fabrizio Bosso and pianist J.O.
Mazzariello are coming for the first time to
delight Thailand. In the past few years, the
famous duo has been already applauded by
critics and audience in China and Japan. You
will be impressed by their unique ability in
finding meeting points between genres and
different styles.
Wednesday, 14th OCTOBER, 2015
Duo Alterno
Venue: Multifunctional Room, 1st floor, BACC
Concert: 19:00 hrs
The duo with a ”big voice and a fine sense
of comedic timing” as defined by the Washington Post. The Duo gives a voice (and a
piano) to the Italian start of the XX Century.