
Neighborhoods of Florence, Italy: Exploring Quartiere dell’Oltrarno with Kate Bolton-Porciatti
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Kate Bolton-Porciatti is a professor of Italian cultural history and music at the Istituto Lorenzo de'Medici in Florence, where she teaches BA and MA courses in the humanities. She also lectures at the British Institute, Florence, and at the Chigiana Music Academy in Siena. Kate has published extensively as an academic and a journalist; she is a music critic for BBC Music and a travel writer for The Daily Telegraph, UK. Before moving to Italy permanently in 2005, she was a senior producer and broadcaster for BBC Arts & Classical Music in London and has won prestigious Jerusalem and Sony Awards for her programs. She did her M.Phil. thesis in Italy, exploring the musical culture of early Renaissance Florence.
This conversation is suitable for all ages.
90 minutes, including a 30 minute Q&A.
Kate is masterful
Thank you for allowing us to follow her around Florence
It was delightful and informative . Sorry I didn’t take her courses about the other quartieres. Took some notes and I can forget that heavy unless guidebook.
I've never been to Florence and at this point, I might never get there, so I was delighted with this series and plan to sign up for any more that Kate will lead. The highlight of my Sunday afternoons.
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Kate makes this so informative, entertaining, full of detail and takes us to places we might have missed on our own. Great storytelling with historic facts. Lecture has walking videos of main sites. Very interesting!