Festival della Mente » Z https://www.festivaldellamente.it/en/ Il primo festival europeo dedicato alla creatività Tue, 24 Mar 2026 08:42:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.4 Francesco Zago https://www.festivaldellamente.it/en/francesco-zago/ https://www.festivaldellamente.it/en/francesco-zago/#comments Wed, 20 Aug 2025 16:31:56 +0000 https://www.festivaldellamente.it/?p=23573 Francesco Zago 

]]> Francesco Zago is a pianist, guitarist, and composer. In 2005, he founded the independent label AltrOck. His musical projects include Yugen, Kurai, Empty Days, and Zauss. A member of Stormy Six since 2012, he began collaborating with guitarist Andrea Bolzoni in 2015 and, in 2016, formed the duo KUBIN with pianist Elena Talarico. He has worked closely with writer and journalist Marco Albino Ferrari since 2017.

]]> https://www.festivaldellamente.it/en/francesco-zago/feed/ 0 Leor Zmigrod https://www.festivaldellamente.it/en/leor-zmigrod/ https://www.festivaldellamente.it/en/leor-zmigrod/#comments Wed, 20 Aug 2025 16:04:50 +0000 https://www.festivaldellamente.it/?p=23419 Leor Zmigrod

]]> Leor Zmigrod is a scientist and a pioneer in the field of “political neuroscience.” She studied at the University of Cambridge and has held visiting fellowships at Stanford, Harvard, and the Institutes for Advanced Study in Berlin and Paris. Named in the “Forbes 30 Under 30” list, she has received numerous awards. Her research has been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, Financial Times, and New Scientist. She is the author of Il cervello ideologico (Rizzoli, 2025).


ph. credits: Stuart Simpson

]]> https://www.festivaldellamente.it/en/leor-zmigrod/feed/ 0 Beatrice Zerbini https://www.festivaldellamente.it/en/beatrice-zerbini/ https://www.festivaldellamente.it/en/beatrice-zerbini/#comments Thu, 11 Jul 2024 13:01:47 +0000 https://www.festivaldellamente.it/?p=21924 Beatrice Zerbini

]]> Beatrice Zerbini is a poet born in Bologna. She has authored” In comode rate. Poesie d’amore” (Interno Poesia, 2019), “Mezze stagioni” (AnimaMundi, 2021), and “D'amore” (Interno Poesia, 2022). She also wrote the texts for the picture books “Padre Nostro” and “Non avere paura”, published by Carthusia (2023) and illustrated by Sonia Maria Luce Possentini. With the Una Nessuna Centomila Foundation, she launched the project “Poesia. Una Nessuna Centomila”, organising poetry workshops in schools.
ph. credits: Daniele Ferroni

]]> https://www.festivaldellamente.it/en/beatrice-zerbini/feed/ 0 Massimo Zamboni https://www.festivaldellamente.it/en/massimo-zamboni-en/ https://www.festivaldellamente.it/en/massimo-zamboni-en/#comments Fri, 04 Aug 2023 14:56:31 +0000 https://www.festivaldellamente.it/?p=20461 Massimo Zamboni

]]> Massimo Zamboni founded the group CCCP-Fedeli alla Linea in 1982 together with Giovanni Lindo Ferretti, performing the ‘pro-Soviet punk’ genre. In 1992, the CSI – Consorzio Suonatori Indipendenti, which reached the top of the record charts – and Consorzio Produttori Indipendenti were born, with dozens of albums produced. Since 2000, Zamboni has composed several albums as a soloist, the latest of which is La mia patria attuale. He has created many soundtracks for film and theatre and published several books for various publishing houses, including: L'eco di uno sparo (Einaudi, 2015), Anime galleggianti (La Nave di Teseo, 2016), Nessuna voce dentro (Einaudi, 2017), La trionferà (Einaudi, 2021), Bestiario selvatico (La Nave di Teseo, 2023). He contributes to the weekly supplement La Lettura.

]]> https://www.festivaldellamente.it/en/massimo-zamboni-en/feed/ 0 Bernardo Zannoni https://www.festivaldellamente.it/en/bernardo-zannoni/ https://www.festivaldellamente.it/en/bernardo-zannoni/#comments Fri, 04 Aug 2023 11:07:19 +0000 https://www.festivaldellamente.it/?p=20240 Bernardo Zannoni

]]> Bernardo Zannoni (1995) was born and still lives in Sarzana.  His first novel, I miei stupidi intenti (Sellerio, 2021), won the Campiello Award 2022, and in the same year the Bagutta Opera Prima Award, Salerno Letteratura Award, Moncalieri Award and Severino Cesari Award. It is now being published in more than ten countries. His new novel 25 will be published by Sellerio in September.

]]> https://www.festivaldellamente.it/en/bernardo-zannoni/feed/ 0 Gianni Zauli https://www.festivaldellamente.it/en/gianni-zauli/ https://www.festivaldellamente.it/en/gianni-zauli/#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2022 09:30:39 +0000 https://www.festivaldellamente.it/?p=19083 Gianni Zauli

]]> Gianni Zauli is an Italian author and creative who works in ludolinguistics, animated cinema, and cultural promotion. His books include E se a scuola non ci vado? Le avventure di Giancoso Mozzarella (Fulmino, 2014) and Ambarabà CD Cocò (Artebambini, 2011). He has written for OPLEPO (Opificio di Letteratura Potenziale) and created several animated short films that have been awarded and selected at Italian and international festivals.

]]> https://www.festivaldellamente.it/en/gianni-zauli/feed/ 0 Elisa Vettori, Federico Zappini https://www.festivaldellamente.it/en/elisa-vettori-federico-zappini-2019/ https://www.festivaldellamente.it/en/elisa-vettori-federico-zappini-2019/#comments Wed, 21 Aug 2019 07:38:39 +0000 https://www.festivaldellamente.it/?p=15023 Elisa Vettori, Federico Zappini

]]> Elisa Vettori and Federico Zappini run the Due Punti bookshop of Trento. Inside the bookshop, over the 3.000 volumes, take place many projects, such as La cameretta oscura, a creative and itinerary photographic laboratory for children. The tools used to exacerbate kids’ attention towards images are visual composition, photography, handmade printing and darkroom, used as a vehicle to develop their skills and critical eye.

]]> https://www.festivaldellamente.it/en/elisa-vettori-federico-zappini-2019/feed/ 0 Valentina Zilibotti https://www.festivaldellamente.it/en/valentina-zilibotti-2019/ https://www.festivaldellamente.it/en/valentina-zilibotti-2019/#comments Wed, 21 Aug 2019 06:45:07 +0000 https://www.festivaldellamente.it/?p=14924 Valentina Zilibotti

]]> Valentina Zilibotti is a linguistic mediator and creator of Progetti di Carta, with which creates educational workshops – also bilingual – in order to promote experimentation and exchange, enhancing a way of learning through experience. This workshops derives from the book Armstrong (Orecchio Acerbo, 2016).

]]> https://www.festivaldellamente.it/en/valentina-zilibotti-2019/feed/ 0 Daniele Zovi https://www.festivaldellamente.it/en/daniele-zovi/ https://www.festivaldellamente.it/en/daniele-zovi/#comments Thu, 05 Jul 2018 09:28:50 +0000 https://www.festivaldellamente.it/?p=11763 Daniele Zovi

]]> Daniele Zovi was born in Roana and raised in Vicenza. He graduated in Forest Science at the University of Padua and he worked for forty years in the State Forestry Corps. In 2017 he became “generale di brigata” of the Comando Carabinieri-Forestale in Veneto, and he is one of the most important specialists in wild animals, as well as author of several essays about this topic. In 2018 he wrote Alberi sapienti, antiche foreste (Utet).

 

]]> https://www.festivaldellamente.it/en/daniele-zovi/feed/ 0 Virginia Zini https://www.festivaldellamente.it/en/virginia-zini/ https://www.festivaldellamente.it/en/virginia-zini/#comments Fri, 25 Aug 2017 10:30:50 +0000 https://www.festivaldellamente.it/?p=10328 Virginia Zini

]]> lives and works in Milan. She’s an actress, singer and social theatre worker. She’s a spokesperson for ATIR Teatro Ringhiera’s social projects.

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