Year: 2015

• Literature

Primo Levi’s Poetry featuring Jonathan Galassi [2015]

On the occasion of the publication of The Complete Works of Primo Levi, a conversation on Levi’s poetry between André Naffis-Sahely (poet and translator) and Jonathan Galassi (translator of Primo Levi’s poems. Editor in chief, Farrar Straus Giroux). December 15, 2015

• Music

Dante Behind Bars [2015]

Led by Prof. Ronald Jenkins, students of the Yale Divinity School’s Institute of Sacred Music perform based on workshops held with a group of incarcerated men at the MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution, inspired by Dante’s Divine Comedy. December 14, 2015

Exiles: The Wars [2015]

Director Barbara Cupisti presents her documentary Exiles: The Wars together with Rai Cinema CEO Paolo Del Brocco. December 8, 2015

• Music

The Long Island Guitar and Mandolin Orchestra [2015]

Organized by the American Italian Cultural Roundtable. Underwritten by Peter Riso. December 2, 2015

• Music

Andrea Veneziani Trio – “Prelude to a Kiss” [2015]

Composed by Duke Ellington. Andrea Veneziani – Double bass, Ben Monder – Guitar, Mark Ferber – Drums. December 17, 2015

• Music

Andrea Veneziani Trio – “The Lighthouse” [2015]

Composed by Andrea Veneziani. Andrea Veneziani – Double bass, Ben Monder – Guitar, Mark Ferber – Drums. December 17, 2015

• Music

Andrea Veneziani Trio – “Skylark” [2015]

Composed by Hoagy Carmichael. Andrea Veneziani – Double bass, Ben Monder – Guitar, Mark Ferber – Drums. December 17, 2015

• Music

A Conversation with Paolo Carignani [2015]

Conductor Paolo Carignani in conversation with Fred Plotkin, on the occasion of his performances in La Bohème at the Metropolitan Opera. December 1, 2015.

• Literature

Narrating Italy Today with Amara Lakhous [2015]

Author and Visiting NYU Professor Amara Lakhous talks to Stefano Albertini (NYU) about immigration through his latest novels. November 23, 2015