Luca Valtorta
La Repubblica
Luca Valtorta writes for Robinson, the culture insert of the Italian daily La Repubblica. He was the editor of Repubblica XL magazine until its closure in 2013. He is the co-author with Alessandro Gomarasca of Sol Mutante (1999).
Gipi, one of the top Italian cartoonists, the first to be a candidate for the Strega Prize for one of his works, has lately been involved in a variety of activities: first of all on TV with a series o...
Presentation of the book 1971. Never a dull moment: rock's golden year by David Hepworth. Moderated by Luca Valtorta. The Sixties ended a year late – on New Year's Eve 1970, when Paul McCartney ini...
Presentation of the book La fine della ragione by Roberto Recchioni. Moderated by Luca Valtorta. In a new Dark Age, in which the only knowledge is so-called popular wisdom, a mother tries to save...
Who uses who in the entertainment business? What of significance is changing in society today? Does the traditional media count anymore? Can an alternative message be conveyed through generalist TV?...
Suddenly finding yourself on everyone’s lips and having to manage sudden success: this is what has happened to Calcutta, a singer songwriter from Rome who made his debut with the album Mainstream,...
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No author in the history of Italian comics has had the reputation of Michele Rech, aka Zerocalcare. Many of the greatest talents from Hugo Pratt to Andrea Pazienza, from Crepax to Manara, and even G...
Andrea Appino, aka Appino, and Gianni Pacinotti, aka Gipi, recount through their art – Appino with music and Gipi with drawing - Italy past and present. Both come from Pisa. Andrea was born in '78, ...
How the crisis of the music magazines and the advent of new technologies are changing the role of Italian music journalism. Organised in association with fanpage.it
Leading figures in Italian pop music reflect on the current musical revolution - technological this time. Organised in association with Repubblica XL
Caparezza: ironically yours On the frequently misunderstood use of irony in the songs of Caparezza (aka Michele Salvemini) to analyse Italy from a social and political perspective. And less. Organis...
Social and political engagement via rock music The Italian rock band Il Teatro degli Orrori succeeds perhaps more than any other in mixing political and social engagement with rock music. Luca Valt...
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