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CORTO FILM FESTIVAL - Part I Festival of Italian Short Films A selection of award winning and popular films

CORTO FILM FESTIVAL - Part IIFestival of Italian Short Films A selection of award winning and popular films

Inauguration in Mumbai of the X Italian Language Week with a LECTURE-DEMONSTRATIONby Dr. Francesca Cassio (vocal) and Mo Simone Schirru (guitar) on different genres of Italian music, in collaboration with the University of Mumbai

Inauguration in New Delhi of the X Italian Language Week with QUIZ ITALIA: Participation of children in a quiz on Italy from Schools in Delhi and NCR, in collaboration with Quizcraft and Eloquenza

LECTURER’S DAY: Prize Awarding Ceremony for a Writing Competition:Una lingua per amica: l’Italiano nostro e degli altriA language as a friend: our Italian and the Italian of othersin collaboration with the University of Delhi

Film screenings: CORTO FILM FESTIVAL - PARTS I & IIFestival of Italian Short FilmsSOTTO IL CELIO AZZURROA School with a View GLI AMICI DEL BAR MARGHERITAFriends at the Margherita Café MIO FRATELLO E’ FIGLIO UNICOMy Brother is an only Child

SOTTO IL CELIO AZZURROA School with a View2009, 80 min. Director: Edoardo Winspeare

6th October, 6:30 p.m.9th October, 2:00 p.m.Multimedia Hall

13th October, 6:30 p.m.16th October, 2:00 p.m.Multimedia Hall

16th October, 6:30 p.m.University of Mumbai

18th October, 9:00 a.m.Multimedia Hall

19th October, 6:00 p.m. Multimedia Hall

18th - 24th October Universities of Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Madras, Goa, Cochin, Shantiniketan, and at the Jadavpur University, Kolkata

20th October 6:30 p.m.23rd October 2:00 p.m.Multimedia Hall

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Italian participation in the EUNIC Festival 2010 ALZA LA TESTARaise your Head2009, 86 min. Director: Alessandro Angelini Inauguration of the Annual IIT FestivalRENDEZVOUS 2010 (21st -24th October) with a Concert by Dr. Francesca Cassio (vocal) and Mo Simone Schirru (guitar)

Italian Participation in the THE IIC EXPERIENCE: A Festival of the Arts - Theme: The ForestPADRE PADRONEFather and Master1977, 114 mins. Directors: Paolo & Vittorio Taviani

Italian participation in the RAJASTHAN INTERNATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL - RIFF (21st - 25th October) with a concert byFrancesca Cassio (vocal) Mo Simone Schirru (guitar) in collaborationwith CRN Productions Centre for Performing Arts, Jodhpur

GLI AMICI DEL BAR MARGHERITA Friends at the Margherita Café2009, 90 min. Director: Pupi Avati

Indo-Italian Workshop on RESTORATION OF WOOD ARTEFACTS with Italian experts: Giorgio Garabelli, Claudio Pollini, Nicola Macchioni and Mauro Bernabei in collaboration with INTACH

MUSIC FROM CANTON TICINOConcert by Ilario Garbani (Ticino bagpipe) Carlo Bava (flute) in collaboration with Embassy of Switzerland

20th - 30th OctoberMass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia University

21st October, 6:30 p.m.Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

24th October, 9:00 p.m. India International Centre

24th October, 6:30Mehrangarh Fort, Jodhpur

27th October, 6:30 p.m.30th October, 2:00 p.m.Multimedia Hall

28th - 30th OctoberGoa

29th October, 6:30 p.m.Multimedia Hall Bangalore & Mumbai

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All events take place in the Cultural Centre unless otherwise mentioned. Programmes might be subject to change. Please refer to website www.iicnewdelhi.esteri.it or contact the reception desk for updated information.

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sOrganisations involved in the celebration of the events of the X Italian Language Week:

• Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs• Accademia della Crusca• Istituto Italiano di Cultura (Italian Embassy

Cultural Centre) New Delhi• Embassy of Italy• Office of the Scientific Attaché (Embassy of

Italy)• Consulate General of Italy in Mumbai• Consulate General of Italy in Kolkata• Embassy of Switzerland• Consulate General of Switzerland in Mumbai• Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural

Heritage (INTACH)• Rajasthan International Folk Festival – RIFF,

Jodhpur• CRN Productions Centre for Performing Arts,

Jodhpur • India International Centre• Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi• EUNIC• Università Cà Foscari of Venice• Centro Risorse India• University of Delhi• University of Mumbai• Jawaharlal Nehru University• Jadavpur University, Kolkata• Banaras Hindu University • Vishwabharati University• University of Bangalore• University of Goa• University of Cochin• Indo-Italian Chamber of Commerce, Bangalore• Bangalore School of Music• Perfetti Van Melle India Pvt Ltd

X ANNUAL ITALIAN LANGUAGE WEEKWITH THE PATRONAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC

Every year an increasing number of students attend Italian language courses outside Italy, in every country throughout the world. Why?

Italian is a language of culture. Speaking Italian means having access not only to an extremely valuable literary heritage, essential to the history of Europe and to extremely precious humanistic and scientific texts, but also to Italian design, art, architecture, theatre, music, opera, cinema and television.

Italian is a language of study. Every year a number of students decide to attend our schools, universities, academies and libraries.

Italian is a language of work. Managers, investors, technicians, artisans and workers get in touch with Italy’s word of industry, craft and services, which crosses the borders of our country.

Speaking Italian will turn a visit to our country and its friendly and hospitable people, its artistic cities and its beautiful nature into a real pleasure.

The annual Italian language Week, now in its tenth year, aims to promote Italian language and culture in the world. The theme chosen by the Italian Ministry of Foreign affairs for 2010 is: “Una lingua per amica: l’italiano nostro e degli altri” (A language as a friend: our Italian and the Italian of others).

This year the Italian Language Week in New Delhi will be celebrated with a series of events coordinated by the Istituto Italiano di Cultura.

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An interesting and exciting quiz aimed at increasing knowledge of Italy - the land, its people, their history and culture - among the youth of India. The top schools of Delhi and NCR are being invited to participate in a contest that will test the knowledge of students about Italy and encourage them to learn and know more about the country.

The questions, presented in a variety of interesting formats, would be drawn from subjects like History, Geography, the Italian people and their culture, Literature, Art and Architecture, Business and Economy, Science and Technology, Sporting achievements, Cuisine, Folk and traditional Arts and Crafts.

Each School interested in participating may send up to a maximum of 3 teams, each comprising two students from Classes VIII to XII. All teams that will thus register for the quiz will first participate in a written preliminary test, comprising 25 to 30 questions. On evaluation, six teams that emerge with the highest scores will proceed to the on-stage Final Round, a 75-80 minute multimedia extravaganza featuring the main quiz, which will use a diverse array of question-types, to tease and test the participants’ knowledge of various facets of Italy.

Event organized by Istituto Italiano di Cultura in collaboration with Eloquenza Events and Quizcraft.

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18th October,9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Quiz Italia 2010

This year’s theme is “Una lingua per amica: l’italiano nostro e degli altri” (A language as a friend: our Italian and the Italian of others) aimed at young learners in Italy and abroad. The competition is organized by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for students of Italian all over the world. In Delhi it is being organized for the students of the University of Delhi and the Istituto Italiano di Cultura.The students are requested to write the conclusion of an unpublished novel Passera’ anche questo written by Claudio Magris and La fuga di Nardino by Roberto Alajmo. Winners will be selected by a commission of Professors of Italian.

The ten best works written by students from Universities in the world will receive a collection of Italian books and DVDs, and their texts will be edited in Italy. The best three texts written by students at Italian Embassy Cultural Centre will receive a prize in DVDs books.The awarding ceremony will present the texts and their authors.

Event organized by Istituto Italiano di Cultura in collaboration with the University of Delhi.

19th October,6 p.m.Prize Awarding Ceremony

Screening of a documentary on Italian music in filmsMultimedia Hall

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ASPETTANDO IL TRENOWaiting for the Train2003, 12 min. Director: Catherine McGilvray

An old lady is making coffee. A man is having a disturbed sleep. He wakes up and runs in vain to catch the rapidly speeding away train. He wants to leave; run away; mimes the gestures repeatedly; attempts suicide… all part of his obscure illusion. Other trains go by, all in vain, till the clamour is enveloped by complete silence, by the white and pure light of two souls old and young waiting eternally… caught in an embrace, attempting a dance till the obsession fades away.This short film was awarded the Best Film at the Capalbio Film Festival and received the special Jury recognition at the Grand Prix du Court Metrage de Montpellier. It was an entry at many important festivals like the Turin Film Festival, DaKino International Film Festival and the Mediterranean Festival of New Film-Makers.

6th October, 6:30 p.m.9th October, 2 p.m.Multimedia HallandUniversities of Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Madras, Goa, Cochin, Shantiniketan, and at the Jadavpur University, Kolkata

CORTO FILM FESTIvAL (Festival of Italian Short Films) - Part I

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IL CUORE ALL’IMPROvvISO Miranda’s Journey2007, 13 min.Director: Catherine McGilvray

A park, a little girl, her nanny loses sight of her; she runs after a white dog and gets lost. The world is a dangerous place, and it suddenly becomes an endless dream. Elsewhere a man has died, in a hospital bed. A desperate mother looks for her daughter, she asks her to keep trusting her pathetic lies: “Don’t worry, Miranda, you’ll never be alone”. In fact, she’s not lying. Childhood has completed a journey of knowledge. A lost earring is found, just as though a hug had been passed on by someone who has been left behind.

FUORI DAL GIRO Left Out 2001, 13 Min. Director: Marcello Cotugno, Dario Jacobelli

A man in voluntary isolation on the island of Ponza falls in love. But from his past emerges a mysterious character who threatens to break the course of his new life...The short was awarded Best Screenplay at Cortolazio competition, Best Director at Trevignano’s Festival and the Audience Award for Best Italian Film at “Cittadella del Corto” competition.

6th October, 6:30 p.m.9th October, 2 p.m.Multimedia HallandUniversities of Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Madras, Goa, Cochin, Shantiniketan, and at the Jadavpur University, Kolkata

SUL MARE LUCCICA It Glitters on the Sea1996, 6 min. Directors: Mimmo Mancini and Paolo De Vita A journalistic interview conducted without blinking and especially without money of two unemployed brothers, desperate but indomitable… and still the sea, the Albanians and Italians in foreign country, separated and united by the sound of waves...

TRILOGIA DEL GIORNO Trilogy of the Day2005, 15 min. Directed by Melo Prino

A trilogy of short films starring Domenico Lannutti starts with the first short film, titled Buongiorno (good morning) that highlights the duel between a man and his reflection exposing a surreal game on the multiplicity of the human personality, an effective variation on the theme of identity and its pitfalls. “Buongiorno” has received numerous awards and is currently the most awarded short film of Italian cinema. “Buonasera” (good evening) is the title of the second short film. In a hotel room, a waitress and a customer change roles as well as their fantasies. The grotesque and improbable visions of the two intertwined universes merge into a single comic delirium. Buonanotte (good night) is the third short film about a night watchman in a showroom of beds, who seeks to resist the call of pillows and mattresses.

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6th October, 6:30 p.m.9th October, 2 p.m.Multimedia HallandUniversities of Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Madras, Goa, Cochin, Shantiniketan, and at the Jadavpur University, Kolkata

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13th October, 6:30 p.m.16th October, 2 p.m.Multimedia Hall andUniversities of Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Madras, Goa, Cochin, Shantiniketan, and at the Jadavpur University, Kolkata

STESSO POSTO STESSA ORA Same Place Same Time 1999, 9 min. Director: Fabio Rosi and Werther Germondari

Two men are on a street corner each with a bunch of flowers. Both for their own reasons are waiting for someone. The wait becomes a subtle challenge of pride between the two.Same place same time has received numerous awards and was selected for festivals in Rotterdam, Montpellier and Annecy as well as for Europe in Shorts program sponsored by the European Coordination of Film Festivals.

DUE BRAvI RAGAzzI Two Brave Boys2005, 15 min. Director: Tony Palazzo

Michael meets Gino after twenty years on his return from New York for a family reunion. But Gino has been given the thankless task to kill him. Thus begins a surreal tragicomic road movie.

CORTO FILM FESTIvAL (Festival of Italian Short Films) - Part II

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OFFERTE SPECIALI Today’s Special 2005, 7 min. Director: Gianni Gatti

Shoppers flock to a supermarket during the summer holidays to take advantage of the summer sales. But one shopper, a shy and quiet transsexual, is about to experience something beyond her wildest imagination.

BOBBOLONE2002, 10 min. Director: Daniele Cascella

Aurelio should act as look-out in a robbery. But something distracts him just when his accomplices are in action and everything starts falling apart ... It’s a fun short film and was selected for the competition of Capalbio film festival.

13th October, 6:30 p.m.16th October, 2 p.m.Multimedia Hall andUniversities of Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Madras, Goa, Cochin, Shantiniketan, and at the Jadavpur University, Kolkata

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SOTTO IL CELIO AzzURRO A School with a View 2009, 80 min. A documentary film

About the Director : Edoardo Winspeare

In the last ten years, a brand new crop of talented, original filmmakers has emerged from Italy, bringing with them a fresh look into their country’s modern face. Their films are not like the classics of the 50’s and 60’s, nor are they stereotypical in their portrayal of Italians. These films of the New Italian Cinema, are vignettes of contemporary life, with its challenges, social issues and in some cases, teen angst. They are made by writers and directors indifferent to the trends, but loyal to themselves, to their visions and dreams of what a film should be. This new crop of directors has something in common with each other. They make films for their own satisfaction, not for their critics. Among these new filmmakers is Edoardo Winspeare. Born in Austria, he was raised in Italy, where his Italian origins go back 300 years. Winner of several national and international awards and recognitions, Edoardo Winspeare is known for using the work of local musicians and casting many non-professional actors.

20th October, 6:30 p.m.23rd October, 2 p.m.Multimedia HallandUniversities of Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Madras, Goa, Cochin, Shantiniketan, and at the Jadavpur University, Kolkata

SOTTO IL CELIO AzzURRO A School with a View 2009, 80 min.

About the film

Celio Azzurro is a nursery school in the heart of Rome that has become a role model by virtue of the multicultural education imparted to the smallest of children. The film recounts the story of the energy and passion of a group of teachers who struggle for its survival in today’s Italy. Celio Azzurro is a first of its kind school set up in 1990 that brings foreign children of a pre-school going age under its wing. Today the school has 45 children in the age group of 3 to 5 years, belonging to 32 different nationalities. Strongly supported and still being run by a motivated and heterogeneous group of teachers, the school stands out as a front line didactic and cultural experience professed by all but practiced by few. Revolving around one academic year in this school, the film offers a deep look into the real life of a group of impassioned individuals who persistently and rigorously take each day ahead with the children, instilling into them respect for their own identities and for each other. It is also an exhilarating experience that transports one into ones own childhood.

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GLI AMICI DEL BAR MARGHERITA Friends at the Margherita Café 2009, 90 min.Director: Pupi Avati

Music: Lucio DallaCast: Laura Chiatti, Fabio De Luigi Diego Abatantuono, Luisa Ranieri, Neri Marcorè, Bob Messini & Pierpaolo Zizzi

Bologna 1954. Taddeo, a young man of 18 whom everyone calls Kid, dreams of becoming one of the regulars at the mythical Margherita Café, located under the portico across his family home. Through a ploy, he manages to get work as the chauffeur of Al, the neighborhood’s most glamorous and mysterious resident. Now under Al’s wing, Taddeo gets to witness the adventures of Bep, who is in love with Marcella the entertainer; the trials and tribulations of Gian, an aspiring singer and the victim of a horrible practical joke; the crazy behaviour of Manuelo, a small-time robber with a sex phobia; the meanness of Zanchi, inventor of the elastic necktie; and the bizarre manias of Sarti, a ballroom dancing champion who wears his tux day and night. Taddeo’s life at home is no less unusual, considering that his mother is being led on by the family physician while his grandfather has fallen head over heels for a well-built piano teacher.

27th October,6:30 pm.30th October,2 p.m. Multimedia HallandUniversities of Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Madras, Goa, Cochin, Shantiniketan, and at the Jadavpur University, Kolkata

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ITALIAN PARTICIPATION IN THE IIC EXPERI-ENCE: A FESTIvAL OF THE ARTS(21st to 27th October 2010)Theme: The Forest

India International Centre’s Annual Festival of the Arts will explore the theme of the forest through films, dance, music, exhibitions, seminars, and food. Twenty one feature films from India and abroad will be a part of this festival.

Event Organised by India International Centre in collaboration with Istituto Italiano di Cultura.

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aPADRE PADRONE Father and Master1977, 114 min.Directors: Paolo and Vittorio Taviani Cast: Nanni Moretti, Omero Antonutti, Saverio Marconi, Cesare Gavino Ledda

The film opens in documentary fashion at a Sardinian elementary school that six-year old Gavino (Saverio Marconi) is attending. His tyrannical peasant father (Omero Antonutti) barges in and withdraws Gavino from school to tend the family sheep. Victim of his sadistic behavior, Gavino passes the next fourteen years tending sheep in the Sardinian mountains. There he begins to discover things for himself and begins to rebel against his father. Gavino is rescued from his family and his isolation when he is called for military service. During his time in the army he learns about electronics, the Italian language and classical music, yearning all the while for a university education. Gavino eventually attends university and emerges as a brilliant student. He becomes a celebrated linguist, specializing in the origins of the Sardinian dialect. The drama is based on an autobiographical book of the same title by Cesare Gavino Ledda. The film ends again in documentary fashion as Gavino Ledda narrates why he wrote this book and what Sardinian children may expect as inhabitants of a rural area with close ties to the land. The film received awards at the Cannes and Berlin Film Festivals and won the David di Donatello and Nastro d’Argento awards. Saverio Marconi was adjudged the best new comer at the Bafta Awards in 1978.

24th October, 9 p.m.

India International Centre

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aMIO FRATELLO è FIGLIO UNICOMy Brother is an only Child2007, 100 min.Director: Daniele Luchetti

Cast: Elio Germano, Riccardo Scamarcio, Angela Finocchiaro, Luca ZingarettiProduced by: Riccardo Tozzi, Giovanni Stabilini, Marco Chimenz

Growing up in a small town in Italy during the ‘60s and ‘70s, brothers Accio (Elio Germano) and Manrico (Riccardo Scamarcio) embody and celebrate opposing political stances, but share an impassioned love of the same woman that threatens to drive them to blows. The film observes the brothers over the course of 15 years, against the ever-shifting backdrop of tumultuous Italian sociopolitical history. During that time span, the siblings’ loyalties will fluctuate; they will endure arguments and quarrels, and find themselves separated by the ravages of time and circumstance and reunited magnetically by the wisdom of age. In time they will come to a firmer and clearer understanding of not only the differences but the similarities that they harbor.

18-24 October

Universities of Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Madras, Goa, Cochin, Shantiniketan, and at the Jadavpur University, Kolkata

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ITALIAN PARTICIPATION IN THE EUNIC India Cluster Film Festival 2010New Delhi, 20 – 30 OctoberTheme of the Year: SPORT

EUNIC is a forum of National Institutions for Culture based in Brussels. There are EUNIC forum outside Europe too; in India EUNIC comprises 8 members: Alliance Française, Austrian Forum for Culture, British Council, Goëthe Institut, Hungarian Information and Cultural Centre, Instituto Camões, Instituto Cervantes, Polish Cultural Centre and Istituto Italiano di Cultura. Alza la Testa (Raise your Head) by Alessandro Angelini will be the entry of the Istituto Italiano di Cultura at the current EUNIC Festival.

ALzA LA TESTARaise your head2009, 86 min. Director: Alessandro Angelini

Cast: Sergio Castellitto, Gabriele Campanelli, Giorgio Colangeli, Anita Kravos, Duccio Camerini, Augusto Fornari

Mero is a skilled worker at a shipyard and a single father. His son Lorenzo is his only reason for living. Mero’s only dream is to see the boy becoming a boxer champion, but the world he creates around his son is a closed one, where each day resembles the next. One night Lorenzo runs away and has an accident...

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ITALIAN PARTICIPATION IN THE RAJASTHAN INTERNATIONAL FOLK FESTIvAL - RIFF Italy with a flavour of Rajasthan

Concert by Francesca Cassio & Simone Schirru with musicians from Manganiar and Langas communities

Francesca Cassio (singer) and Simone Schirru (guitar player) are Italians trained in Western and Indian music. For this evening they will perform traditional compositions based on a combination of Italian folk tunes and Indian melodies from Rajasthan. The music will take the audience on a journey through time, where the tradition of oral improvisation is still a very fundamental part of the interpretation.

Most of the Italian repertoire was originally connected to rituals and dance forms from the villages; an example of this is a composition that is considered to be part of a healing ritual after the bite of a legendary spider called the Tarantella (tarantula). The Duo, along with the accompaniment of Indian musicians from the local Manganiar and Langa traditions of Rajasthan, will lead the audience into a state of musical ecstasy, illustrating the fusion of two old cultures.

Event organized by Rajasthan International Folk Festival – RIFF, CRN Productions Centre for Performing Arts, Jodhpur in collaboration with Istituto Italiano di Cultura.

24th October, 6:30 pmMehrangarh Fort, Jodhpur

INAUGURATION IN MUMBAI OF THE X ITALIAN LANGUAGE WEEK with a Lecture Demostration by Francesca Cassio (vocal) and Mo Simone Schirru (guitar) on “Italian traditional musical style”

The aim of the Lecture Demonstration is to give to Indian students a wide view on the different musical traditions of Italy, known worldwide for the treasure of classical music, and especially for the vocal genre of Lirica and its techniques that Dr. Cassio will explain and demonstrate in detail. Though musica Lirica and Opera are some of the main genres, it is also important to explain the rich folk music traditions of South and North Italy, strongly connected to the life in villages and their ceremonies. Dr. Cassio will sing and talk about these repertories, showing a documentary film on the healing ritual after the bite of a legendary spider called the Tarantella (tarantula). The lesson will also highlight some aspects of the contemporary tradition of songwriters, with particular reference to the relation between lyrics and music. During the lecture a possibility of fusion between Italian and Indian music will also be discussed and demonstrated by the Duo with the accompaniment of sarangi and tabla.

Event organized by Istituto Italiano di Cultura in collaboration with the University of Mumbai.

16th October, 6:30 p.m.University of Mumbai

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RENDEzvOUS 2010, the annual cultural festival of Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, to be held from the 21st to the 24th of October, will mark a four-day long confluence of art, talent and enthusiasm, which symbolises the Gen-next. Celebrating the Golden Jubilee year of IIT Delhi this year, Rendezvous 2010, with an aim to bring international flavour to the celebrations, will be inaugurated with a concert by Italian artists Dr. Francesca Cassio (Vocal) Mo Simone Schirru (Guitar) and Pandit Mohan Shyam Sharma (Pakhawaj). By far the biggest youth platform in the whole of North India, Rendezvous has been witnessing with each passing year a huge youth turnout, attracting more than 3 lakh youngsters.

Francesca Cassio is a complete singer, trained in Western as well as in Indian classical music. She has performed extensively for cinema, theatre, television, in Europe, India and the USA. She has collaborated with Talvin Singh, Robert Miles, Taffetas and Luis Bacalov. Simone Schirru is a Guitar player, composer and teacher from Italy who has travelled extensively and studied in the USA, with a specialization in jazz at Berkley Music College, Boston. M° Schirru has performed in main jazz Festivals in Italy and Europe. This young talent plays jazz in an arrangement with multi effects that create a complete orchestration. The vocal part is enriched by the interpretation of Francesca Cassio, known to the Delhi public for her unique rendition of Tagore’s songs in the western arrangements for piano and vocal. Pandit Mohan Shyam Sharma, trained in Pakhawaj by Pandit Tota Ram Sharma of Mathura, is a sought-after pakhawaj maestro and has accompanied some of the most eminent exponents of dhrupad, vocal and instrumental Indian classical music for concerts in India and abroad, like Ustad Asad Ali Khan, Pandit Ravi Shankar, Pandit Hari Prasad Chaurasia, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and the junior Dagar brothers.

21st October, 6:30 p.m.IIT, DELHI

Inauguration of the Annual IIT Festival Rendevous 2010 (21st -24th October) with a Concert by Francesca Cassio (vocal), Mo Simone Schirru (guitar) and Pandit Mohan Shyam Sharma (Pakhawaj)

Event organised by the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, in collaboration with Istituto Italiano di Cultura.

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“I interviewed elderly people and came upon many traditional songs. And people told me that the old songs were played on the piva and not the accordion as popularly assumed, but I had no idea what that was.” Ilario Garbani.

The bagpipe is thought to date back to pre-Christian times and there were hundreds of different types across Europe. The various Swiss models disappeared over the past few centuries as the fife and drum became more popular and it was the mandolin and accordion that sounded the piva’s death knell in Ticino. If it weren’t for the devotion of teacher and musician, Ilario Garbani, the piva may have been relegated to the dusty shelves of a Ticino heritage museum. A few years before Garbani began his research, a well-preserved bagpipe chanter was found among a pile of junk in a cupboard of a house undergoing restoration in the village of Sonogno in the Verzasca valley. Ilario Garbani carried out more than ten years of research on traditional music in Ticino’s Onsernone valley, culminating in the publication of the songbook, “Canzoniere della Mea d’Ora” in 1992. Garbani performs in various duos and trios keeping alive the musical traditions of Ticino and northern Italy.

Event jointly organised by Istituto Italiano di Cultura and Embassy of Switzerland

A 15th century church fresco in Ascona depicting a piva player

29th October, 6:30 p.m.

New Delhi, Bangalore & MumbaiMusic from Canton Ticino: Concert by Ilario Garbani (Ticino bagpipe) Carlo Bava (flute)

WORKSHOP ON RESTORATION OF WOOD Artefacts with Italian experts: Giorgio Garabelli, Claudio Pollini, Nicola Macchioni and Mauro Bernabei

Giorgio Garabelli: Problems of restoration of polychrome and wooden structures of architectural decoration; Experiences in northwest of Italy and Sardinia of a firm of private restoration. He will deal with: Pests, insects, xylophages; Consolidation methods; Sanitation interventions and active prevention; Cleaning methods; Analysis of the material; Removal of layers of repainting and identification of the layers to remove; Integration of wooden supports - structural portions decorative elements.

Claudio Pollini: The Cultural Heritage in Italy. He will deal with the Italian experience in the researches on wooden artefact; its integrated approach for diagnosis and conservation. He will present case studies on structural wood and historical wood: paintings, statues, furniture and Italian standards on diagnostic and restoration of ancient timber structures.

Nicola Macchioni: Cultural heritage made of wood. The diagnosis applied to artefacts; an exchange of experiences between Italy and India. He will deal with the peculiar attention wood requires for its conservation because it is a variable, anisotropic, hygroscopic and biodegradable material. He will give examples of diagnostic applications on different typologies of artefacts and the connections between diagnosis and restoration design. This will be followed by practical training on some aspects of the diagnostic activity that are common to all the wooden artefacts, independently from the specific typologies, touching also upon the standardisation activity in Italy on wood in cultural heritage.

28-30th October

Lectures & Presentations at Conference hall, Panjim Inn

Practical Sessions at St. Anne’s Church, TiswadiGoa

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Mauro Bernabei: Dendrochronological dating; Theoretical and practical lessons.He will dwell upon elements of plant physiology, the radial growth, the dendrochronological series construction, Tree-ring width measurements with lens or stereomicroscopes, the construction of the mean series and mater chronologies with examples of dating with practical applications. During the course, with the aid of lens and microscope, the formation and the identification of tree rings will be shown. The scholars will learn how to measure, how to build tree-ring series and how to correlate with some master chronologies to date the sample.

Event organised by the Office of the Scientific Attaché, Embassy of Italy and the Indian National Trust for Art & Cultural Heritage (INTACH) in collaboration with Istituto Italiano di Cultura.

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Many Universities in India today offer courses from Masters Level onwards in English medium and scholarships are also granted to meritorious students. The Italian Government offers scholarships to Indian Nationals through the Government of India. The Italian Universities permit online enrolments followed by regular documentation forwarded through Italian Diplomatic Missions abroad.

Many links pertaining to detailed information on Higher Education and Scholarships in Italy can be accessed through our website:www.iicnewdelhi.esteri.it For further information please write to:scholarships.iicnewdelhi@esteri.it

HIGHER EDUCATION & SCHOLARSHIPS

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The aim of this Cultural Centre is to develop the knowledge of Italian language for social, educational, vocational and recreational purposes.

Following the most recent methodology and techniques in Language Teaching as second language (L2), the courses offer the opportunity to achieve different standards in the four skills: hearing, speaking, reading and writing. Much emphasis is given to the communicative approach, but knowledge of grammar also remains a strong point to ensure the student’s accuracy in the language.The courses provide the linguistic skills for efficient communication in: - everyday activities (level A1); - everyday personal and basic work-related topics (level A2); - contexts in which a deeper understanding of the language is needed so that the learner can express his/her opinions, evaluations, critiques on a wider range of topics, from social events to job situations (level B1); - topics related to contemporary life and personal issues, where an advanced knowledge is needed for understanding nuances in the meaning of complex texts and for the ability to express thoroughly one’s point of view even in delicate arguments (level B2).

Each course is offered for 90 hours per session. Conversation courses and lessons in Italian for specific purposes are offered for 44 hours per session.

Conversation Courses focus on oral communication. They are organized at different levels, starting from level A2.

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sessions start in January (spring) and august (autumn) each year.

conversation courses start in March and october.

Next dates: 9th June 2011 and 1st December 2011

The enrolment form and other details pertaining to the course can be downloaded from our website www.iicnewdelhi.esteri.it

CILS CERTIFICATION OF KNOWLEDGE OF THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE

Exam: 2nd December 2010The Istituto Italiano di Cultura, New Delhi, is a recognised seat for taking CILS exams (Certification of the Knowledge of Italian Language) of the Universita’ per Stranieri, Siena.

Any person wishing to obtain an official Certification for his/her knowledge of the Italian language, whether student or simple traveller, or requiring proof of his/her command of the language for any reason, can apply for this exam. There is no need to start from the beginning - one can just choose the desired level. All exams are evaluated in Siena.

The 6 levels offered are equivalent to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), ranging from A 1 (beginner) to C 2 (bilingual speaker).

The Certification CILS is recognised by Italian Universities, so those who choose to further their academic career in an Italian University can obtain the minimum level requested in Italy, B 2 (= CILS 2), by simply taking the exam in New Delhi. They will not need to take any further exam of Italian Language in Italy.

APPLICATIONSWhere: at the Istituto Italiano di Cultura which is the only seat in India. To be sent either by fax (011-26871902) or by post (50- E, Chandragupta Marg (Entry from Nyaya Marg) Chanakyapuri, New Delhi – 110021)

When: before 15th October, 2010 for exams to be held on 2nd December, 2010

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LIBRARy The library of the Istituto Italiano di Cultura has around 9000 volumes of which roughly 80% are in Italian and the remaining in English, French, Hindi and Punjabi, covering a wide range of subjects like Literature, Art & Architec-ture, Religion & Philosophy, Civilization, Indology, History, Geography, Tourism, Italian language, Fiction, Photography, Cuisine, Cinema & Theatre along with Encyclopedias and Dictionaries.

Audiovisual material is also available comprising around 1500 DVDs, CDs, CD-ROMS, VHS & U-MATIC videocas-settes on music, theatre, films and documentaries.

The main source of our collection is the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The library provides a constantly updated on-line catalogue available for consulta-tion on the website www.iicnewdelhi.esteri.it

TIMINGSMonday, Tuesday and Thursday:9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.Wednesday: 2:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.Friday: ClosedSaturday: 12:30 p.m – 1:30 p.m.

Newspapers, periodicals and multimedia material are available in the Reading Room on the ground floor. The room is equipped with two computer terminals with access to internet and to soft copies of Italian newspapers Il Corriere della Sera and La Repubblica.

Italian magazines available for reading:L’Espresso (Weekly), Domus (Monthly), Bell’Italia (Monthly), Limes (Bi-Monthly) Other Periodicals:Film Critica, Viva Verdi, Civilta’ della Tavola, Ottagono, Il Giornale dell’arte, The Art Newspaper, Arte In, Sipario

A TV set with headphones is located in the entrance hall. Italian TV Channels RAI 1, RAI 2, RAI 3 and RAI International can be viewed during office hours.

TIMINGSMonday - Thursday8.00 a.m - 8.00 p.m.Friday and Saturday8.00 a.m - 1.00 p.m.

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READING ROOM

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The Istituto Italiano di Cultura also promotes food as part of Italian Culture. Its Cafeteria, located in the quiet lawns and outsourced to the popular Diva Restaurant, uses the finest ingredients and serves authentic Italian dishes. Several culinary activities are organised here from time to time to promote the varied and rich traditions of Italian cooking.

TIMINGSMon. to Sat.: 9.30 a.m. - 11 p.m.Sunday : 9.30 a.m. - 4.30 p.m.Tel : 24674575

MEMBERSHIP

Facilities offered. Weekly film programme. Invitations to cultural activities. Reading Room services. Access to the Cafeteria. Facility to borrow books from the Library

For further details please visit the website: www.iicnewdelhi.esteri.it or contact the Reception at 26871901/03/04.

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Italian Embassy Cultural Centre50-E Chandragupta MargEntry from Nyaya MargChanakyapuriNew Delhi - 110021T : +91-11-26871901F : +91-11-26871902E : iicnewdelhi@esteri.itwww.iicnewdelhi.esteri.it