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Concert: Cornet, Viktor Ullmann’s Legacy from Theresienstadt

Bohemian National Hall 321 E 73rd St., New York, NY, United States

A concert with Dan Franklin Smith (piano) and Gregorij von Leitis (recitation) presenting the last compositions, which the Austrian-Jewish composer Viktor Ullmann was able to finish in the ghetto and concentration camp Theresienstadt, before he was transported to Auschwitz and killed there. His melodram "The Lay of Love and Death of Cornet Christoph Rilke" for recitation and piano is hauntingly…

“Cloud in Pants:” A Video-Poem by Vladimir Mayakovsky in Russian and English (with Vadim Astrakhan)

Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia 19 University Place, 2nd Floor, New York City, NY, United States

In 1915 Vladimir Mayakovsky shocked the Russian poetry scene with his epic poem “Cloud in Pants.” One hundred years later Vadim Astrakhan has not only translated the poem into English in his trademark “modernizing / universalizing” fashion, but also put it on film.  In this film he recites the poem in both Russian and English against a vibrant and unique visual background that…

Propaganda

Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò (NYU) 24 West 12th Street, New York City, NY, United States

The Art of Political Indoctrination PROPAGANDA The Art of Political Indoctrination in Italy, 1902-1950 Works from the Fondazione Massimo and Sonia Cirulli Curated by Nicola Lucchi, CUNY Queens College NYU Advisors Ruth Ben-Ghiat; Valentina Castellani; Ara Merjian Opening: March 4, 2020 6:00pm Exhibition viewing 6:30pm Panel Discussion featuring the curator and advisors 7:30pm Reception On view through April 17, 2020 Mon-Fri 10-6 Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò…

What Can Culture Do? French Cultural Policy as Model – Laurence Engel

La Maison Française (NYU) 16 Washington Mews, New York City, NY, United States

Laurence Engel was appointed President of the National Library of France (Bibliothèque nationale de France) and took up her post on April 11, 2016. A graduate of ENS (Ecole Normale Supérieure) Fontenay-aux-Roses, IEP (Institut d’Etudes Politiques) and ENA (Ecole Nationale d’Administration), she is a member of the Cour des Comptes (French Court of Audit). Laurence Engel has spent her career in…

Ensemble Échappé: “The Truth is Curved”

Italian Academy (Columbia) 1161 Amsterdam Avenue, New York City, NY, United States

With mezzo-soprano Blythe Gaissert; works by Luciano Berio, Caterina di Cecca, and Tania León In residency this season at the Italian Academy, Ensemble Échappé, New York's “polished, ambitious young sinfonietta” (The New Yorker), is offering two concerts and an opera premiere performed over four evenings in February, March, and April. The Ensemble's 20 virtuoso musicians, led by Artistic Directors Benjamin Grow (conductor)…

Efratia Gitai: Correspondance 1929–1994

Museum of Modern Art 11 West 53rd St., New York, NY, United States

Centro Primo Levi Editions is pleased to announce the English language publication of Efratia Gitai: Correspondence 1929–1994, with a stage reading of a selection of the letters featuring Barbara Sukowa, Ronald Gutman and pianist Yali Levi Schwartz. Born in 1909 in Haifa to Russian Zionist parents, Efratia Gitai was “the eldest daughter” of the Second Aliyah, the second wave of Jewish immigrants to Ottoman Palestine.  Her…

Sergei Shnurov and His Group ‘Leningrad’: A Window to Russian Rock Music

Marshall D. Shulman Seminar Room 420 W 118th Street, #1219 International Affairs Building, New York City, NY, United States

Please join us for a talk with Dragan Kujundžić (University of Florida) about Sergei Shnurov's rock group Leningrad. In 2016, Sergei Shnurov and his group Leningrad released two now-famous video clips, "Exponat" and "V Pitere pit’", which were viewed almost 200 million times in 2016. This occasioned an opportunity for Professor Kujundžić to meet with Sergei Shnurov in St. Petersburg in December…

European Seminar Series – Fascism As a Social Kind

Center for European and Mediterranean Studies (NYU) 53 Washington Square South, 3rd Floor East, New York, United States

European Seminar Series Fascism as a Social Kind Jason Stanley (Yale University) Thursday March 5, 2020 12:30-2:00pm From the Center for European and Mediterranean Studies. 

Book Talk. The Orthodox Church in Ukraine: A Century of Separation by Nicholas Denysenko

Marshall D. Shulman Seminar Room 420 W 118th Street, #1219 International Affairs Building, New York City, NY, United States

Please join the Ukrainian Studies Program at the Harriman Institute for a presentation by Nicholas Denysenko of his book The Orthodox Church in Ukraine: A Century of Separation (Northern Illinois University Press, 2018). The bitter separation of Ukraine's Orthodox churches is a microcosm of its societal strife. From 1917 onward, church leaders failed to agree on the church's mission in…

King Juan Carlos Chair CRISTINA PATO | A CONVERSATION WITH YO-YO MA: Culture and Social Responsibility in the Bach Project and Beyond

KJCC Auditorium 53 Washington Square South, New York

In this event Cristina will engage Yo-Yo, the humanist, into a conversation about cultural collaboration, social responsibility and about the lessons learned throughout the process of creating, and developing the groundbreaking Bach Project.* Yo-Yo Ma’s multi-faceted career is testament to his enduring belief in culture’s power to generate trust and understanding. Whether performing new or familiar works from the cello…