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by Mauro Battocchi   Naples is in the limelight these days in the Bay Area. In honor of the 2013 Year of Italian Culture, the San Francisco Jazz Festival is hosting Pino Daniele at the SF Jazz Center this Friday June 21st from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM. The popular singer, songwriter and guitarist that influenced the Neopolitan sound in the 70's w...

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International prize-winning violinist Francesca dePasquale is an emerging star in the classical music world and winner of the 2010 Irving M. Klein International String Competition. She is also the 2014 recipient of the highly prestigious Lenore Annenberg Fellowship for the Performing and Visual Arts. Ms. dePasquale will be accompanied by San Franci...

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by Marco Carminati   Giuseppe Verdi is the most popular, most performed and most widely loved among Italian composers, and Italy takes pride in being not only the Maestro's birthplace, but also the setting for most of his life. Today, we can still visit the places where Verdi lived and worked: the houses he inhabited, the theaters he went t...

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The Italian Cultural Institute, in collaboration with the Library of Congress, presents a documentary selection, from the four part television series "Great Conversations in Music", featuring some of the world's most renowned artists in candid and revealing discussions, with the participation of Marta Istomin and Anne McLean (Senior Producer, Libra...

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The 'Til It Happens to You' hitmaker is reportedly keen to ''celebrate her heritage'' with a beautiful wedding in the European country but are in no rush to walk down the aisle. A source said: ''She wants to celebrate her heritage, so they're looking at places in the Italian countryside. She wants a big Italian wedding.   ''They're stil...

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Since 2006, Napa Valley Festival del Sole has showcased more than 300 world-class artists and ensembles at some of the most breathtaking venues throughout Napa Valley.   The festival has partnered with over 200 wineries, hotels and local businesses, and has attracted nearly 10,000 guests each season. This year, Festival del Sole celebrates i...

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Putting opera aside for an evening, members of the Italian Opera Company, a Brooklyn-based performance troupe, will entertain audiences with Neapolitan folk songs in a special concert at the Dyker Heights Library on Oct. 14.   The free concert, which will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the Dyker Heights Library at 8202 13th Ave., will feature timeles...

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The weekend was packed at The Pearl at Palms Casino Resort with Sunday's Las Vegas debut of international singing sensation Laura Pausini.   The sold-out crowd was up on their feet Sunday night when Pausini took the stage and begin her set that took the audience on a journey through her illustrious career. English, Italian, Spanish – the cro...

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The Pirandello Lyceum presents The Boston Bel Canto Opera - Aria Concert Directed by Bradley Pennington Sunday, January 18, 2:30 pm at the Dante Alighieri Society of MA41 Cambridge StreetCambridge, MA 02139 Click here for more information   Source: Dante Alighieri Society of Massachusetts  

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by Lanie Maresh   Guest conductor Marzio Conti will conduct the Concert Orchestra as featured instrumentalist Alexandra Katelyn Mullins will play the harp at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Musical Arts Center.   Repertoire includes overture to "Gwendoline," composed by French composer Emmanuel Chabrier, "Harp Concerto in E-Flat Major, Op. 98...

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