International 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 […]
Read moreBogotà: Italy is a participant at the International Book Fair
The Italian Cultural Institute of Bogotá is taking part in the International Book Fair, which has been held in the Colombian capital every year since 1988 and will be running this year until 20 August, bringing together book professionals, publishers, distributors, booksellers, agents and writers for an international showcase that is open to national and […]
Read moreKiev: an exhibition of Italian contemporary art
Pier Francesco Zazo, the Ambassador of Italy to Kiev, has opened the travelling exhibition “The Silk Road. Contemporary art and artists from Italy “at the” Kyiv History Museum “, in the centre of the Ukrainian capital. Curated by Angela Tecce and conceived by the Garuzzo Institute for the Visual Arts of Turin, it includes 38 […]
Read moreMoscow: a documentary on non-tourist Venice
As part of the exhibition about Venice, on 20 August the Italian Cultural Institute of Moscow will be screening Tatjana Daniljanc’s documentary “Il giardino che è nascosto” [“The garden that is hidden”] at the Tsaritsyno open-air museum. This fascinating journey through Venice takes the form of stories recounted by ten Venetians: the city as a […]
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