A Double Bow for Primo Levi
The legendary cellist /composer France -Marie Uitti will premiere Luciano Chessa’s Piombo based on a text by Primo Levi at Magazzino Italian Art on January 21. The two-bow technique she…
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A Double Bow for Primo Levi
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Luciano Chessa’s Piombo
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Fragments from Elsa Morante’s La storia
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The Jesuit
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The Online Thesaurus of Italian Jewish Music
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Bashing Micól
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The Racial Laws
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The Novel of Ferrara
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