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CULTURE CALENDAR
Until 6 January – Italian Culture Institute
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The Italian Cultural Institute of Belgrade participates in the seventeenth edition of the Contemporary Day, the great event promoted by AMACI - Association of Italian Contemporary Art Museums - with the support of the Directorate General for Contemporary Creativity of the Ministry of Culture, dedicated to art of our time and its audience. By virtue of the collaboration initiated in recent editions with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Embassies, Consulates and Italian Cultural Institutes abroad also organize events aimed at narrating and enhancing the vitality of contemporary art in Italy. In this context, the Italian Cultural Institute in Belgrade presents the video installation “Patrizio” by Massimo Ricciardo, a work selected within the Cantica21 project. Phantom Of The Opera
24 December – Terazije Theatre – 19.30
You’ve probably heard of the musical Phantom of the Opera. Namely, this is the novel of the same name by the French writer Gaston Leroy, which dates from 1910. He gained his planetary popularity through colorful film, and mostly theatrical adaptations - a silent horror film from 1925 and a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber (Andrew Lloyd Webber) from 1986. The novel was created as a consequence of real, historical events in the opera world, covering the period of the 19th century. The plot begins at the moment of the greatest success of the opera artist Kristin, while at the same time parallel events take place in the main Opera - the appearance of a phantom who communicates with the art world through letters. He also becomes obsessed with Christ’s voice and appearance. Interested?
29 January – Kombank Hall – 19.30
To the all true fans of classical music, we invite you to the traditional Gala Concert of the Children’s Philharmonic Orchestra, which will be held on January 29, 2022, in Kombank Hall in Belgrade. The repertoire will traditionally include eternal, timeless pieces of classical music, popular opera arias, and contemporary music tracks under the baton of professor Ljubiša Jovanović. In addition to the impressive Children’s Philharmonic orchestra, we are pleased to announce the Choir and Orchestra of the Mathematical Gymnasium as a special guest.
Bestiary
Julio Cortazar 1417 rsd
A collection of masterful short stories in Julio Cortazar’s sophistocated, powerful and gripping style. ‘Julio Cortazar is truly a sorcerer and the best of him is here, in these hilariously fraught and almost eerily affecting stories’ Kevin Barry A grieving family home becomes the site of a terrifying invasion. A frustrated love triangle, brought together by a plundered Aztec idol, spills over into brutality. A lodger’s inability to stop vomiting bunny rabbits inspires a personal confession. As dream melds into reality, and reality melts into nightmare, one constant remains throughout these thirty-five stories: the singular brilliance of Julio Cortazar’s imagination.
Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy: (Book 1: Chaos Rising)
Timothy Zahn 1295 rsd
New York Times Bestseller Discover Thrawn’s origins within the Chiss Ascendancy in the first book in an epic new Star Wars trilogy from bestselling author Timothy Zahn. Beyond the edge of the galaxy lies the Unknown Regions: chaotic, uncharted, and near impassable, with hidden secrets and dangers in equal measure. And nestled within its swirling chaos is the Ascendancy, home to the enigmatic Chiss and the Nine Ruling Families that lead them. The peace of the Ascendancy, a beacon of calm and stability, is shattered after a daring attack on the Chiss capital that leaves no trace of the enemy. Baffled, the Ascendancy dispatches one of its brightest young military officers to root out the unseen assailants. A recruit born of no title, but adopted into the powerful family of the Mitth and given the name Thrawn.
A History of What Comes Next
Sylvain Neuvel 1700 rsd
Pre-order A History of What Comes Next, a speculative fiction as rich as The Man in the High Castle and as packed with thrills as Ready Player One This is a secret history of our world like no other . . . Always run, never fight. Preserve the knowledge. Survive at all costs. Take them to the stars. Germany, 1945. Mia, a nineteen-year-old girl, is sent by the OSS to find Wernher von Braun. Her mission: stop the Russians getting hold of Germany - and the world’s - foremost rocket scientist. Von Braun is suspicious. And so he should be. For Mia is no ordinary girl. She only looks human. And helping the Allies win the Second World War is but one part of her plan. Because there’s an even darker conflict on Earth. A secret struggle thousands of years old. It has engulfed and taken generations of Mia’s people.
The Sentence is Death
Anthony Horowitz 1052 rsd
‘You shouldn’t be here. It’s too late...’ These were Richard Pryce’s last words, overheard moments before the celeb divorce lawyer was bludgeoned to death with a GBP3,000 bottle of wine. Strange circumstances pile up. Pryce was teetotal, so why this bottle? Why those words? Why did the killer paint a number on his wall? And, most importantly, which of the man’s many, many enemies did the deed? Baffled, the police are forced to bring in Private Investigator Daniel Hawthorne and his sidekick, the author Anthony, who’s really getting rather good at this murder investigation business. But as Hawthorne takes on the case with characteristic relish, it becomes clear that he, too, has secrets to hide. Anthony knows they must be exposed - even at the risk of death...
Uncommon Type
Tom Hanks 1174 rsd
A small-town newspaper columnist with old-fashioned views of the modern world. A World War II veteran grappling with his emotional and physical scars. A second-rate actor plunged into sudden stardom and a whirlwind press junket. Four friends travelling to the moon in a rocket ship built in the backyard. These are just some of the stories that Tom Hanks captures with great affection, humour and insight - the human condition in all its foibles.
Sunday’s Children
Ingmar Bergman 1174 rsd
The second novel in world renowned film-maker, Ingmar Bergman’s trilogy of novels plotting the fractious marriage of his parents Over the course of one summer, eight-yearold Pu Bergman makes the terrible realisation that his father and mother are no longer in love. Surrounded by the quiet idyll of the Swedish countryside, with its ponds, its rivers and woods, the daily chaos of the family’s ramshackle summer home threatens to bring to a close the bright, brilliant haze of Pu’s childhood world. Based upon film-maker Ingmar Bergman’s own family life, Sunday’s Children is the second part in Bergman’s loose trilogy of books that started with The Best Intentions, and closes with Private Confessions.
