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"Rather than simply featuring traditional favorites, his selections [were] historically illuminating, as well as moving and entertaining"
From New York Concert Review coverage of the performance on April 16, 2026
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"the time is not only right, it’s overdue to move forward”
From The Art Newspaper coverage of the symposium on April 9, 2021
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“This new generation does not want to shelve the conversation”
From the ARTnews coverage of the symposium on April 9, 2021
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"Lo stupore davanti al golpe mancato è grande, ma la buffoneria degli atteggiamenti non può più mascherare la gravità dello sfregio ai valori democratici."
From "Da Pontida al Montana soffia il vento della secessione" by Lynda DeMatteo, published in Giornale Domani.
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"Lorenzo was a star."
from Italian Academy Executive Director, Barbara Faedda, in How Mozart’s Librettist Became the Father of Italian Studies at Columbia, an article about Lorenzo Da Ponte in Columbia Magazine.
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"la ricchezza... la quantità, meticolosità e complessità delle fonti e della puntualità e minuziosità degli argomenti affrontati"
From La Voce di New York coverage of the Italian Academy’s book, "Élite. Cultura italiana e statunitense tra Settecento e Novecento" by Barbara Faedda
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"researchers from a range of disciplines"
From the Columbia News coverage of the symposium on February 5, 2020
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"standing ovations"
From the Columbia News coverage of the concert on November 20, 2019
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"The value of restitution is enormously important, because of the right of people to have the highest objects of their individual cultures back"
From the Columbia Daily Spectator coverage of the symposium on October 18, 2019
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"photographs told the story of how an Italian entrepreneur bridged the gap between the Italian and American fashion markets"
From the Columbia Daily Spectator coverage of the workshop on October 3, 2019
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"fashion connects to various academic fields because it demonstrates culture on a day-to-day scale"
From the Bwog coverage of the workshop on October 3, 2019
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“a key landmark in the 'lost landscape of human variation'”
From The New York Times coverage of James Gorman's article “An Archaeological Puzzle on the Danube”
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"an attentive observer of the current economic and political trends of the world"
From the La Voce di New York coverage of the lecture on April 1, 2019
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"one of 8 concerts to see this week”
From The New York Times coverage of the concert on February 20, 2019
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“In the imposing theater… a remarkable and rare evening…presented with such authority, and with a gorgeous tonal palette…wonderful… greeted with a well-deserved ovation”
From the NY Concert Review coverage of the concert on Nov 17, 2018
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"tanti documenti ... in mostra in occasione del 90°anniversario di fondazione della Casa Italiana di New York [e] il volume celebrativo"
From the Il Manifesto coverage of the Italian Academy’s book and exhibition, "From Da Ponte to the Casa Italiana" Sep 2, 2018
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"la variegata e travagliata storia di questa istituzione"
From the La Voce di New York coverage of the Italian Academy’s book and exhibition, "From Da Ponte to the Casa Italiana" Aug 8, 2018
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“fantastic taste; virtuoso; in Best Classical Music Moments of the Week”
From the New York Times coverage of Apr 18, 2018, concert
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“Exhibition and book mark the 90th anniversary of the Casa Italiana”
From the Columbia Record coverage of the Spring 2018 exhibition and recent book (with slideshow of historic photos)
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“vivid performance”
From the New York Times coverage of Feb 21, 2018, concert
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“ricercatori da tutto il mondo... le prime impressioni da chi ce l’ha fatta”
From the La Voce di New York coverage of the Italian Academy’s new Fellows on Oct 8, 2016
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“researchers and students digging on the Unesco World Heritage site offer a rare glimpse of ordinary life in ancient Rome.”
From the Wall Street Journal coverage of the Italian Academy’s program in Italy (the Advanced Program of Ancient History and Art)
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"A New York legend of the cello joins the enterprising young ensemble for an adventure into the past..."
From the New Yorker coverage of Mar 30, 2016 concert
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"Columbia University’s outpost for Italian culture (which boasts a lovely little teatro) has a regular run of interesting concerts. The gifted young cellist and pianist... offer a program of music on sacred themes..."
From the New Yorker coverage of Mar 2, 2016, concert
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"This brilliant young cellist has earned a reputation for innovative programs. Here, accompanied by Conor Hanick, he offers an intriguing lineup of arrangements for cello..."
From the New York Times coverage of Mar 2, 2016, concert
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"eye-popping contrasts between high-minded art and lowbrow entertainment"
From the New York Times coverage of Oct 9, 2015, concert
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“As the primary sector of the economy, [agriculture] is a national security matter.”
From the i-ITALY coverage of Sept 25, 2015, event
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“the indispensable Mivos Quartet ... in its impressive evening with the composer-soprano Kate Soper at Columbia University’s Italian Academy”
From the New York Times coverage of Mar 11, 2015, concert
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“The Academy keeps on delivering some of the most intriguing classical programs....the adventurous Mivos players...the wildly talented composer-soprano Kate Soper.”
From "critic's pick" listing in Time Out NY of Mar 11, 2015, concert
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"The Italian Academy does so much for Italian culture"
From Repubblica interview with translator Ann Goldstein of The New Yorker ("per la cultura italiana a New York, mi sembra una stagione felice...si dà molto da fare l'Italian Academy dentro la Columbia University")
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"plays even new music with Romantic flair and an instinct for the sweeping gesture"
From the New York Times coverage of Jay Campbell's May 7, 2014, concert
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"In focusing on the DMN, an increasingly popular area of brain research, the symposium vaults Freedberg's Academy back to the forefront of the interdisciplinary dialogue around art and neuroscience"
From coverage in The Beautiful Brain of Feb 6-7, 2014, Art and Neuroscience symposium on the Default Mode Network
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"Pianist and violinist gave us a hypnotic evening—devilishly induced but divinely delivered"
From Seen and Heard International coverage of the May 8, 2013, concert.
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"A delightfully devious recital"
From the New York Times coverage of the May 8, 2013, concert.
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"Fascinating program"
From the New York Times coverage of Emanuele Torquati's May 1, 2013, concert.
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"neuroscience providing a modern angle on concepts ... a two-way exchange, a dialogue"
From the Dana Foundation coverage of "Shaping the Brain: How genes, emotions, and the arts shape perception," March 12, 2013, panel discussion
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"Astonishing is the word"
From the New York Times coverage of the November 3, 2012 TENET concert
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"Columbia University's Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America is a treasure New Yorkers have all to themselves."
From Hyperallergic coverage of the March 23, 2012 screening of David Hockney: A Bigger Picture
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"Dalla Venezia del Canaletto al Vesuvio di Andy Warhol, ha spiegato al folto e divertito pubblico americano la professoressa italiana."
From La Stampa coverage of Mar 21, 2012, of Prof. Anna Ottani Cavina's inaugural lecture as Compagnia di San Paolo Italian Academy Distinguished Visiting Professor
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"Viewers witness the magic"
From the Art in America review of the Spring 2011 exhibition of work by Beatrice Pediconi
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"The metaphor of the candle flame revealing the universal principles Leonardo perceived . . . was made all the more convincing by the speaker's evidence gleaned from Leonardo's manuscripts and paintings. . . . Wide-ranging discussion followed"
From AxesMundi blog coverage of Mar 30, 2011, of Prof. Paolo Galluzzi's lecture "The Shadow of Light: Leonardo's Mind by Candlelight"
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"Shelton … proved that contemporary vocal music can indeed be as warm, lyrical, and beautiful as music from any other period. Classical music fans should not miss the second and third of the 'Three 2nds.'"
From Columbia Spectator coverage of February 2, 2011, of the concert series "Three 2nds with Lucy Shelton"
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"a group of intellectuals transforms their small cultural studies forum into an authentic crucible, bringing academics together with their peers and the educated public with the goal of doing real work by interdisciplinary means"
From ArtsEditor coverage of the Spring 2011 exhibition of work by Beatrice Pediconi
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"Lo stesso meccanismo di empatia che ci permette di vivere in sintonia con gli altri sta alla base del nostro emozionarci di fronte a un'opera d'arte, ipotizzano Vittorio Gallese e David Freedberg"
From coverage in La Repubblica on May 15, 2007, of collaboration published in Trends in Cognitive Sciences
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"Beyond its entertainment value, symposium participants made clear, change blindness is a salient piece in the larger puzzle of visual attentiveness"
From New York Times coverage of March 25, 2008, Art and Neuroscience symposium on Vision, Attention, and Emotion
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"a group of exceptional freelance musicians....launch a three-concert series at Columbia University's stately Italian Academy....you're compelled to come back for more"
From Time Out New York listing of Mar 12, 2008, Concert Series Argento Chamber Ensemble playing Lachenmann, Scelsi, Sannicandro and others
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"Bagno di folla ieri sera all'Italian Academy della Columbia University per il presidente della Repubblica Giorgio Napolitano"
From America Oggi coverage of Dec 12, 2007, visit of Italian President Napolitano
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"Da Ponte was the first representative of cosmopolitan enlightened European culture in America"
From The New York Times coverage of the exhibition and colloquium on October 10-11, 2005
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