First Annual Certosa International Arts Festival 2008
Monday 01 September 2008 at 20.30
WAR CHILD (USA, 2008) Italian premiere of the award winning documentary film about Emmanuel Jal, a former Sudanese child soldier who is today an international hip-hop artist. In the presence of the subject of the film, Emmanuel Jal and the producer Karim Chrobog. 18th Street Films, Washington, D.C.
Tuesday 02 September 2008 at 20.30
Virpi Pahkinen - Dancer
Jonas Sjöblom - Percussion
Virpi Pahkinen, dance and choreography and Jonas Sjöblom, percussion and flute Helene Thorsell (costumes) - Prayer to the Ascending (Sjöblom), Sepia longa, Aspectus brevis (Indenstam, Sjoblom), Morpho Z (Maya). Introduced by Renato Bossa. In association with the Axel Munthe Foundation, Anacapri.
PRAYER TO THE ASCENDING : (Sjöblom)
SEPLA LONGA, ASPECTUS BREVIS: (Indenstam, Sjöblom)
MORPHO Z: (Maya, Sjöblom)
With the Patronage of the Embassy of Sweden, Rome
In association with and co-presented by
Villa San Michele, The Axel Munthe Foundation, Anacapri
Wednesday 03 September 2008 at 20.30
Robert Atchison - Violin
Olga Dudnik - Piano
Introduced by Renato Bossa
MOZART: Sonata for Violin and Piano in E Minor, K304
ISHMAEL: Sonata for Violin and Piano*
GERSHWIN - HEIFETZ: Porgy and Bess Suite
DEBUSSY: Sonata for Violin and Piano in G Minor, L. 140
RAVEL: Tzigane: Concert Rhapsody For Violin And Piano
*Premiere of a work commissioned by the artists and written especially for the Festival by the acclaimed Canadian composer, Clement Ishmael. Introduced by Renato Bossa.
Thursday 04 September 2008 at 20.30
Stefano Cardi and Francesca Meli - Guitar Duo
Introduced by Renato Bossa
JOHN JOHNSON: The Flatt Pavin & Galliard
GEORG PHILLIPP TELEMANN: Partie Polonaise
FERNANDO SOR: Fantaisie op. 54 bis
ISAAC ALBENIZ : Bajo la palmera op.232
ENRIQUE GRANADOS: Danza n.11
ASTOR PIAZZOLLA : Tango Suite
Friday 05 September 2008 at 20.30
FALLING BODIES (English version). Staged reading of Nine Circles Chamber Theatre's latest project based on an imagined meeting between Galileo Galilei and Primo Levi. With Enrica Maria Modugno (Primo Levi), Tony Nardi (Galileo Galilei), Gil Morgenstern (violin), Lauren Weiss (flute) and Antonio Caggiano (percussion). Jonathan Levi (script and direction), Bruce Saylor (music) and Gil Morgenstern (music direction). Nine Circles Chamber Theatre, New York. Introduced by Jonathan Levi.
Saturday 06 September 2008 at 20.30
FALLING BODIES (Italian version). Staged reading. Same cast as 5 September. In Italian. Translation by Mariano D'Amora. Nine Circles Chamber Theatre, New York. Introduced by Mariano D'Amora.