Sicilia 1954: Alan Lomax and Diego Carpitella’s Musical Journey
Open Monday-Friday, 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM through May 31, 2026.
ICI-NY Park Avenue Exhibition Room 1
Curated by Sergio Bonanzinga of the University of Palermo and the researcher Rosario Perricone, the exhibition Sicilia 1954: Alan Lomax and Diego Carpitella’s Musical Journey features photographs, field notes, and recordings from the pioneering work of American ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax and Italian scholar Diego Carpitella, who carried out a groundbreaking field recording campaign in Sicily in 1954. Their research preserved an extraordinary heritage of Italian folk music, bringing the voices of rural communities into the global conversation on culture, memory, and identity.
It is the second of five projects presented by the Italian Cultural Institute of New York in partnership with Carnegie Hall’s United in Sound: America at 250 festival.