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5 Nov. Concert by the Orchestra and Choir of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma conducted by Jaap van Zweden. Music by Mozart (21.00). S. Ignazio di Loyola. 6 Nov. Concert by the Tölzer Knabenchor conducted by Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden. Music by Bach (21.00). S. Ignazio di Loyola. For booking and information tel. 0668805816, www.amicimusicasacra.com. ISTITUZIONE UNIVERSITARIA DEI CONCERTI 5 Nov. Chamber music concert by the Concerto Italiano ensemble conducted by Rinaldo Alessandrini. Music by Bach and Vivaldi (17.30). 7 Nov. For the cycle of lecture/concerts entitled Musica Pourparler, an event featuring music and painting, United Colors of Music, with Gilda Buttà piano, and Rosella Gallo art historian. Music by Chopin, Debussy, Gershwin (11.00). Aula Magna, Università la Sapienza, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5. For booking and information tel. 063610051, www.concertiiuc.it.
ORCHESTRA SINFONICA DI ROMA 6 Nov. Symphonic concert, with Francesca Vicari violin. Music by Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Dvorak. (17.30). Repeated 7 Nov (20.30). 13 Nov. Concert conducted by Osvaldo Ferreira. Music by Haydn, Mozart, Prokofiev (17.30). Repeated 14 Nov (20.30). Auditorium Conciliazione, Via della Conciliazione 4. Information tel. 800904560, www.orchestrasinfonicadiroma.it. ROMAEUROPA FESTIVAL 6 Nov. The Brodsky Concerts: music/piano by Kris Defoort, concept text/video/acting by Dirk Roofthooft, text by Joseph Brodsky. According to the Russian Nobel Prize winner Joseph Brodsky, a poem is a conversation between the writer and the reader, who share two solitudes with one another. In The Brodsky Concerts, actor Dirk Roofthooft communicates the essence of Brodsky’s poetry to the audience, while Kris Defoort’s music reveals that which is impossible
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to say with words. Together they pay homage to Brodsky’s poetry (21.00). At Opificio Telecom Italia, Via dei Magazzini Generali 20/a. 15 Nov. Nasdaq Match 0.2: Star pianist and composer Uri Caine teams up with electronic music composer Fabio Cifariello and with Nasdaq to create a technological music event in which the two musicians “duet” with the data flowing from the stock market (20.30). Teatro Palladium, Largo B. Romano 8. For information and booking tel. 0645553050, www.romaeuropa.net. S. AGNESE IN AGONE Concerti nella Sagrestia del Borromini 4 Nov. Piano recital by the winner of the International Piano Competition “G. Viotti” of Vercelli. Music by Liszt (19.00). 18 Nov. Piano and violin recital by Flavio Brunetto and Silvano Minella. Music by Liszt, Schubert, Bach, Schumann, Mendelssohn (19.00). Piazza Navona. For booking and information tel. 3348186605, www.santagneseinagone.org.
FESTIVALS BOLOGNA GENDER BENDER FESTIVAL 29 Oct-5 Nov At its ninth edition, the Bologna Gender Bender Festival offers the public a panorama of the contemporary and international imagery related to gender identities, sexual orientations and body representation. Organised and produced by the “Il Cassero” Gay Lesbian Centre in Bologna, the programme consists of a series of events from performing arts to film screenings, live concerts, visual arts exhibitions, lectures and parties. In recent years the festival has invited, produced and presented the works of many big names like Matthew Barney, Marina Abramovic, Robert Mapplethorpe, Louise Bourgeois, Ascanio Celestini, Sylvano Bussotti and many others. For further information and the full programme www.genderbender.it.
ROME FRANCOJAZZ 7-18 Nov Organised by the Centre Saint-Louis French cultural institute, this is the first edition of an initiative entirely dedicated to French jazz. All in all, four evenings of concerts featuring Bojan Z – piano; Julien Lourau and Laurent Coq – sax and piano; the Erik Truffaz 4tet; Magik Malik and Gilbert Nouno – flute and keyboards. Institut Français Centre SaintLouis, Largo Toniolo 20/22, tel. 066802606, www.saintlouisdefrance.it. FESTIVAL TEMPORANEO 13-28 Nov Organised in conjunction with the Austrian Cultural Institute this art event asks the questions “How can the evolution of a city be told? How do you make room for modernity in a historically connoted urban texture?” Four works by young Italian artists exhibited in public spaces temporarily modify the urban landscape, breaking the usual relationship with public space and those who use it. Temporaneo is an opportunity to rethink the concept of monument in order to remodel the places we live in. South Korean jazz vocalist Youn Sun Nah performs in the Roma Jazz Festival.
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Installations at Parco della Musica, Roma Tre University, Casa del Jazz and the Laghetto in EUR. For information www.temporaneoart.org. INTERNATIONAL ROME FILM FESTIVAL 27 Oct-4 Nov The sixth edition of the International Rome Film Festival is dedicated to the diversity of the United Kingdom’s contribution to cinema. Seven newrelease British productions are being screened and include The Deep Blue Sea by Terence Davies, Page Eight by David Hare, Tyrannosaur by Paddy Considine, Wild Bill by Dexter Fletcher and Trishna by Michael Winterbottom. A selection of films has also been specially chosen by filmmakers Joanna Hogg, Terence Davies and David Hare, actress Tilda Swinton, writer Hanif Kureisher and composer Michael Nyman, who won multiple awards for his soundtrack to The Piano. Five theatres – S. Cecilia, Sinopoli, Petrassi, Teatro Studio, and Studio 3 – will be reserved for screenings and encounters with the celebrity guests, while the Foyer, Auditorium Arte, Spazio Risonanze and Museo Archeologico will host an array of other events. Auditorium Parco della Musica, Viale P. de Coubertin. Booking tel. 892982. Information www.auditorium.com.
ROMAEUROPA FESTIVAL 7 Oct-30 Nov The title and theme for this annual arts bonanza is always catchy and full of promise. With the theme “Try the impossible” this year’s edition highlights the festival’s experimental and cutting edge. The 39 events that make up the programme range from dance, to theatre, to (mostly digital) music and visual arts in what has become Rome’s most prestigious and fashionable cultural event. The programme has been divided into five different sections: “Scene” dedicated to dance and theatre; “DNA” that stands for Danza Nazionale Autoriale and is a launch-pad for young Italian choreographers with a “different” take; “Corpi Resistenti” dedicated to the dance scene in the Middle East and in northern Africa and with a focus on the “Arab Spring”; “Suoni” in which contemporary music merges with experimental rock, classical music and hybrids of music and poetry; and “Digitalife” totally projected towards technology of the future. The calendar is studded with big international names like Saburo Teshigawara, Peter Brook, Trisha Brown, Lloyd Newson and his DV8 Physical Theatre, Hofesh Shechter, Jan Fabre and Marina Abramovich. Events take place in different venues including some recently-renovated former industrial spaces like the Carrozzeria Maercar, the Opificio and even a city swimming pool. If you intend buying tickets for a number of events, Romaeuropa offers a series of fidelity discounts. For further information and booking, www.romaeuropa.net. ROMA JAZZ FESTIVAL 8 Nov-30 Nov The Auditorium’s annual November rendezvous with jazz is back with an impressive line-up of big names. This is its 35th anniversary and the theme this year is ”Jazz Appeal”. The calendar line-up includes Dave Holland and Pepe Habichuela (8 Nov), the Mike Stern Band featuring Dave Weckl and Chris Minh Doky (10 Nov), the Pat Metheny Trio (13 Nov), vocalist Youn Sun Nah (14 Nov), Danilo Rea and Flavio Boltro (15 Nov), Dee Dee Bridgewater (17 Nov), Ibrahim Maalouf (19 Nov), Stefano Bollani & Hamilton De Hollanda (21 Nov), Enrico Rava & the Parco della Musica Jazz Lab (30 Nov). Auditorium Parco della Musica, Viale P. de Coubertin, tel. 892982, www.auditorium.com.
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