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Celebrating Dante –
A Piano Recital
Date: Sat, 12 April 2025
7.00 pm - 8.30 pm (PST)
Pyatt Hall, Vancouver School of Music, 843 Seymour St., Vancouver ​​​​​​​​​
Participation
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The yearly membership costs $40 and offers free access to all our paying events and a 5% discount on all the Italian language courses at our Dante Italian Language School in Vancouver
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​​​For info and donations email: info@dantesocietybc.ca
About the Event
Join us for a musical tribute to Dante Alighieri. Celebrate the 760th anniversary of the birth of Italy’s greatest poet with a captivating piano performance by Emilio De Mercato, during the Vancouver stop of his 2025 piano tour, ahead of his Carnegie Hall debut in New York.
Experience the music of renowned European composers—Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt, and Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky—with a selection of their works inspired by literary and artistic sources, including Dante’s Divine Comedy.
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About the Pianist
Emilio De Mercato is an Italian concert pianist, composer, and conductor. He holds Master’s Degrees in Piano and Composition from the Conservatory of Music “Giuseppe Verdi” in Milan and a Konzertdiplom from the Hochschule für Musik in Bern. Since moving to Canada in 2012, he has performed widely as a pianist and conductor. In 2015, he founded the Alberta Symphony Orchestra, leading major productions such as Symphony of Hope and Tribute to Glenn Gould in collaboration with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. A faculty member at Mount Royal University Conservatory, he will embark on a Canadian tour in 2025, culminating in his Carnegie Hall debut in May. More at www.emiliodemercato.com.
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Organizers
This event is organized by the Dante Society of Vancouver in collaboration with the support of the Consulate General of Italy in Vancouver and the Italian Cultural Institute in Toronto​.
Venice and
its secrets
Date: TBA
12.00 pm-1.00 pm (PST)
In English – On Zoom
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Free for Members and Students
$10 donation for Non-Members*
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Please send your $10 donation via Interac email transfer at info@dantesocietybc.ca or Become a Member!
The yearly membership costs $40 and offers free access to all our paid events and a 5% discount on all the Italian language courses at our Dante Italian Language School in Vancouver.
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​​​For info and donations, email at: info@dantesocietybc.ca
About the Event
Join us for a historical tour of Venice and its hidden treasures with Dr. Luisa Canuto, teacher in the Italian Studies program at the University of British Columbia.
About the Speaker
Dr. Luisa Canuto is teaching full-time at the French, Hispanic and Italian Studies Department. She has acquired graduate degrees in disciplines ranging from History to publishing to second language acquisition and teaching. Each degree reflects her diverse passions and learning interests — Italian and Venetian Medieval and Renaissance history, journalism and teaching and learning theories and best practices.
Con stile.Perché le donne vestono come i romani e gli uomini come i barbari
Date: TBA
12.00 pm-1.00 pm (PST)
In Italian – On Zoom
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Free for Members and Students
$10 donation for Non-Members*
Please RSVP and send your donation to receive the Zoom link. If you are a Member, you will receive the link a day prior to the event!
Participation
Please send your $10 donation via Interac email transfer at info@dantesocietybc.ca or Become a Member!
The yearly membership costs $40 and offers free access to all our paying events and a 5% discount on all the Italian language courses at our Dante Italian Language School in Vancouver
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​​​For info and donations email: info@dantesocietybc.ca
About the Event
La Dante Alighieri Society of BC, in collaborazione con l' Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Toronto, invita alla conferenzatenuta dalla storico Alessandro Marzo Magno, il quale racconterà l’influenza italiana sulla storia dell’abbigliamento.
About the Speaker
Alessandro Marzo Magno, giornalista e veneziano itinerante ora di stanza a Milano, da tempo si dedica alla divulgazione storica. Ha scritto o curato diciassette libri, tra i quali L’invenzione dei soldi. Quando la finanza parlava italiano (Garzanti) e Con Stile. Come l'Italia ha vestito (e svestito) il mondo (Garzanti).
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