BUDAPEST – Campanella celebrates Verdi
To celebrate the bicentennial of both Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner, musician Michele Campanella dedicated a series of concerts in Italy and abroad in which he performed Franz Liszt’s paraphrases of the two composers. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreBRUSSELS – Italian Embassy’s “tribute to Europe”
On 29 April the Italian embassy in Brussels moine with the Etet publishing house to launch the art book “Homage to Europe”, edited by Professor Louis Godart, advisor on artistic heritage to the President of the Italian Republic. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreRUSSIA – Boom in visas for Italy
Russian applications for travel visas to Italy were up 25% in the first quarter of 2013, as confirmed by Italian ambassador in Moscow Antonio Zanardi Landi, who made a recent visit to our Consulate General in the Russian capital. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreSyria: Monti to Hitto – Italy confirms support for coalition
Prime Minister and interim Foreign Minister Mario Monti, in London to participate in the meeting of G8 foreign ministers, met with interim Prime Minister of Syria Ghassan Hitto. Monti assured Hitto that Italy, one of the first countries to recognise the coalition as the only legitimate representative of the Syrian people, will continue to ensure […]
Read moreBUDAPEST: Italy guest of honour at book festival
To coincide with the Year of Italian Culture in Hungary, Italy is guest of honour at the International Book Festival taking place at the Millenáris centre from 18 to 21 April 2013. The Italian stand will offer a taste of current Italian publishing output, with events and round tables providing an opportunity for more in-depth […]
Read moreROMANIA – Italy joins initiative to help Rome citizens
Italy is taking part with other European countries in an initiative to help Romanian citizens belonging to the Roma ethnic group. Our Ambassador to Bucharest, Diego Brasioli, recently took part in a visit to Frumusani, which is home to a large Roma community. The visit was organised by the British Ambassador on behalf of the […]
Read moreBEIJING – A musical spring-time at the Cultural Institute
A musical spring-time for the Italian Cultural Institute in Beijing, which has organised a series of concerts ranging from jazz to opera. The season opened with a performance by jazz musician Marco Cappelli, where the audience included 20 or so Chinese boys and girls from schools taking part in the “’Youth Culture Ambassadors” project. In […]
Read moreKUWAIT – Italian films showcased for the first time
Italian films are being showcased in Kuwait for the first time, with the “Italian Film Festival” opening on 15 April 2013. The event was organised by the Italian Embassy in Kuwait and Cinescape Kuwait, the Gulf country’s biggest cinema chain, in collaboration with the cultural expert for the Gulf, Alessandra Priante. Screenings will include “Benvenuti […]
Read moreITALY-USA: Biden Pays Tribute To Year Of Italian Culture In The Usa
U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden and his wife Jill paid tribute to the Year of Italian Culture in the USA on the occasion of the “Opera Ball”, one of the American capital’s most important cultural events, which was organized with the help of the Washington National Opera (WNO) at Villa Firenze, residence of Italian Ambassador Claudio […]
Read moreZAGREB – Success for Orchestra of Santa Cecilia
The Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia, directed by Antonio Pappano, performed Gustav Mahler’s sixth symphony last Saturday at Zagreb’s famed Lisinski Hall to an enthusiastic audience of 1800.
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