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Italian Music Teacher Uncovers Lost Music Of The Holocaust

by Carol King | Fri, 04/05/2013 - 06:31

American public radio network NPR reports that an Italian music teacher, Francesco Lotoro, has found and resurrected music composed by prisoners at camps…

Culture

Metropolitan Museum of Art Mounts Exhibit Of Italian Instruments

by Carol King | Thu, 03/28/2013 - 11:03

New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is staging an exhibition of rare Italian and Cremonese stringed instruments.The show is of the Sau-Wing Lam collection of…

Lifestyle

Andrea Bocelli Concert Airs On American TV

by Carol King | Sat, 03/02/2013 - 10:09

Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli will appear in the American TV series ‘Great Performances’ in March. PBS will air ‘Andrea Bocelli: Love in Portofino’ as part of…

Culture

Morricone Composes Song For Oscar-Nominated Tarantino Movie

by Carol King | Wed, 02/20/2013 - 06:20

Iconic Italian film composer Ennio Morricone composed a song for American director Quentin Tarantino’s homage to spaghetti westerns, ‘Django Unchained’.…

Culture

Composer Dario Marianelli Nominated For Oscar

by Carol King | Tue, 02/19/2013 - 05:28

Composer Dario Marianelli has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score for ‘Anna Karenina’ making him the sole Italian Oscar candidate this…

Sanremo Music Festival: Andrea Bocelli Will Perform With His Son Amos

by ITALY | Sat, 02/16/2013 - 12:39

The 63rd Sanremo festival continues this evening, with the Teatro Ariston hosting the final evening of the annual extravaganza. Main guest of the show, Andrea…

Culture

Top Ten Sanremo Music Festival's Winners

by ITALY | Fri, 02/15/2013 - 05:47

The festival della canzone Italiana commonly known as the Sanremo Music Festival is one of the oldest singing competitions in Europe. The song contest began in…

Culture

What's On In Italy Spring 2013: Art, Festivals, Music And Sport

by Carol King | Thu, 02/14/2013 - 07:56

Your guide to what’s on in Italy this spring from art shows and sports tournaments to festivals and concerts. ART The Ethnological Museum: History, Mystery And…

Culture

Sanremo Music Festival 2013

by ITALY | Tue, 02/12/2013 - 06:25

Fabio Fazio and Italian comedian Luciana Littizzetto will present the 63d edition of the Sanremo Song Festival that begins tonight and goes on until February…

Culture

BBC Radio 3 Airs All Of Verdi’s Operas

by Carol King | Mon, 02/11/2013 - 04:47

BBC’s Radio 3 will broadcast all of Romantic composer Giuseppe Verdi’s operas this year to celebrate the 200th anniversary of his birth.Radio 3’s ‘Verdi 200’…