Summer Events 2014 - Istituto Di Cultura

ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI CULTURA
Summer
Events 2014
82 Nicolson Street, Edinburgh EH8 9EW
tel: 0131-668 2232 fax: 0131-668 2777
[email protected] www.iicedimburgo.esteri.it
Photography / Fotografia
Franco Franceschi
The Seasons in Chianti / Le stagioni nel Chianti
16 April – 31 May 2014
Valvona & Crolla,19 Elm Row, Edinburgh
Monday to Thursday, 8.30am-5.30pm,
Friday & Saturday 8am-6pm.
Sunday,10.30am-3.30pm
The Italian Cultural Institute is very pleased to show Francesco
Franceschi’s exhibition Seasons in Chianti at Valvona & Crolla.
The exhibition includes 50 images, showing Siena countryside
photographed in different seasons in the course of eight years
while the artist stayed in Castellina in Chianti.
The images are extraordinary, stressing the metaphysical nature
hidden in Chiantishire. Images inspired by painting, neither
melancholic, nor exalted by exaggerated colours. It is a Chianti
that has been lived more than visited. During this period Valvona & Crolla will be offering Chianti tastings.
For more information please refer to www.iicedimburgo.esteri.it and
www.valvonacrolla.co.uk
Left: Sunflowers in Chianti by Franco Franceschi
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Theatre / Teatro
Compagnia TPO and Insite Arts present:
Saltbush – Children’s Cheering Carpet
Festival Theatre Studio, Potterrow, Edinburgh
Thursday 8 May 2014, 1.30pm & 7pm, Friday 9 May 2014,
10.30am, Saturday 10 May 2014, 11.30am & 3pm, Sunday 11
May 2014, 3pm, Monday 12 May 2014, 10.30am & 1.30pm
Saltbush is a collaboration between Italian, Aboriginal and nonAboriginal Australian artists and follows the journey of two
Aboriginal friends as they cross Australia on foot. Children are invited
to explore, play and dance with the performers as the landscape
unfolds around them, providing a unique immersive experience
where the audience can become part of this visually beautiful journey.
Children’s theatre doesn’t get any better than this… the perfect
fusion of dance, art and breathtaking digital design.
The Sunday Mail, Australia
Duration: 45 minutes. Seating: cushions & benches
For more information please visit:
www.imaginate.org.uk
www.insitearts.com.au www.tpo.it
Saltbush – Children’s Cheering Carpet on Tour
Beacon Arts Centre, Greenock Thursday 15 May at 1pm & 7pm,
Box Office: 01475 723 723 www.beaconartscentre.co.uk
Adam Smith Theatre, Kirkcaldy Sunday 18 May at 2pm
Box Office: 01592 583302 www.onfife.com
Universal Hall, Findhorn Wednesday 21 May at 09.30 & 11.30.
Box Office: 01309 690110, Schools Booking: 01309 691661
www.bodysurfscotland.co.uk
Tron Theatre, Glasgow Friday 23 May at 2.30pm, Saturday 24 May
at 11.30 & 2.30pm Box Office: 0141 552 4267 www.tron.co.uk
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Photo Compagnia TPO
The Imaginate Festival on Tour programme is part of the Glasgow 2014
Cultural Programme www.glasgow2014.com/culture
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Publishing / Editoria
Theatre / Teatro
Dizionario delle collocazioni / Dictionary of Italian
Collocations by Paola Tiberii
Assotheatris presents All Home, Bed and Church
with Marina De Juli of The Fo Rame Theatre Company
Tuesday 13 May 2014, 6pm
Italian Cultural Institute, 82 Nicolson Street, Edinburgh
Written by Dario Fo and Franca Rame, Directed by Franca Rame
Friday 16 May 2014, 6.30-9pm, Summerhall, Edinburgh
The term collocazione (collocation)
refers to a familiar grouping of
words, especially words that
habitually appear together and
thereby convey meaning by
association. Some examples
are caffè forte (strong coffee),
lanciare un appello (to launch
an appeal), prestare attenzione
(to pay attention), delusione
amara (a bitter disappointment),
vittoria netta (a clear victory) etc.
The dictionary is an extremely
useful tool for non-native Italian
speakers for increasing vocabulary
and identifying the correct usage
of collocations which are always
difficult to master without such
a specific resource. This event will be in Italian
Free event but booking essential:
[email protected]
The show consists of a programme of comic-grotesque monologues
on the condition of women.
A Woman Alone: a woman who
has everything in her house,
who lives according to standards
set by television, but who lacks
the most important things – the
respect of her husband and her
self esteem.
Waking up: a piece which provokes laughter and reflection on
the range of emotions so long repressed by today’s women,
overwhelmed by the stresses and rhythms of everyday life, divided
between household and work, they are forced to endure.
The second part of the show is dedicated to the subject of sex,
treated variously in a hilarious Orgasm Lesson, and an ancient
jester-like story, full of humour, entitled La parpaja topola (The
Butterfly Mouse).
The performance will be preceded by a round table with Prof. Joseph Farrell,
Dr Donatella Fischer and Marina De Juli. Two books by Prof. Farrell will be
presented: Non è tempo di nostalgia Franca Rame con Joseph Farrell, and Dario
e Franca: la biografia della coppia Fo/Rame attraverso la storia italiana.
Tickets for all the events £7 / £5 concession
Performed in Italian with English surtitles
For more information please visit:
www.iicedimburgo.esteri.it
www.summerhall.co.uk
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St MAGNUS
International Festival
20-26 June 2014, Kirkwall, Orkney Islands
St Magnus International Festival is Orkney’s annual
celebration of the arts. Musical events are at the heart
of the artistic programme, the Festival also encompasses
drama, dance, literature and visual arts.
The Italian Institute is very proud to be associated with
the St Magnus International Festival 2014. A number
of events have been programmed to commemorate
the creation of the Italian Chapel and the release of the
Italian Prisoners of War in 1944.
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The Festival makes use of various
venues around Orkney, from
the Romanesque grandeur of St
Magnus Cathedral to the poignant
intimacy of the Italian Chapel.
Orkney Festival
EXHIBITION: The Italian Chapel – The Prisoners
of Camp 60 Artistic Director Marco Bussagli
Curated by Gabriella Tamburello
20-26 June 2014
Mon - Thurs 9.15am-7pm, Tue, Wed, Fri & Sat 9.15am-5pm
Orkney Library & Archive, Carnegie Room
This exhibition commemorates the Italian
Chapel and the Italian Prisoners of War
with whom Orkney is strongly associated.
Numerous photographs show the
construction of the chapel, the painting of
the frescos and the men who worked whilst
held prisoner in Camp 60 in Orkney.
Admission Free
Laus Concentus: The Colours of the Sun
Music at the time of Caravaggio
21 June 2014 7pm & 9.30pm, Italian Chapel
Renata Fusco
voice
Massimo Lonardi lute
Maurizio Piantelli lute
The exquisite combination of two lutes
and voice from one of Italy’s most highlyregarded early music ensembles will
transport you to another time, another
place and promises to be an intimate
experience in one of Orkney’s most
iconic buildings.
There will be a brief address by
His Excellency Pasquale Terraciano, the
Italian Ambassador to the UK and the
Director of Italian Cultural Institute Dr Stefania Del Bravo.
Tickets £30, Concession £24
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Orkney Festival
The Italian Chapel & the Italians at War
22 June 2014 12.45pm, New Phoenix Cinema, Kirkwall
This round table event looks at the fascinating history of the Italian
Chapel and its creators and the wider context of Italians at war
through the eyes of a distinguished panel of experts: James Runcie,
Philip Paris, Wendy Ugolini and Fabio Chiocchetti.
Music / Musica
Scottish Opera
Sir Walter Scott and Opera
Soprano: Judith Howarth
Baritone: Roland Wood
Tenor: Michael Colvin
Piano: Derek Clark
Tickets £10, Concession £8
Another Time, Another Place
Director Michael Radford
26 June 2014 2pm, New Phoenix Cinema, Kirkwall
This story of a World War II romance in the Black Isle develops in a
gradual but lyrical manner as Janie (Phyllis Logan), a Scottish woman
married to a cold and remote man, starts an affair with Luigi
(Giovanni Mauriello), an Italian confined to Janie’s small community
until the war is over. Luigi has two other compatriots to keep him
company, but none of the Italians speak English, and life in exile is
lonely. Although the townspeople continue to distrust the Italians,
Luigi and Janie are kindred spirits, so when they meet, their mutual
need is unconsciously acknowledged and passions are ignited.
Running time 118 mins.
For booking and Information please contact:
St Magnus International Festival, T: 01856 871445
www.stmagnusfestival.com
Friday 4 July, 7.30pm, The Hub, Edinburgh
Monday 7 July, 7.30pm, Abbotsford House, Melrose
Thursday 10 July, 7.30pm, St Machar’s Cathedral, Aberdeen
Sunday 13 July 3pm, Òran Mór, Glasgow
These imaginative recitals from Scottish Opera celebrate the 200th
anniversary of the publication of The Waverley Novels. Rich with
romanticism and full of the supernatural, Scott’s novels and poems
have been a well-mined source for generations of composers, and
have inspired over 80 operas. These intimate recitals features work
by Donizetti, Rossini and Bizet as well as Arthur Sullivan, of Gilbert
and Sullivan fame, and Scottish composer Hamish MacCunn.
Visiting four of Scotland’s most singular and beautiful venues,
including The Hub in Edinburgh, St Machar’s Cathedral in Aberdeen
& Òran Mór in Glasgow, a stellar line-up brings the programme to
life. The tour also includes a recital at Scott’s own home, Abbotsford
House, on Monday 7 July – the anniversary of the publication of
Waverley, the first of the author’s world-famous series.
SCOTTISH BRANCH
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Running time 1 hr 40 mins approximately
Supported by the Italian Cultural Institute
For more information please refer to: www.scottishopera.org.uk
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Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival
Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival
Stone Islands
Paolo Alderighi & Conal Fowkes
Friday 18 July 2014, 7.30pm
Festival Theatre Studio, Nicolson Street
Wednesday 23 July 2014, 6pm
Festival Theatre Studio, Nicolson Street
An embarrassment of riches in the way of lyrical, folk-inflected
melodies, bright open harmonies and surging rhythmic energy
(The Scotsman).
The Milanese stride, ragtime and boogie-woogie pianist returns
after his sensational Edinburgh debut last year. Tonight’s concert
also features razzle dazzle pianist Conal Fowkes who has been the
mainstay of Woody Allen’s New Orleans Jazz Band for the past decade.
Now in its third incarnation, Sardinian saxophonist Enzo Favata is
joined by Scottish pianist Dave Milligan and trumpeter Colin Steele
with a new format band, still offering the same musical excitement.
Enrico Pieranunzi
Thursday 24 July 2014, 7.30pm
Festival Theatre Studio, Nicolson Street
Bandakadabra
Friday 18 July 2014, 7.30pm, Tron Kirk, High Street
Eclectic, infectious, dynamic 12 piece super brass and drum
ensemble from Torino merge traditional marching music with wild
Balkan dances, traditional Mediterranean marches and Latino jazz.
Uplifting and engaging live performances.
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Surely one of the world’s greatest jazz pianists. The Roman maestro
plays with extraordinary passion, sensitivity and astonishing invention
merging classical music with jazz improvisation. Playing solo, he
takes the music of Scarlatti, Handel, Bach, Schumann and Debussy
as a starting point and he invests his
interpretations with extraordinary passion
and emotional energy. Intensely beautiful
piano (Penguin Guide to Jazz).
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Mostra / Exhibition
Mostra / Exhibition
Germano Ovani & Martina Peluso
Wed 30 July – Sat 30 August
Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, EH1 1SR
Opening time: 10am to 6pm Monday to Saturday,
& Sundays 12noon-6pm
Two talented Italian illustrators Germano Ovani & Martina Peluso
will be exhibiting for the first time at the Scottish Storytelling Centre.
The Dandelion by Germano Ovani
Their exhibition draws on the amazing power of drawing, one of
the first forms of expressions we all experience. So doing, Martina
and Germano’s drawings will get youngers to explore the magical
world of books, bringing back to their childhood those who have
only apparently lost their ability to dream.
Germano Ovani’s artistic training took place mainly in Urbino (Italy) where he
studied Art at the School of Art, and Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts. In
1997 he began to be interested in the illustration of children’s books. After
obtaining his first commissions from various Italian publishers, in 1999 he started
an MA dedicated to the Illustration of Children’s Books at The University of Wales,
Aberystwyth.
Martina Peluso has studied printing art at the Institute of Art in Naples and
she has attended courses of illustration at Sarmede and Pavia. In 2006 at the
Carampa Circus in Madrid she set up her first personal exhibition: Circus. In 2007
she exhibited her work at Assisi, Italy, called ’The Hymn of the Creatures, images
of a world of grace’; it was on exhibition at the museum of St. Damiano.
Entry to the Centre is free – just drop in!
During the exhibition we shall have “Meet the Artist”
and a series of workshops with children.
Leggimi forte by Martina Peluso
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For more information please visit:
www.iicedimburgo.esteri.it
and www.tracscotland.org
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Edinburgh: City of Festivals
Edimburgo: Città dei Festival
EDINBURGH is the world’s Festival City. It is where
people come together from across the globe to share
their passion for the arts, culture and ideas.
EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL
1-25 August 2014
The Italian Cultural Institute is proud to support many Italian
companies performing at the Fringe. The programme will be
launched on the 5th of June 2014.
18-29 June 2014
For further information please refer to: www.edfringe.com
The annual Edinburgh International Festival, with its mixture of
premieres, star guests, unique events and major retrospectives, has
become one of the unmissable dates in the calendar. The 2014
Festival will once again highlight a number of titles of special
interest for lovers of Italian cinema.
EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL
For further information please refer to: www.edfilmfest.org.uk
8-31 August 2014
The Festival has been bringing unparalleled performances and the
finest artists to audiences from Edinburgh and around the world for
67 years.
For further information please refer to: www.eif.co.uk
EDINBURGH JAZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL
18-27 July 2014
Spanning from the earliest jazz forms to the thriving creativity of
today, the Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival presents the UK’s biggest
jazz event.
For Italian musicians at the Jazz and Blues Festival please refer to:
www.edinburghjazzfestival.com
EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL
9-25 August 2014
The largest celebration of the written word in the world brings
entertainment and inspiration to Edinburgh.
For further information please refer to: www.edbookfest.co.uk
EDINBURGH ART FESTIVAL
31 July – 31 August 2014
Edinburgh Art Festival is Scotland’s largest annual celebration of the
visual arts. Uniquely, the festival offers the chance to experience the
best of contemporary Scottish and International art.
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For further information please refer to: www.edinburghartfestival.com
Dance / Danza
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Athletes Riccardo Buscarini / Tir Danza
Sun 1 Aug – Sun 17 Aug (excluding Mondays) daily @ 1pm
Dance Base
Festival Fringe 2014
For three years Dance Base, with the support of the
Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities
and the Italian Cultural Institute, has been delighted
to curate and showcase the best contemporary
choreographers from Italy.
This showcase is an essential
ingredient of Dance Base’s
award-winning international
dance programme selected
exclusively for the Edinburgh
Festival Fringe.
Bringing together love, food,
iconic stars and rebellious riffs
on reality, this year’s offering is a
true representation of a country that is rightly famous
for its love of food and la dolce vita, but always with an
original twist and amazing design.
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Athletes by Riccardo Buscarini
Photos: Benedict Johnson
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Winner of prestigious dance award, The Place
Prize 2013 (sponsored by Bloomberg), Athletes
shows the tension between man and machine.
Three erotic and enigmatic figures shift from
solidarity to cruelty in a sparse and beautiful
landscape, an artwork in itself. These creatures
slide, grapple and intersect until they reach the
ultimate … is it destruction or evolution? The Cut Tuk Show (Italy)
& Wonders of the Universe (UK)
Naturalis Labor double bill with Karol Cysewski
Sun 1 Aug – Sun 17 Aug (excluding Mondays) daily @ 2pm
Close encounters of the silly kind. Take
one multi award-winning Italian chef
in a maribou bikini … Martina the chef
in the Cut Tuk Show demonstrates her
arte de cucina, cooking up a delicious
little amuse-bouche live onstage … the
best of Italian life is here. Food and
dance, truly la dolce vita.
Elvis’s Stardust (Italy) & The Truth is just a plain
picture, said Bob (Poland)
Teatro Delle Moire & Anna Nowicka
2, 4, 6, 8 & 10 August @ 4.30pm
Elvis did not leave this building! He lives,
in our heart and minds, always. Comical,
poignant and ghostly, his physical destruction
left a trail of stardust. Two poetic solos about
disappearance, reconfiguration and the power
of overlapping reality and illusion.
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Dance / Danza
iLove Fattoria Vittadini
Tue 19 – Sun 24 Aug @ 3.30pm
A ravishing male love duet. Harmony as
a working couple is an elusive alchemy.
We were passionately in love when
we began to create this, and then we
continued after we split, rediscovering
and understanding ourselves, our all too
human mistakes and the limits we and
our hearts could overcome ... or not.
Will Deja Donne
Tue 19 – Sun 24 Aug @ 4.30pm
Perversion, temptation and
intimacy, exposure and distortion.
Deja Donne bend their bodies
and your mind in their obsessive
bid for ultimate perfection. This
amazing duet conjures ambiguous
memories and unstable imagery,
questioning your deepest feral
instincts.
Visit www.dancebase.co.uk/festival14 for more information
Theatre / Teatro
EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL * 2014
AT THE ITALIAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE
Song of the Earth – Canto della terra
Performer Susanna Paisio
Text & direction Carola Benedetto
Costumes Luciana Ciliento
2, 4 - 8 August 2014, 4pm, Friday 9 August, 2014 7pm
Italian Cultural Institute, 82 Nicolson Street, Edinburgh
A woman escaping from a noisy
modern life finds herself in a
garden, the last shelter of the
gods through an inner flux helped
by songs, she shares reflections,
visions and epiphanies. Can
gardens be our natural rebellion
against modernity? In her words
we find the thoughts of some
extraordinary travellers, eternal
spirits leading us towards secret
truths: Hildegard von Bingen,
Raimon Panikkar, Pierre Rabhi,
Vita Sackville West. 45 minutes of trance, this electro-folk hypnotic
musical will lead us to the depths of the earth, through enchanting
metaphysical dimensions.
www.gruppodelcerchio.it
Ticket price £5
For all the other Italian companies at the Fringe please visit our website.
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Art /Arte
Art /Arte
M&P – Monticelli & Pagone & Apulian Aliens:
‘Foreign Bodies – Corpi Estranei’
8 August – 7 September 2014
Galleria Alpha Art / Stockbridge Library,
52 Hamilton Place, Edinburgh
Dance Base, 14-16 Grassmarket, Edinburgh
Edinburgh’s Alpha Art gallery in Stockbridge will feature the
prominent artistic duo M&P - Monticelli&Pagone, together with
other major artists from the southern Italian region of Puglia:
Astormendez Community, Pino Caputi, Pierluca Cetera, Magda
Milano, Ezia Mitolo.
‘Foreign Bodies – Corpi Estranei’ brings together artists whose
works question how external interests and our internal, emotional
lives affect perceptions of our own and other people’s bodies.
On 8th of August, at Stockbridge Library at 4pm, a live public
performance by M&P and members of the local community will
precede an opening event in Alpha Gallery at 6pm
Supported by the Italian Institute of Culture and In-Art,
For more information please visit: www.alpha-art.co.uk and
www.iicedimburgo.esteri.it .
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Music / Musica
Edinburgh International Festival 2014
Guglielmo Tell
Teatro Regio Torino
Music by Gioacchino Rossini
Libretto by Victor Joseph Etienne de Jouy & Hippolyte Bis
Tuesday 26 August 2014, 6.30pm
Usher Hall, Lothian Road, Edinburgh
Guglielmo Tell: Fabio Maria Capitanucci
Arnoldo Melchtal: John Osborn
Matilde: Elena Mosuc
Gualtiero: Mirco Palazzi
Melchtal: Giacomo Prestia
Jemmy: Erika Grimaldi
Edwige: Anna Maria Chiuri
Gesler: Luca Tittoto
Fisherman: Mikeldi Atxalandabaso
Rodolfo: Luca Casalin
Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda A passionate tale of forbidden love, and a story of a bitter struggle
against tyranny: William Tell is the summation of Rossini’s operatic
expertise in a powerful work of great energy, drama and beauty.
From its bracing overture, the opera tells of the eponymous
medieval Swiss patriot and his fight against Austrian oppression
in music of great passion and lyricism. Its most famous scene, in
which the renowned archer is forced to shoot an apple off his son’s
head, is just one of the opera’s many colourful highlights.
The dynamic Italian conductor Gianandrea Noseda, respected worldwide for his
opera interpretations and Music Director of the Teatro Regio in Turin, directs the
chorus and orchestra and a cast of exceptional international soloists.
Supported by the Italian Cultural Institute, Edinburgh
Running time: 4 hours approximately
Teatro Regio, Torino
by Ramella & Giannese
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Information / Informazioni
ITALIAN LANGUAGE COURSES
Library access
Why study Italian at the Italian Cultural
Institute, Edinburgh?
The library is open to the public Monday – Thursday 9am-5pm, Friday
9am-12noon. Access to the library is free, books and magazines may
be consulted in the two reading rooms which seat 15 people. The
catalogue of the library is available on-line. The library and the film
library are constantly enriched and updated thanks also to the contributions of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry for Cultural
Heritage, as well as donations from publishers and private individuals.
Students are keen to study at our Institute because:
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the Italian Cultural Institute, Edinburgh, offers a comprehensive range of courses
courses comprise the 6 different levels of language competence acquisition according to the European Common Framework of Reference for Languages Intensive Summer Italian Language Courses available July & August
The Italian Cultural Institute, Edinburgh, is the only centre
in Scotland and Northern Ireland for the CILS examinations (University for Foreigners, Siena), to certify the knowledge of Italian as a foreign language
courses are taught by trained Italian teachers
the Italian Cultural Institute, Edinburgh, provides proof of attendance and proficiency
students may be offered grants / scholarships to attend courses in Italy (language, culture, history of art)
students attending our classes may consult the library and
the video library
students receive information and invitations to cultural events organised by the Institute
Please look at the class calendar of the courses organised by the
Italian Cultural Institute, Edinburgh.
Library
The library of the Italian Cultural Institute, Edinburgh has around
7000 books, 1800 videos and DVDs, 150 CDs and CD-ROMs,
wide selections of reviews, magazines and newspapers.
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Information / Informazioni
Membership
Members of the Italian Institute enjoy the following benefits:
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Discounts on selected Italian restaurants and retailers
Newsletter with information on the Institute activities
Room hire for private receptions at reduced price
Invitations to special events not open to general public
Concessions for cultural events organized by the Institute in other venues
Free access to library borrowing facilities and loan of Italian
videos, upon deposit for £ 30.00 (cash or not-dated cheque)
Corporate membership, £ 50.00, plus £ 50.00 deposit for the loan of videos
Choice of Membership:
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Individual: £ 35.00 - Renewal: £ 25.00 Concessions*: £ 30.00 - Renewal: £ 20.00
Friends and Family: £ 50.00 – Renewal: £ 40.00 Corporate: £ 60.00 – Renewal: £ 50.00
* Under 18, Full-time student, Senior citizens, Unwaged, Disabled
Opening times:
Monday-Thursday 9am-5pm, Friday 9am-12noon
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The Italian Cultural Institute is
grateful for the sponsorship of
Cover image: Riccardo Buscarini, Athletes (photgraphy Benedict Johnson)
Collated for the the Italian Institute by Luisa Matera. The Institute reserves the
right to alter the programme without notice. Programme Design: Andy McGregor