Cartolina Statistics October & November 2015 Received from Laura Gartner, 

Community Development Co-ordinator:

Cartolina consistently among the first 3 most-popular programmes!“I wanted to share the latest podcast stats with you. Your programme is getting exceptionally high podcast listens and downloads! The green is downloads and the blue is podcast listens and yellow is programme page visits.

Great result!”

Cartolina 13 & 27 January 2016

13 January 2016: Massimiliano Capocaccia, of MC Architecture Studio, has been a frequent guest at Cartolina. In this programme he tells about his professional philosophy, ‘strongly influenced by European standards, processes and aesthetics’, and his commitment to the rebuilt. We play his choice of opera.

 

27 January 2016: The Solotti family has been into Italian food for many generations in many countries, from selling ice cream in the Orkneys, to the importing business in Gasson St.  James Solotti tells some of those stories, while Denis gives his recipe for gelato al limone. We play the song with the same title, by Paolo Conti, and Roberto Murolo’s ‘Fravula Fra’.

Cartolina 1 & 4 November 1 Decemberr 2015

4 November: in the last programme about the Milan World Expo, Denis Walker talks of one of the collateral exhibitions that he visited in Rome, and that were possibly more intriguing and more focused than the main one, on the theme: “feeding the planet”. This exhibition is located at the Ara Pacis.

18 November: PNRA’s Gianluca Bianchi Fasano (expedition head) and Giuseppe De Rossi (works director) are in Christchurch, on their way to the Italian Station in Antarctica. They talk about this year’s projects, many of which will be part of international cooperation

1 December: Crossing Rachmaninoff, with Italian pianist Flavio Villani and film director New Zealander Rebecca Tansley. The documentary of this title was screened at the International Film Festival this year. It follows the preparation and the presentation of Rachmaninoff’s celebrated and difficult concert held in Calabria, as well as telling Flavio’s personal and professional story.

Cartolina : 7 & 21 October 2015

7 October: Viviana Zanetti moved to New Zealand from Ferrara two years ago. She’s been blogging her family about her new life, and she’s been answering FB questions from other Italians recently arrived, or thinking of the big move. Realizing how important it was to learn about the experiences of others, she established, with help from other friends, a website and FB page titled: “Leaving Italy, Living New Zealand”. Rich of comments and people’s stories, all well told and often humorous, with interviews and side-by-side video sparring, this website is a trove of information and entertainment alike: http://leavingitalylivingnewzealand.weebly.com/

21 October: When talking in a previous programme about the EXPO in Milan, Denis Walker mentioned that there were some 400 exhibitions throughout Italy related to the same theme, ‘Nourishing the Planet’. In this programme he talks of two of them, both in Rome. One is: ‘The Elegance of Food’ at the Mercati di Traiano, that explores the links between food and fashion. His favourite however was: ‘Food: from Spoon to the World’, set in the MAXXI, the National Museum of the 21st Century Arts, itself well worth a visit. It was designed by London-Iraqui architect Zaha Hadid, and acclaimed by The Guardian as "her finest built work to date”.

Cartolina 9 & 23 September 2015

9 September: Festival Italiano in Auckland has become a great yearly appointment for lovers of anything Italian, spilling from a school playground onto roads around, and including events and concerts. Festival Director Alessandra Zecchini tells how the Festival was started, and what will be this year’s highlights.

23 September Milan World Fair : Recently returned from his Italian holiday, Cartolina co-producer Denis Walker talks about visiting the Milan World Fair, and some connected events throughout Italy. With the theme “Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life”, it certainly has inspired this foodie’s thoughts

Cartolina 12 & 26 August 2015

12 August: Pellegrino Artusi, accountant by trade, creator of the “Italian” cuisine. Denis and Wilma talk about the genesis of his seminal book L’arte in cucina e la scienza del mangiar bene (The art in the kitchen and the science of eating well), that for the first time collected regional recipes from all over Italy, meant not for restaurants, but for the Italian households. Interestingly, the book contains in a few chapters everything that now fills bookshops’ shelves in terms of health, hygiene and happiness!

26 August: Karen Price and Karen Stade have co-authored the book Pasta, Prayer & Promise – The story of Nelson’s Italian community, 1860-2014. At 450 pages, with an incredible wealth of documents (some de-classified for the occasion), this is the ultimate compilation of the stories of those families, contributing so much to the New Zealand history, and to the alternate fortunes of the relationship between the two Countries. It’s also a visual feast, presenting photos from sepia to full colour. We talk with the authors, on the day of the Christchurch book launch, organized by the Dante Society.

Cartolina 1, 15 & 29 July 2015

1 July: Beniamino Petrosino talks about his book “The passage of the frog and the wild strawberries of 1942”, and about a project dear to him: the Aninz, Associazione Nonni Italiani in NZ. We play Il vecchio e il bambino, by Francesco Guccini. Beniamino can be contacted through the FB page Italiani a Christchurch.

15 July: Francesco Pasqualetti is the Italian conductor directing the coming season of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly at the Isaac Theatre Royal from the 23rd of July. This is the second time Pasqualetti directs opera in New Zeland. We talk with him about the present production.

29 July: Mulino Bianco is one of the most loved brands in Italy, maker of fine biscuits of all kinds. It’s also a story of clever marketing, in which reality had to adapt to fantasy!

Cartolina 3 & 17 June 2015

Christian Leotta

3 June: an interview with pianist Christian Leotta, on the eve of his recital in Christchurch, a free event organized by the Italian Ambassador to celebrate Italy’s Republic Day, with the support of Societa` Dante Alighieri of Christchurch. Maestro Leotta is a native of Catania, and now lives in Como. He’s hailed as one of the major Beethoven soloists of our time, and has recorded the entire corpus of Beethoven's 32 Piano Sonatas.

17 June: Nutella! You can find it in every corner of the world. But do you know it’s an Italian invention? Possibly the most successful product of the Ferrero brand. We tell the story of the popular spread, and play some songs that you can’t miss, like “La Nutella di tua sorella” We also discuss how to make the perfect

Crostata di Nutellla

Cartolina 6 & 20 May 2015

Radio Cartolina 6 and 20 May

Radio Cartolina 6 and 20 May: two programmes on Pino Daniele, the Italian singer-song writer who died recently. Daniele Ronci ed Erica Bellettini discuss (in Italian) his unique style of Neapolitan rock, and introduce his best songs.

Cartonlina 8 & 22 April 2015

8 April: Simon Ogden and Enrica 
Sciarrino discuss Sicily, the inspiration
 of Ogden’s photographic travels. His
 photos are vignettes that defy the 
images of Sicily that one can find in
 postcards, travel guides and magazines, by erasing the
 picturesque and the monumental in order to make room for alternative forms of encounter, and capturing unmistakably Sicilian colours and textures (from E.S.’s introduction). His exhibition, “love, lust & life -hands, hearts & minds, opened in Wellington in February under the auspices of the Italian Embassy, and is coming to Christchurch at Papergraphica, 192 Bealey Av, on the 13^th of April. 

                     22 April: Cartolina producers Wilma Laryn and Denis Walker talk about their favourite songs.

Cartolina 11 & 25 March 2015

11 March: Francesco Ventriglia has taken up his appointment as the Royal New Zealand Ballet’s Artistic Director in November. He talks about his career from dance to choreography and artistic direction, from La Scala to the Bolshoi and Maggio Danza in Florence. The NZRB is presenting its season of Don Quixote at the Isaac Theatre Royal, 11 to 14 March, with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra. It’s a good occasion to check the dome canvas painting, restored by Carolina Izzo and her Italian team

25 March: Andrea di Robilant, a Rome-based writer and researcher who gave a talk in Christchurch on 25 February about the Venetian brothers and navigators Nicolo & Antonio Zen who discovered America before Columbus, tells about his life and his books, based on authentic documents, that take the readers from a love affair in Baroque Venice to the search for a mysterious rose, plus a musical spin-off.

Cartolina 14,28 January & 11,25 February 2015

Our traditional summer compilation is this year dedicated to Mina. The iconic Italian singer is 74, and going from strength to strength. She releases new compilations regularly, to great acclaim, so we are now catching up with her production. This 4-programme series is realized thanks to Mina-ologue extraordinaire Luca Manghi. Luca released a summer series on Mina almost 10 years ago, so there’s a lot to talk about on more recent events and songs. The programmes are aired on: 14 January, 28 January, 11 February and 25 February. For details on the single programmes check the Dante Christchurch Facebook page… or just listen and enjoy!

Cartolina 3, 12 & 30 December 2014

3 & 12 December: Francesco Melillo is an Italian musician, musicologist and historian. He plays guitar in a band called “Aut in Vertigo”, and their first CD has just been published. Francesco talks about their songs, and their attitude to music and to life in general. We’ll also learn what the name of the band stands for…

30 December: New Year’s resolutions. Who makes them? Who keeps them? We talk with some Kiwi and Italian friends, and play their favourite songs.

Vi Auguriamo un Buon Natale 
e 

un Felice Anno Nuovo

Cartolina 5 & 19 November 2014

5 November: Italy in Antarctica. We talk with Head of Expedition Giuseppe De Rossi and Vilma Melchiori of the Antactic Technical Unit. They explain what is to be expected from this campaign, and how they personally relate to its demands.

19 November: traveling and studying in Italy. Maria Fresia takes her students to explore a part of Italy every year. This time it was the Veneto, that is, not just Venice!

Cartolina 8 & 22 October 2014

8 October: The Italian Film Festival opens in Christchurch on 16 October at the Hollywood Cinema in Sumner. Festival Director Tony Lambert presents the films included this year: as rich and varied selection as ever.

22 October: HE the Italian Ambassador, Carmelo Barbarello, talks to Cartolina producers. Mr Barbarello, recently posted to New Zealand, is in Christchurch for the opening of the Antarctic season.

As usual all programmes are available via internet live or in podcast from http://plainsfm.org.nz

Cartolina producers Wilma Laryn and Denis Walker wish you all: Buon ascolto!

And don’t forget to listen to Made in Italy, the new all-in-Italian radio programme, produced in Italy and made available world-wide,  that Dante Alighieri of Christchurch has brought to Plains fm 96.9, every Wednesday at 7.15 to 7.30 pm. A variety of guests talk about fashion, technology, design, the arts, cuisine, science and tourism … in fact everything interesting about Italy. Made in Italy is produced in Italy, for Italians living overseas, and for the people who speak Italian all over the world. So be part of a community and a network of friendship… Italian style… Every Wednesday, at 7.15pm. You can listen to the programme live from http://plainsfm.org.nz

For more information and pod casts visit www.madeinitalyr

Cartolina 10 September 2013

Cartolina radio 10 September at 7.30 pm, Plains fm 96.9: Primavera ai Castelli. Cartolina co-producer Denis Walker suggests spring itineraries in the Castelli, the hill towns around Roma. 

He describes also Civita di Bagnoregio and Dante’s tomb in Ravenna. To stay with the spring theme, we play Primavera by Marina Rei and Maledetta primavera by Loretta Goggi.

And don't forget: at 7.15 there's "Made in Italy" every week, always on Plains fm96.9. Buon ascolto!

Cartolina 27 August 2013

27 August: Made in Italy is a new all-in-Italian radio programme, produced in Italy and made available world-wide, that Dante Society and Plains FM 96.9 have brought to you, every Wednesday at 7.15 to 7.30 pm. We meet the team of Italian journalists behind the programme: who they are, how this idea was borne, how they find all the interviewees from the wide range of fields that they cover. Made in Italy is produced in Italy, for Italians living overseas, and for the people who speak Italian all over the world. 

For more information visit www.madeinitalyradio.it

Cartolina 13 August 2014

13 August: Pier Paolo Pasolini is the subject of a multi media exhibition that Cartolina co-producer Denis Walker has visited in Roma. We talk about Pasolini’s activity as a poet, a film director, and a communist philosopher. We play “Supplica a mia madre” and “Canto popolare”, as recorded by Pasolini himself, and we play “A Pa’”, the song dedicated to him by Francesco De Gregori.

Cartolina 2, 16 & 30 July 2014

2 July: Maestro Francesco Pasqualetti is the Italian Conductor for the coming season of La Boheme, and Sharolyn Kimmorley is the Chorus Director. They talk about preparing an opera and about this production. La Boheme is at the CBS Arena on July 15, 16 and 18.

7 July: Maestro Francesco Pasqualetti is the Italian Conductor for the coming season of La Boheme. He talks about his career and about this production.

16 and 21 July: Italian Postcards: Cartolina co-producer Denis Walker, just returned from his Italian winter break, tells about staying in San Lorenzo in Roma, visiting exhibitions, and his discoveries underground.

from the exhibition Terraemota by Ricardo Monachez

30 July: Gianfranco Ugazzi, Secretary General of the Italian Chamber of Commerce in New Zealand, tells about the activities of the ICCNZ, an active link between the business worlds of both Countries.

As usual all programmes are available via internet live or in podcast from http://plainsfm.org.nz

Cartolina producers Wilma Laryn and Denis Walker wish you all: Buon ascolto!

Cartolina 4 & 18 June 2013

4 June: an unsolved murder in a small village of the Italian Alps, and its chronicler. Giulia Depentor, now established in Auck-land, tells the story and her involvement in writing about it. We play a seasonal Autunno, from Vivaldi’s Quattro Stagioni ..

18 June: why study the Italian language? Ivana Bilkova and Lucy Grey are two students from the Christchurch Dante classes. Both have strong feelings about Italy: it’s the places, it’s the language? We listen to their views and their favourite Italian songs. For information on the Dante classes, check www.dante.org.nz/chch