Cooking Course: Italian Flavours, from May 13 @ Italian Cultural Institute
Two Italian cookery courses (on Fridays) with Liliana Novellino
Courses starting on 13th May 2011
Morning course (from 10am to 1pm)
13/05/11 Pasta al forno pesto e besciamella, Panissa , Bounet
(Oven baked pasta with pesto and béchamel sauce, Risotto Panissa, Bounet pudding)
20/05/11 Tagliatelle con prosciutto e piselli, Pasta gamberetti e zucchine, Panna cotta.
(Tagliatelle with prosciutto and peas, Pasta with prawns and courgettes, Panna cotta pudding)
27/05/11 Maltagliati ai fagioli, Pasta al forno con melanzane e mozzarella, Tiramisù Primavera.
(Maltagliati pasta with beans, Oven baked pasta with aubergine, Spring-time Tiramisu)
03/06/11 Lasagne con zucchine, Pasta ai 4 formaggi, Crostata cioccolato e ricotta
(Lasagna with courgettes, Four cheeses pasta, Chocolate and ricotta tart)
Afternoon course (from 3pm to 6pm)
13/05/11 Pizza, Gnocchi al pesto, Cotoletta Milanese, Torta di mele.
(Pizza, Gnocchi with pesto sauce, Chicken cutlets with breadcrumbs, Apple cake)
20/05/11 Ravioli ricotta e spinaci, Parmigiana, Crostata.
(Ravioli ricotta and spinach, Baked aubergine and parmesan, Jam tart)
27/05/11 Risotto zafferano, Carne pizzaiola, Tiramisù.
(Saffron risotto, Beef in tomato sauce, Tiramisu)
03/06/11 Lasagne ragù, Saltimbocca alla romana,Torta allo yoghurt.
(Lasagna with Bolognese sauce, Meat cutlet with parma ham, Yoghurt cake)
K.Shs. 11.000,- for the full course of 4 lessons
K.Shs. 3.500,- for single lessons (choose lessons from either course)
For information: Tel. 4451266/7
E-mail: iicnairobi@esteri.it Website: www.iicnairobi.esteri.it
Exhibition: Camminanti (Wayfarers), Apr 28 – May 14 2011 @ Italian Institute of Culture
Find more information about Italian artist Franco Accursio Gulino
Photo Exhibition: CinemArena, Mar. 25 2011 @ Italian Institute of Culture
Update:
Join the “CinemArena” project which has just completed its awareness campaign on child protection in Nyanza and Coast Provinces.
Date: March 25, 2011
Venue: Italian Institute of Culture
Location: Grenadier Tower – 6th floor, Woodvale Grove – Westlands
Time: 12:00 noon.
Required: confirm your presence (RSVP)
More info call/tel.: 020 31 91 98
The project team will share the experience of this phase of “CinemArena” during this Photo Exhibition on the HIV-AIDS previous campaigns, during which they will also present the results of the child protection awareness activities.
The Photo Exhibition runs from: March 25-30, 2011
Opera: L’Opera, Unità d’Italia (The Opera, Unification of Italy), Mar. 17-18, 2011 @ IIC & White Elephant Sea Lodge
To mark 150 years of Italian unification (1861-2011)
The Embassy of Italy and the Istituto Italiano di Cultura in collaboration with the Committee for Italians abroad (COMITES) Kenya request the pleasure of your company at the eighteenth concert in the ‘Pianoforte & Friends’ series
L’Opera, Unità d’Italia (The Opera, Unification of Italy)
By Angela Papale (Soprano) & Fabio Marra (Piano)
at the following two venues:
Nairobi
Venue: Italian Institute of Culture – Michelangelo Hall
Date: March 17, 2011
Time: 6.30pm for 7pm
More info tel.: (020) 4451268 / 0733 624834
Malindi
Venue: White Elephant Sea Lodge & Centre of Creativity – Indian Ocean Hall (by the pool)
Date: March 18, 2011
Time: 6.30 for 7pm
More info tel.: 0720 712028 (Armando Tanzini)
Entrance: Free (both events)
PRESENTATION
“Viva V.E.R.D.I.”, the slogan of the unification movement of which initials stand for Vittorio Emanuele Re d’Italia (Vittorio Emanuele King of Italy) is certainly the most authentic, emblematic and vital expression of the Italian Risorgimento and a confirmation of how much the Opera has contributed to exalt, like a vibrant soundtrack, the popular and patriotic reawakening that led to the Unification of Italy in 1861.
As already wished for by Mazzini in “La filosofia della musica” (1836), the historical moment demanded great effort and political commitment, but also and above all it necessitated a new moral and spiritual conscience towards the affirmation of the ideals of freedom that the evocative power of music could really sublimate and propagate.
Giuseppe Verdi was the most sensible and attentive exponent, fully capturing the essential need for unanimous popular solidarity and who, launching his personal challenge without hesitation on the battlefield, contributed decisively to the definition of our cultural identity.
Play/Live Recording: My Moving Home, Feb. 20 2011 @ Italian Cultural Centre, Westlands
My Moving Home, the longest running show in Kenya since last year will have a live recording at Italian Institute of Culture.
The film will be shot by two of Kenya’s top film makers: Wanuri Kahiu (Pumzi, From a Whisper) and Marius Van Graan (Changes, Saints, Brothers)
Venue: Italian Institut of Culture, Westlands
Date: February 20, 201120
Time: 12.30pm
Entry: Free
The Life & Music of Vincenzo Bellini, Nov 18 2010 @ Italian Institute of Culture
The Istituto Italiano di Cultura presents la life and music of Vincenzo Bellini La Vita di Vincenzo Bellini (DVD)
Venue: the Italian Institute of Culture ‘Michelangelo Hall’
Date: November 18, 2010
Time: 6.30 for 7pm
Entrance: Free
BRIEF BIOGRAPHY
Vincenzo Bellini (3.11.1801 – 23.09.1835)
Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer of the Romantic period, established himself as the master of the Italian operatic bel canto (‘beautiful singing’). He has been widely acclaimed for his opera Norma. In Italian bel canto operas, the story and setting takes a back seat in favor of beautiful voice, and arias have long melodic score and dramatic tension brilliantly crafted.
Born on November 3, 1801, in the Sicilian town of Catania, Bellini started piano lessons from his father. A child prodigy, at five years of age, he already played the piano very well and immediately developed simplicity of melodic expression. Later in his teens, he studied at Naples Conservatory.
Bellini’s first opera, Adelson e Salvini, was produced in 1825 while still a student. This attracted the attention of Domenico Barbaia, who commissioned him to write Bianca e Gernando, produced at the Teatro San Carlo. Norma and La Sonnambula (The Sleepwalker) followed. In I Puritani (The Puritans), his last work, he discovered a new boldness and vigour of orchestral effect.