Albanian Institute New York

06/05/2026

The Albanian Institute and the The Metropolitan Opera are delighted to invite our community to celebrate soprano Ermonela Jaho's return to the Met in La Traviata.

We are proud to welcome back the incomparable Ermonela in her signature role of Violetta Valéry. Renowned for deeply expressive, sensitive portrayals that draw you right into the heart of Verdi’s La Traviata, her emotional intensity is something that truly must be seen to be believed.

Performance Dates: May 6, May 9, May 13, and May 16 (Matinee).

As a community member of the Albanian Institute, enjoy 15% off your tickets by using promo code JAHO15 at checkout.

Tickets: https://www.metopera.org/season/tickets/check-promo-page/?promo=Jaho15

May 6 – 16, 2026 We are pleased to welcome back the Albanian soprano Ermonela Jaho in La Traviata at […]

04/12/2022

Two elderly Arberëshë women sitting and chatting☺️

Little girls (bambine) in a daily costume in San Paolo Albanese, in front of Museo della cultura Arbëreshe. The museum presents a collection of the Arbëreshë communities and their extraordinary heritage and traditions for over five centuries.

For more info link in the bio and story.

San Paolo Albanese, Basilicata./ Southern Italy.

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18/11/2022

From last night’s celebration of Arbëreshë and Albanian Culture with Nicola Scaldaferri.

Thank you to Ledia Dobi from the Mayor's Office and Commissioner Manuel Castro, Professor Francesca Canadé Sautman, Ambassador Motumisi Tawana, and our incredible community for coming together and sharing the love ♥️

16/11/2022

Arbëreshë Dancing la Vallja, on Tuesday of Easter in Frascineto, Calabria, Italy. ♥️

Every Tuesday after Easter in Frascineto, la Vallja takes place.

La Vallja is a kind of “ridda” (an old dance where people dance in a circle by holding hands with each other), women wear the traditional costume (usually with 2 skirts, one fuchsia and over it one blue), and next them there are the gentlemen (“caporali”), 2 up to 4 per side.

La Vallja moves in a semicircle, all the dancers are held together with a white handkerchief in their hands (the sweat of their bare hands could soil their clothes) and dance along the main street of the hamlet, singing ancient rhapsodies that praise Giorgio Castriota Skanderbeg, the National Albanian Hero. But others are songs of love and history-legend, such as the heartbreaking one dedicated to Constantine and his sister Durentina.

Join us tomorrow, Nov 17 at 6pm to honor and celebrate culture and heritage 🇦🇱

🎥 Video from L. Ferrarini.

Link in bio for tickets 🎟

08/11/2022

Join us for an evening of Arbëreshë musical legacy and explorations of Albanian cultural identity with Nicola Scaldaferri.

Thursday, November 17th, 2022
6:30 PM
58 Park Avenue, New York City

The program will feature a live Karramunxa performance, a Bagpipe used traditionally in the Arbëreshë villages, followed by a reception and gathering to kick off the holiday season.

https://www.albanianinstitute.org/events/as-my-voice-will-come-to-america-arbereshe-musical-legacy-and-albanian-cultur

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Join us for an evening of musical legacy and culture with Nicola Scaldaferri

15/10/2022

Lediona Zharku (23) and Elona Zhark are Albanian-American business owners born and raised in Queens, NY to immigrant parents from Kosova.

Being lovers of thrift stores and vintage fashion, they began selling second-hand clothing at Artist & Flees market in Brooklyn which eventually led to them opening up a physical location. They opened Tired Thrift in Greenpoint, Brooklyn in 2020 which has become a huge success through Tik Tok, gaining recognition and business from celebrities like Olivia Rodrigo, Amelia Gray, and more. Through this interview with Alissa Xhixhabesi, the two discuss the start of their business and the support from the Albanian community.
✨Check out our interview on the Albanian Institute Channel now! ✨

Lediona and Elona are Kosovar-American business owners born and raised in Queens, NY. Being lovers of vintage fashion

26/09/2022

26/09/2022

Happy European Day of Languages!

Sir Noel Malcolm speaking in language, the sole surviving member on its branch of the Indo-European family tree, the oldest language spoken in the

Watch Sir Noel's full lecture: https://www.albanianinstitute.org/event/sir-noel-malcolm-lecture/

24/09/2022

🔴 Live on our Channel! In Studio Iliria in Brooklyn.

This film by Alissa Xhixhabesi takes us inside the studio of Danielle Krasniqi, we learn about her background and how it all started with quilting, processes, ideas, and what inspires her creativity.

Commissioned by Albanian Institute New York, Danielle was interviewed by Alissa at her apartment studio in Brooklyn, New York, in August 2022.

In the Studio with Iliria in Brooklyn.

12/09/2022

Walking home 🤍
The stunning architecture of Berat — from another angle!

A living museum settled amongst the uneven surfaces of the rocky top.

Once you have passed through the arch of the citadel, you suddenly and naturally have lost five hundred years of history, and stroll in the middle of the 15th century, a styled 15th century, a little monkish, turned into quintessence...

Seen from a distance, Berat looks like a cardboard city, such as would have been built by someone like Walt Disney who would have substituted geometry with poetry.

The houses, all white in color with green shutters, are on top of one another, racing to be first to reach the top of the dry rock, which the strong Osum current has split in two.

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📷 J. Rubio/ Albanian Institute
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