In a sports centre in Formigine, a quiet Italian town near Bologna, I am listening to an orchestral rehearsal unlike any I've heard before. Around 40 musicians sit together in a closed circle; in the ...

What do jellyfish, steelpan drums, statuary, and the fate of the Native American people have in common? That is not a riddle, it’s an honest question, and if you can supply a ready answer, or cannot ...

VENICE, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- Two nature documentaries in competition at the 73rd Venice Film Festival won the aequo 2016 Green Drop Award here on Friday. "Voyage of Time: Life's Journey" by American ...

Imagine you're playing Pictionary. To your slight horror, the word that comes up is 'orchestra'. Where do you start? With so many instruments to depict, the easiest thing to do, unquestionably, is to ...

I could not find Formigine listed in any guide book. It is a pleasant, quiet Italian town about 20 minutes’ drive from Modena, with an unremarkable church and a heavily reconstructed medieval castello ...

Spira Mirabilis is a group of elite young musicians from all over the world who study and practise works from the classical repertoire intensively prior to performing them without a conductor. The ...

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You’re at a farmer’s market, looking for that elusive perfect tomato, when suddenly people around you burst into song. No, it’s not a particularly vocal group of produce vendors. It’s a new trend in ...

Massimo D'Anolfi and Martina Parenti's sometimes beautiful but rarely scintillating non-narrative exploration of the idea of immortality though its tangential relationship to the elements. What do ...

An Italian feature documentary shot around the world examines man's thirst for immortality and perfection. By THR Staff Italian documakers Massimo D’Anolfi and Martina Parenti seem out of their depth ...