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>> WELCOME TO ITALICS.
TELEVISION ABOUT THE
ITALIAN-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE.
FIRST OF ALL, FROM THOSE OF US
HERE, WE WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY
AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR.
FOR THIS MONTH'S EPISODE, WE
VISITED THE 14TH ANNUAL GALA
WEEKEND OF THE ILICA, ITALIAN
LANGUAGE INTERCULTURAL ALLIANCE.
THE THEME WAS, THE DANCE OF
CULTURE AND BUSINESS, HOW DO THE
ARTS INFLUENCE THE ECONOMY?
ON OCTOBER 26, THEY HOSTED AN
EVENING SYMPOSIUM WITH FOUR
SPECIAL GUESTS: PATRICK KABANDA,
THE AUTHOR OF THE CREATIVE
WEALTH OF NATIONS, AND THE
JUILLIARD TRAINED ORGANIST IN
-- INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
PROFESSIONAL.
HE RECEIVED JUILLIARD'S WILLIAM
SCHUMAN PRIZE FOR OUTSTANDING
ACHIEVEMENT AND LEADERSHIP
IN MUSIC.
MVULA SUNGANI, WHO IS A
DIRECTOR, CHOREOGRAPHER,
AUTHOR, AND ART DIRECTOR,
STUDIED WITH ALVIN AILEY IN NEW
YORK.
A CHILD PRODIGY AT ONLY 13 YEARS
OLD, HE DANCED AND SANG IN
SHOWS WITH GINGER ROGERS, ELLA
FITZGERALD, JAMES BROWN AND
STEVIE WONDER.
HIS WORK IS REPRESENTED IN MANY
THEATERS INCLUDING FENICE OF
VENICE, THE OPERA OF ROME,
AND THE ANCIENT THEATER OF
TAORMINA.
HE IS THE FOUNDER OF --
PHYSICAL DANCE STUDIO.
MATTEO FEDELI IS THE CREATOR
OF THE PROJECT, "A STRADIVARI
FOR THE PEOPLE," AIMED AT
MAKING EVERYONE KNOW AND
APPRECIATE UNIQUE AND
FASCINATING SOUNDS OF THE
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS MADE BY ONE
OF THE GREATEST LUTHIERS OF ALL
TIMES, ANTONIO STRADIVARI.
AMONG HIS MANY DISTINCTIONS,
MATTEO IS THE ONLY VIOLINIST TO
HAVE PLAYED 25 DIFFERENT
STRADIVARI VIOLINS.
STEFANO BOSCOLO "CUCCO,"
GRADUATED FROM PADOVA
UNIVERSITY WITH AN INNOVATIVE
THESIS ON HOW TO REBUILD
BEACHES, WHICH LATER BECAME AN
EXECUTIVE PROJECT THAT HAS
PROPELLED HIM INTO A CAREER
WHERE HE COLLABORATES ON A
NATIONAL LEVEL WITH
UNIVERSITIES, PUBLIC
INSTITUTIONS, AND SCIENTIFIC
RESEARCH GROUPS REGARDING
PROBLEMS INTERCONNECTED WITH
COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS.
HE IS THE CEO OF THE COMPANY LA
DRAGAGGI WHICH DEALS WITH
PORT MAINTENANCE, MARITIME
WORKS, AND THE RECONSTRUCTION
OF COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS.
THE ANNUAL GALA HELD AT THE
QUEENS MUSEUM WITH HONOREES THAT
INCLUDED STEFANO BOSCOLO, --
THE VICE PRESIDENT OF
A MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING COMPANY
IN THE UNITED STATES AND -- A
PRIMETIME JOURNALIST --
IN ADDITION, GUESTS WERE TREATED
TO PERFORMANCES BY MATTEO
FEDELI AND THE DANCERS.
IT HIGHLIGHTED THE PRIMA
BALLERINA.
LET'S NOW GO TO THE INSTITUTE.
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>> THE AIM OF ILICA IS
COLLABORATION AND BRINGING
PEOPLE TOGETHER AND CREATING
SYNERGIES AMONG ALL THE GROUPS
THAT HAVE INTERESTS
IN ITALY AND ITALIAN AMERICAN
STUDIES AND AMERICANS OF ITALIAN
HERITAGE.
I AM VERY DELIGHTED THAT PATRICK
KABANDA COULD JOIN US THIS
EVENING.
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>> HE IS A NATIVE OF UGANDA.
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>> I JUST CAME BACK FROM CHINA
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN BEIJING,
TO TALK ABOUT MY BOOK.
ONE OF THE THINGS I FOUND
FASCINATING ABOUT CHINA WAS ITS
CULTURE.
THERE WAS A GENTLE MAN WHO WAS A
POET AND ENGINEER AND HE DID A
LOT OF THINGS.
IN MY BOOK, I TALK ABOUT
LEONARDO DA VINCI, ONE OF OUR
MOST ICONIC INDIVIDUALS.
HIS PAINTING OF MONA LISA IS
STILL REGARDED VERY HIGHLY.
MOST REMARKABLE IN DOING
RESEARCH, I REALIZED HE WAS
ACTUALLY NOT TAKING HIMSELF
SERIOUSLY AS A PAINTER.
TODAY, MOST OF US KNOW HIM
BECAUSE OF HIS PAINTING.
I CAN'T IMAGINE, ONE OF THE
PASSAGES ABOUT HIM WORKING ON
MODERN COMPASS.
SCIENTISTS WORK BY THEMSELVES.
MATHEMATICIANS WORK --
AND THERE IS NO COLLABORATION.
PEOPLE LIKE LEONARDI DA VINCI
SHOWED US THAT DIFFERENT
PROFESSIONS CAN GO TOGETHER.
I'M GOING TO USE LEONARDO DA
VINCI BECAUSE TWO ARTISTS HAVE
A LOT IN COMMON.
HE SHOWS UP IN THE MODERN
COMPASS.
IS IT LITERATURE THAT INTERESTS
YOU?
PLEASE SEE THE SCROLL OF
HUMANITIES.
OH, YOU ARE A PAINTER.
PLEASE DROP BY THE DEPARTMENT
OF FINE ARTS.
IS THAT ENGINEERING?
THAT'S AN EXCELLENT SCHOOL FOR
THAT.
BUT I WANT TO DO IT ALL.
I'M SORRY, MR. LEONARDO DA
VINCI, WE CANNOT HELP YOU.
MEANWHILE, IF YOU LIKE, I CAN
DIRECT YOU TO THE
SCHOOL OF MENTOR.
PEOPLE LIKE LEONARDO WHO WERE
COMBINING PAINTING AND
ENGINEERING CANNOT FIT IN
-- TROUBLED.
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>> WHEN I WAS A CHILD,
I HAD A DREAM.
IT WAS TO HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE WITH MUSIC,
TO LIVE IN MUSIC.
I REALIZED MY DREAM.
NOW I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SPEAK WITH MUSIC, TO SPEAK WHAT
I HAVE INSIDE WITH THE VIOLIN,
WITH THE VOICE OF THE VIOLIN.
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IT'S NOT ONLY THE SIMPLE VIOLIN
OR NEW VIOLIN.
THE INSTRUMENT HAS 300 YEARS.
IT'S BUILT BY VERY IMPORTANT
FAMILIES IN ITALY.
AMATI WAS THE FIRST VIOLIN
MAKER IN ITALY.
AFTER HIM, STRADIVARI AND
GUARNERI.
I WANT TO SHARE THE OPPORTUNITY
AND THIS GIFT WITH THE ALL
PEOPLE.
I PLAY FOR THESE REASONS, NOT
ONLY IN THE AUDITORIUM OR
THEATER BUT ALSO IN THE CHURCH
AND THE CASTLES, IN THE
HOSPITALS, THE SCHOOLS FOR THE
YOUNG STUDENTS.
I WANT TO SHARE THE VOICE OF
THESE VIOLINISTS WITH ALL
PEOPLE.
THIS IS MY LIFE.
HE WILL TELL YOU SOMETHING
ABOUT THE PROJECT.
WE TAKE THE MUSIC, TAKE THE
DANCER, AND SHARE OUR CULTURE,
OUR PROFESSIONALITY IN A
SPECIAL PROJECT.
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>> I AM FIFTH GENERATION OF
DREDGING MASTERY.
IT'S MAINTENANCE OF PORTS AND
RECONSTRUCT BEACHES.
I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR BEING
HERE.
I AM IN ENGINEERING AND THESE
PEOPLE ARE ARTISTS.
I AM NOT A SINGER, I'M NOT A
WRITER BUT I'M CREATIVE.
IN MY LIFE, THE CREATIVITY IS A
KEY THAT CAN MOVE EVERYTHING.
IN MY WORK, USE THE CREATIVITY
AND IT'S USED BY ALL THESE
PEOPLE TO EXPRESS THE FEELINGS
THAT ARE INSIDE.
TWO WEEKS AGO, I MADE A SORT OF
WORKSHOP IN ITALY ABOUT
PORT MAINTENANCE.
MANY PEOPLE PARTICIPATED IN THE
MODERATION OF THESE WORKSHOPS
TOLD ME, YOU ARE CRAZY,
YOUR IDEAS ARE CRAZY, BUT
WITH THESE CRAZY IDEAS, YOU CAN
CHANGE THINGS IN ITALY.
SO I AM VERY CONNECTED TO
THESE PEOPLE WITH CREATIVITY.
IN MY OPINION, IT IS SORT OF
AN ENGINE, THAT MOVES
EVERYTHING.
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>> MY BACKGROUND IS MALAWI.
I SHOULD BE SPEAKING ENGLISH BUT
MY ENGLISH IS BAD.
I ASK IF HE CAN TRANSLATE.
THIS BRIDGE IS TAKING SHAPE
BECAUSE LAST YEAR I WAS THE
MAN OF THE YEAR AND
I WAS THE NEW ITALY.
THIS YEAR, THE BRIDGE IS GETTING
SHAPE OF PATRICK,
BECAUSE THIS YEAR I AM
HERE AND WE SHARE SOMETHING IN
COMMON.
MY CONVICTION IS THAT WE ARE
IN A NEW ERA.
NEW ERA DOES NOT HAVE LANGUAGE.
IT HAS AN IDIOMATIC APPROACH,
SOUL.
WE HAVE TO COME OUT WITH THESE
IDIOMATIC APPROACHES AND TRY TO
BE ORIGINAL AT ALL TIMES.
THIS IS THE MISSION THAT WE
FEEL THAT WE HAVE IN THE NEW
CENTURY.
TO BE ORIGINAL, WHAT DID I DO?
I TRIED TO EFFICIENTLY,
PASSIONATELY EXAMINE THE
RHETORIC OF ITALIAN ROMANCE AND
PUT IT INTO PHYSICAL DANCE.
THE IDEA IS ORIGINAL BUT IT WAS
NOT TO DISREGARD THE PAST BUT TO
BRING IT INTO A NEW FORM.
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>> THE REASON WHY I CREATED THIS
IS I BELIEVE VISUAL IS MUCH MORE
POWERFUL THAN LANGUAGE IN
COMMUNICATION.
MY IDEA IS TO FISH ALWAYS FROM
THE CULTURE AND AMPLIFY AND
MODERNIZE.
FOR EXAMPLE, CHINA IS
OPENING UP.
IT'S VERY CLOSE AS A COUNTRY,
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, CHINA
AS A LANGUAGE AND
CHARACTER SO DIFFERENT.
IT'S VERY VISUAL.
I EXPECT THEM TO COME TO ITALY
AND FIND THAT AS WELL AS
SOMETHING THERE.
WHAT WILL THEY FIND?
I WILL SHOW IT AND THAT'S THE
CONCLUSION OF MY PRESENTATION,
VISUAL.
>> THE IDEA OF CREATING
SOMETHING NEW IS TO DO IT WITH
SUPER PROFESSIONAL.
IF YOU DO IT WITH SOMEBODY THAT
COMES TO SEE, WHAT'S IN IT
FOR ME, IT NEVER HAPPENS.
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>> [SPEAKING ITALIAN]
>> IT'S A PLEASURE FOR ME TO BE
HERE WITH A SPECIAL EVENING WITH
YOUNG MUSICIANS.
I BRING WITH ME THE YOUNG
MUSICIANS FROM ITALY FOR A SHOW
THAT'S VERY INTERESTING.
>> AND YOU ARE BRINGING YOUNG
MUSICIANS AND A VERY OLD VIOLIN.
>> YES.
SO I BALANCE.
THE VIOLIN THAT I PLAY
TONIGHT IS GUARNERI, BUILT IN
1709, 300 YEARS OLD.
IT SOUNDS MAGIC.
IT'S SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR ME TO
PLAY THIS WONDERFUL VIOLIN
BECAUSE IT'S THE SOUND OF ALL
MUSICIANS THAT PLAYED THIS
VIOLIN.
>> CONGRATULATIONS.
>> IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE.
YOU SEE THE RESULTS OF THE
SYNERGIES OF A LOT OF WORK DONE
IN THE PAST.
WE FINALLY SEE THINGS ARE MOVING
AND GROWING YEAR AFTER YEAR.
IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE
TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER PEOPLE
TO BE RECOGNIZED BUT ALSO IT'S
RESPONSIBILITY TO DO
SOMETHING MORE FOR
THE FUTURE.
WE'RE READY FOR THE CHALLENGE.
>> I LOOK AROUND AND I SEE 70%
OF THE PEOPLE ARE VERY YOUNG.
I HAVE THE FUTURE IN MY HAND.
SHE IS MY GRANDDAUGHTER WHO
CAME FROM ROME AND SPEAKS
PERFECT ENGLISH, SHE'S AMERICAN.
AND WE ARE PROUD TO BE AMERICAN.
AT THE SAME TIME, OUR MISSION IS
TO BRING THE POSITIVE OF ITALY.
HERE YOU FIND ONLY IMPORTED
FOOD FROM ITALY.
EVERYTHING IS FROM ITALY BECAUSE
IF ITALY WILL GAIN BACK THE
CENTRALITY OF BEING THE CREAM OF
THE WESTERN CULTURE, PROBABLY
EVERYBODY WILL BENEFIT.
BUT IF WE CONTINUE TO THINK THE
PAISANS ARE ITALIANI WE ARE
MAKING A BIG MISTAKE.
THEY ARE AMERICANS OF ITALIAN
ORIGIN.
WE MUST ALSO LET OUR ITALIAN
FRIENDS KNOW THAT THEY EXIST AND
WE REFLECT OURSELVES TO THEM.
THIS IS THE IDEA OF ILICA.
>> CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR WORK
TONIGHT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> SO YOU CROSSED THE OCEAN A
FEW TIMES AND YOU KNOW THERE IS
INTERCULTURAL EXCHANGE BETWEEN
THE UNITED STATES AND ITALY AND
ALSO YESTERDAY, THE THEME OF THE
SYMPOSIUM WAS ART AND BUSINESS.
WE HAD ALSO DIFFERENT NATIONS
YESTERDAY REPRESENTED, NOT JUST
ITALY AND THE UNITED STATES BUT
ALSO PATRICK, FROM UGANDA.
>> PATRICK IS VERY INCREDIBLE.
WE DISCUSSED THE TECHNICAL
AND ARTISTICAL WAY --
>> WE ARE TYING TOGETHER THINGS
THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE
PREVIOUS YEARS.
NOW WE HAVE OUR VIOLINIST
TONIGHT WITH HIS QUARTET.
WE HAVE OUR DANCERS HERE.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THEY WILL
BE COLLABORATING.
THAT'S ONE OF THE AIMS OF ILICA,
TO GET PEOPLE TO COME
TOGETHER AND JOIN FORCES AND
CREATE SOMETHING NEW.
>> AND THE VIOLINS WILL NOT PLAY
18TH CENTURY MUSIC.
WHAT CAN WE SAY?
THEY WILL PLAY TRADITIONAL
CLASSICAL POPULAR.
>> EXACTLY BECAUSE THAT'S THE
OTHER AIM.
THE DANCERS WILL PERFORM A
TARANTELLA LIKE NOTHING
ANYBODY HAS SEEN BEFORE.
THAT'S KIND OF THE POINT, TO
REVITALIZE AND TAKE THE OLD
FORMS AND MAKE THEM ACCESSIBLE
TO A WHOLE NEW GENERATION.
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>> WE HAVE SOME WONDERFUL
AWARDEES THIS EVENING.
OUR FIRST AWARDEE IS FROM
ITALIAN TELEVISION.
SHE IS OUR WOMAN OF THE YEAR.
PLEASE WELCOME HER.
>>[SPEAKING ITALIAN]
[APPLAUSE]
>> OUR YOUNG PROFESSIONAL THIS
YEAR IS AN ENGINEER.
WE ARE VERY PROUD TO BE
PRESENTING THE AWARD TO STEFANO
BOSCOLO CUCCO.
[APPLAUSE]
>> THIS YOUNG MAN I MET ABOUT
10 YEARS AGO.
HE WAS A STUDENT OF ENGINEERING
AND HE HAD LOTS OF DREAMS.
10 YEARS LATER,
STEFANO IS ON THE VERGE OF
PRESENTING AN INTERNATIONAL
PATENT FOR CLEANSING MARINE SAND
FROM ITS POLLUTANTS AND BE ABLE
TO REUSE IT FOR REBUILDING
BEACHES AND COASTLINES WITH
VIRTUALLY NO ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT.
>> I AM PROUD OF THE
PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[APPLAUSE]
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>> LAST NIGHT WE HAD A
CONFERENCE AND WE TALKED ABOUT
WHEN YOU DO SOMETHING THAT WANTS
TO REVOLUTIONIZE THE WAY PEOPLE
THINK.
EVERYBODY SAYS YOU HAVE TO PUT
IN A BUDGET IN A WAY THAT NO ONE
WILL RECOGNIZE.
THOSE WHO RECOGNIZE SAYS
TOO EARLY AND THOSE WHO
REALLY SEE IT, SAY THESE PEOPLE
ARE CRAZY.
YOU MAY NOT SEE THIS IN
TWO OR THREE GENERATION.
WE ARE WORKING TOWARD THAT
DIRECTION.
WE ARE TRYING TO PUT UPSIDE DOWN
WHAT WE HAVE BEEN THINKING SO
FAR.
>> SEVERAL YEARS AGO, THOSE OF
YOU WHO JOINED US FOR OUR DINNER
AT HUNTER COLLEGE, YOU HEARD
MATTEO FEDELI PLAY THE
STRADIVARIUS VIOLIN AND IT WAS
QUITE EXTRAORDINARY.
YOU MAY RECALL AND THOSE OF YOU
WHO WERE NOT THERE CAN PICTURE
THIS.
MATTEO DOESN'T PLAY THIS
300 YEAR OLD VIOLIN SOMEWHERE IN
A PRIVATE ROOM WHERE NOBODY SEES
IT.
HIS IDEA IS THAT YOU BRING THE
VIOLIN, YOU BRING THE MUSIC TO
THE PEOPLE.
BUT TONIGHT, HE WILL BE PLAYING
WITH A GROUP OF MUSICIANS,
TOGETHER WITH A GROUP OF DANCERS
AND I WILL LET ANTHONY SAY
SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.
>> THE DANCERS ARE THE PHYSICAL
DANCE COMPANY OF ROME.
LET ME INTRODUCE MVULA AND I
LIKE TO THINK OF HIM FROM THE
STREETS OF NEW YORK TO THE
PINNACLE OF THE DANCE WORLD
IN ITALY AND IN EUROPE, AN
AWARD WINNING DANCER HIMSELF,
AND AWARD WINNING CHOREOGRAPHER
AND HE HAS PUT TOGETHER
THIS SCHOOL, THIS COMPANY
THAT IS ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL.
>> OF COURSE, WE INTRODUCE THIS
WITH PASSION.
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[APPLAUSE]
>> [SPEAKING ITALIAN]
[APPLAUSE]
>> THE MAN OF THE YEAR AWARD
WENT TO GIANPIERRO --
HE IS SEEN HERE WITH ANNALISA
ONE OF THE COFOUNDING
MEMBERS OF ILICA, DONNA CHIRICO,
PRESIDENT OF ILICA, AND VINCENZO
MARRA, CO-FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN
OF ILICA.
♪
>> THANKS FOR WATCHING THIS
EPISODE OF ITALICS.
ARRIVEDERCI.
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