Segnaliamo due appuntamenti gratuiti ad Auckland, Christchurch e Wellington per tutti gli italiani, e neozelandesi. Il primo è un concerto che si svolgerà a Wellington, Christchurch ed Auckland con artisti italiani residenti in Nuova Zelanda, ed il secondo è un film italiano, con sottotitoli in inglese, solo Auckland,  il 22 marzo. 

The Embassy of Italy in Wellington is hosting a series of concerts in February and March for Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington. These includes piano duo Spina-Benignetti and violinist Luca Ciarla during their Oceania tours (check the musicians' websites for other NZ cities), as well as New Zealand-based Lilia Carpinelli (soprano), Luca Manghi (flute) and Matteo Napoli (piano) for their first public performance together. 

 
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A creative and surprising violinist, Luca Ciarla easily transcends the boundaries among genres to trace an innovative musical path, a magical acoustic seduction in perfect balance between written compositions and improvisation, traditional and contemporary sounds.

Luca owns the stage with his fiddle and a few toy instruments. With a loop pedal, he performs live all the parts, playing the violin like a guitar, a cello or percussion. In this imaginative landscape, Luca sings, whistles, plays other little instruments and adds new virtuoso passages; music is continuously evolving into a dazzling solOrkestra!

The programme features unusual arrangements of traditional Italian folk tunes, music from the Mediterranean area and original compositions.


Christchurch: Sunday 24th February 7:30pm, Irish Society Hall (for tickets Folk Music Club Christchurch)
Wellington: Wednesday 27 February 6pm, St Andrew on the Terrace - Free entry
Auckland: Thursday 28 February 6 pm, St Matthew in the City - Free entry

Other dates are in Christchurch, Hamilton, Motueka, Picton: https://www.lucaciarla.com/tour/
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Fantasy and Imagination

Eleonora Spina and Michele Benignetti are two compelling, talented young musicians who come from strong and varied backgrounds as soloist and chamber musicians. Their partnership as a piano duo began in 2013 and immediately received positive acclaim. Winners of international music competitions, on June 2014 they obtained the prestigious ‘Diplôme Supérieur d’Exécution’ at the Ecole Normale de Musique ‘Alfred Cortot’ in Paris, with the mention ‘à l’unanimité’. They have been appointed professors at the Conservatory of Music and Dance in Soissons and at the Conservatory of Music and Theatre of Saint Quentin, where they live. The piano duo ‘Spina – Benignetti’ is an Official Yamaha Artists, since December 2017. 
They will perform a Recital Piano Four Hands with music by Busoni, Mendelssohn, Saint- Saëns, Schubert and Barber.
Wellington: Wednesday 6 March 6pm, St Andrews on the Terrace - Free entry
Other dates in Palmerston North, Whanganui, Kerikeri: www.spinabenignetti.com

A Night at the Opera
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Italian-born New Zealand based artists, international performers Carpinelli, Manghi and Napoli will perform in public together for the first time, with a special programme prepared especially for this occasion. Their recital for soprano, flute and piano, will take us on a journey through Nineteenth-Century Italian Opera, with themes of popular arias by Vivaldi, Rossini, Puccini, Verdi as well as Italian traditional songs.



​Lilia Carpinelli: https://www.vivaldiacademy.co.nz/copy-of-marcello-napoli
Luca Manghi: https://www.waikato.ac.nz/fass/about/school-of-arts/music/staff-contacts/luca-manghi
Matteo Napoli: https://www.vivaldiacademy.co.nz/matteo-napoli

Wellington: Tuesday 12 March 6pm, St Andrews on the Terrace - Free entry
Christchurch: Wednesday 13 March 6pm, The Great Hall at the Arts Centre - Free entry
Auckland: Saturday 16 March 6pm, St Matthew in the City - Free entry - Free entry

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Condividiamo questo interessante evento, a noi inoltrato dal Console Onorario Prof. Bernadette Luciano dell'Università di Auckland: 

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Marginal Cosmopolitans: Musical Representations of Italian Jewish Identity

Jews have lived in the Italian Peninsula since Roman times, thus before the advent of Christianity, and have participated in many aspects of its culture. Originating in the global diaspora, Italian Jewish culture is equally rooted in Italy's history. In this lecture, Prof. Francesco Spagnolo (UC Berkeley) explores the many dimensions of the cultural identity of the Jews of Italy in the modern period. By combining musical sources (manuscripts and archival recordings) with visual and literary testimonies, the talk will explore the hyper-local, regional, national, and global dimensions of the Italian Jewish experience. Particular attention will be paid to the formation of Jewish ghettos inside Italy's cities, large and small, since the 16th century, and to the Emancipation of the Jews in the 19th century when the Jewish minority achieved full civil rights in the midst of the Risorgimento and Italian unification and independence. 

Wednesday, 30 January 2019, 6pm
Arts 1 Building 206 Humanities Room 220​
Free Entry


Francesco Spagnolo is a multidisciplinary scholar focusing on Jewish studies, music, and digital media. At the University of California, Berkeley, he is the Curator of The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life and an Associate Adjunct Professor in the Department of Music. He is also an affiliated faculty with the Berkeley Center for the Study of Religion, the Institute of European Studies, the Religious Diversity Cluster of the Haas Institute, and serves on the Digital Humanities Council. 
Intersecting textual, visual and musical cultures, he actively contributes to academic and cultural heritage institutions, as well as live and electronic media, in Europe, Israel, and the United States. Hepublishes on topics ranging from music to philosophy, film, and literature, and curates exhibitions and digital programs. 
As a scholar, his research interests center on the intersections of music and synagogue life, particularly among Italian Jews, an arena in which Ashkenazi and Sephardic liturgical and popular musical traditions have historically come together in unique ways. As a curator, his focus is on the performative aspects of Jewish material cultures and creative expressions across the global diaspora. Where his scholarly and curatorial work meet is in asking a variety of questions about the nature of (Jewish) cultural heritage, and the role of synagogues, archives, and museums (including their respective "rituals" and performative settings) as communal institutions in the modern period. 

Un altro evento italiano ben riuscito e che ha attirato molti visitatori, italiani e neozelandesi amanti dell'Italia. Un successo anche per i prodotti italiani che, grazie a questi eventi, vengono presentati ai consumatori locali diventando di anno in anno sempre più conosciuti e presenti nel mercato. Foto del Mercatino si possono trovare sulla pagina FB della Dante Auckland.

Sabato ci sarà la terza edizione del Mercatino di Natale (Italian Xmas Market) organizzato dai volontari della Società Dante Alighieri di Auckland a Freemans Bay/Ponsonby.  In vendita una serie di prodotti italiani, fra cui panettoni, pandori ed altri dolci natalizi e prodotti importati dall'Italia, vini e liquori italiani, pelletteria, oggettistica e artigianato italiani, e anche un banchetto Italian Vintage (vestiti, accessori e libri usati). Pizza, porchetta, pane e salame, cannoli, gelato e altre delizie si potranno gustare in giornata, e Babbo Natale parlerà italiano e porterà regalini a tutti i bambini!. 

Il Festival Italiano di Auckland, svoltosi domenica 28 ottobre, è stato un grandissimo successo, con un pubblico stimato alle 25.000 presenze fra le ore 11:00 e le 17:00. Gli espositori hanno venduto bene, ed anche il ComItEs Wellington era presente con uno stand di informazione e assistenza dentro al Rialto Centre, seguito da Wilma Laryn, Gabriella Brussino (nella foto) e Sandro Aduso, più alcuni volontari. Lo stand di Radio Ondazzurra invece è stato presenziato da Carla Rotondo e Antonella Coppolino. Gli organizzatori del Festival si incontreranno a breve con le autorità locali per discutere del futuro, e la possibilità di uno spazio più grande per un evento che ogni anno sembra richiamare sempre più pubblico.

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WELLINGTON\ aise\ - Il Comites di Wellington festeggia Alessandra Zecchini, italiana residente in Nuova Zelanda, insignita dell’Onorificenza Ordine della Stella d’Italia, conferita dal Presidente Sergio Mattarella per tramite dell’Ambasciatore d’Italia in Nuova Zelanda Fabrizio Marcelli. 
La cerimonia di conferimento si è svolta domenica 28 ottobre, in occasione del Festival Italiano a Newmarket, Auckland....

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Auckland, 2 giugno 2018

In occasione delle celebrazioni per la Festa della Repubblica ad Auckland, Nuova Zelanda, Sandro Aduso è stato insignito del titolo Maestro del Lavoro. L' onorificenza Stella al Merito del Lavoro viene conferita dal Presidente della Repubblica su proposta del Ministro del Lavoro a cittadini italiani,  in Italia e all'estero, che si sono distinti per perizia, laboriosità e buona condotta morale.

Sandro, venuto in Nuova Zelanda per la prima volta 45 anni fa per lavorare al Tongariro Hydroelectric Scheme, è specializzato in grandi lavori di costruzioni dell’infrastruttura civile ed industriale. Instancabile volontario per la nostra comunità Sandro è stato anche vice presidente e presidente della New Zealand Society of Hong Kong, socio fondatore e membro del comitato della NZ Chamber of Commerce di HK e socio attivo della Dante HK. Ritornato in  Nuova Zelanda nel 1995 Sandro è stato due volte presidente della Dante di Auckland, dal 1996 al 2000 e dal 2003 al 2004, e attualmente è presidente del Comites Wellington.

L'onorificenza è stata presentata dall'Ambasciatore Italiano in Nuova Zelanda, S.E. Dott. Fabrizio Marcelli; è la prima volta in Nuova Zelanda che viene conferita la Stella al Merito del Lavoro. 


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Auckland, 2nd June 2018

In occasion of the Italian National Day (Festa della Repubblica) Sandro Aduso was awarded the title of Maestro del Lavoro. The Stella al Merito del Lavoro (Star of Merit for Labour) is bestowed by decree of the President of the Italian Republic on the recommendation of the Minister of Economic Development to Italian citizens, in Italy and overseas, who distinguished themselves for expertise, hard work and good moral behaviour.

Sandro, who came to New Zealand for the first time 45 years ago to work on the Tongariro Hydroelectric Scheme is a specialist in the  field consultant in the field of civil engineering and industrial infrastructure. Tireless volunteer for the Italian community Sandro has also been vice- president and president of the New Zealand Society of Hong Kong,  funding member of the NZ Chamber of Commerce di HK and member of the Dante Society in HK. Upon returning to New Zealand in 1995 Sandro  has been twice president of the Dante Society of Auckland, 1996-2000 and 2003-2004, and presently is the president of the Comites Wellington.

The honour was presented  by the Italian Ambassador in New Zealand, H.E. Fabrizio Marcelli; it is the first time in history that the Stella al Merito del Lavoro is conferred in New Zealand. 

Tanti auguri per un felice 2018 da tutti noi del Comites Wellington