Rodolfo Matulich – Piano Concert – FREE EVENT
Rodolfo Matulich got his diploma in piano at the Music Academy ofAlessandria, then he got a degree (PhD) in composition at the Regis University and at the Berklee College of Music of Boston (USA). He studied Film Scoring with Ennio Morricone at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena and orchestra conducting with Descev and Schumacher in […]
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Urban Design Talks “Turn our gaze, the relationship between territory, city and architecture”
Founders of studio 5 +1AA address the issue of contemporaneity in the relationship between city, territory and architecture, building this relationship as a shaping of reality. The perception and transformation of reality are therefore the cornerstones of an idea of architecture as body and enigma, which is realistic and emotional, pragmatic and sensual, shareable and […]
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Francesco Baccini – Piano and Voice – FREE EVENT
Francesco Baccini was born in Genoa (Italy). He learned to play the piano when he was still a child, studying the great composers of the past. In his early twenties he discovered pop music and rock and this discovery was life changing for him. He then began performing in clubs of his city overcoming his […]
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Film “Tutti giù” – FREE EVENT
SYNOPSIS One is aprofessional athlete. One thinks of sport as a lifestyle. And one gets into sport almost by chance. One, surrounded by the crowd, seeks the inner strength to carve out moments of profound intimacy with self and nature. One feels at home on the street, seeking a family in chaos. And one finds […]
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Book reading with Fabio Pusterla – FREE EVENT
Fabio Pusterla isof mixed Swiss-Italian parentage. Born in Mendrisio, Switzerland, he now lives and works between Lombardy and Lugano, where he teaches Italian language and literature at the cantonal high school. He is an active poet, scholar, essayist and translator; he has translated French poetry to Italian, including Philippe Jaccottet, Antoine Emaz and Corinna Bille. […]
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Sandro Botticelli’s Venus – An Italian High Renaissance Masterpiece
The Consulate General of Italy in Hong Kong and Macau, the Italian Cultural Institute and the University Museum and Art Gallery (UMAG) of the University of Hong Kong are honoured to present to the public one of Italy’s “national treasures” – Venus (ca. 1482) by Florentine Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli (1445–1510). Sandro Botticelli, patronized by […]
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A Guitar and Voice Recital II – LETTERS FROM COMPOSERS
Chopin writes from Minorca about his being marooned in strangeness… Mozart complains to his father and rages at his treatment at the hands of a Viennese nobleman… Schubert quotes Gretchen’s song at the spinning wheel in his deep depression at his loneliness and lack of success… J. S. Bach sends a formal epistle to the […]
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The Joy of Music Festival 2013
THE JOY OF MUSIC FESTIVALThe Chopin Society of Hong Kong Ltd organizes every three years the Hong Kong International Piano Competition.Three Competitions have been held so far, in 2005, 2008 and 2011 and the fourth one will be held in October 2014. The Competition has established itself as a major event in Hong Kong’s musical […]
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Fabio Montomoli – Guitar Recital
Fabio Montomoli is recognized by critics as one of the bestinterpreters of the international scene remarking his beautiful sound, power, penetration and wide variety of timbres. He graduates with top marks at “S.Cecilia” Academy of Music in Rome with the Music Master Carlo Carfagna. He attends the regular course “Mozarteum” in Salzburg studying Klassische Guitar […]
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Ennio Marchetto – The Living Paper Cartoon – SPECIAL OFFER
Award-winning Italian comedian Ennio Marchetto, acclaimed as a ‘living cartoon’ and a global phenomenon, presents a hilarious repertoire of celebrities in this one-man show. Making use of ingenious paper costumes, wigs and props, Ennio parodies our favourite superstars, magically morphing himself from Lady Gaga to The Queen of England, from the Pope to Dolly Parton, […]
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