Italy-Argentina: opportunities in Salta for companies and the Italian language
The well-rooted Italian presence and the strong dynamism of the Province of Salta offer good potential for the development of shared projects. At the centre of the meetings between Mirta Gentile, the Chargé d’Affaires of the Embassy of Italy in Argentina, with Antonio Oscar Morocco, the Vice Governor of the Province of Salta and Bettina […]
Read moreTirana: screening of “A son named Erasmus”
The Italian Cultural Institute in Tirana announces a screening of the film ‘Un figlio di nome Erasmus’ [‘A son named Erasmus’] (2020) scheduled for today 9 August (at 9 pm) as part of the Institute’s CineClub initiative and the 6th Notti del Cinema Italiano film festival @ Reja.al. Directed by Alberto Ferrari, the film tells […]
Read moreCopenhagen: Mid-August Bank Holiday celebrating Sardinian food
The Italian Cultural Institute in Copenhagen is hosting the ‘Viva la vita’ Mid-August Bank Holiday party, organised by the Incantos Sardinian Cultural Association, with music, meetings, shows and Sardinian food. The performers will be Edward Fox and the Animal Kingdom, Emma Fenu, the Feinschmecker Quartet, Giuseppe Locatello, Marco Martiri, Margherita Canu, Pablo Paolo Peretti, Stefano […]
Read moreInternational Chamber Music Award “Filippo Nicosia”
The Embassy of Italy in London is pleased to present the First “Filippo Nicosia” International Chamber Music Award, in tribute to the Italian diplomat Filippo Nicosia, former Consul General of Italy in Chongquing, a man of culture who was passionate about music, who died prematurely in 2020. It is an initiative of Simone Gramaglia, the […]
Read moreEdinburgh: concerto by mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato
The Italian Cultural Institute and Italian General Consulate in Edinburgh are promoting a concert by mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, accompanied by the Pomo D’Oro, an Italian ensemble that uses antique instruments, as part of the Edinburgh International Festival. According to the New Yorker, “perhaps the most powerful female singer of her generation”, Ms DiDonato was born […]
Read moreLondon: a docufilm about the Santarcangelo Festival
The Santarcangelo Festival, the oldest Italian festival dedicated to the arts of the contemporary scene, is one of the most significant European events in the field of theatre and dance. This documentary about its past 50 years was created by Michele Mellara and Alessandro Rossi with the Italian Cultural Institute in London, and will be […]
Read morePrague: a concert by the guitarist Paolo Angeli
On 14 August, as part of ” Seeds for the Seventh Power”, an event organised by the ArtMill Centre for Sustainable Creativity, which occupies an organic farm at Horazdovice in the heart of Bohemia, the Italian Cultural Institute in Prague will be presenting “JAR’A”, a concert by Paolo Angeli that takes its name from Angeli’s […]
Read moreMontevideo: a lecture about Franco Battiato
Three months after the death of the great Sicilian composer Franco Battiato, the Italian Cultural Institute of Montevideo will be presenting a lecture by Antonella Agostinis about the artistic career of this tireless experimenter who explored a wide range of musical genres (from pop and prog to ethnics, electronics, and the avant-garde). An interdisciplinary and […]
Read moreCairo: reading in Italian. An appointment with Giovanni Verga
The Italian Cultural Institute in Cairo is resuming these monthly readings, in Italian, of the most interesting writers of our literature. On 11 August we will be beginning online, via Zoom, with “Vita dei Campi”, a novel written in 1880 by Giovanni Verga, whose centenary will be commemorated next year. In September our guest will […]
Read moreOslo: a lecture on the restoration of the Giotto frescoes in Assisi
The restoration of Giotto’s frescoes in Assisi has been defined as “a utopia that has become reality” and will be the topic of a conference on 31 August held by the Italian Cultural Institute in Oslo, organised by Camilla Sinding-Larsen, a graduate in Conservation of Cultural Heritage at the Higher Institute for Conservation and Restoration […]
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