Portugal, Festa del Cinema Italiano to tour the country
More than 50 Italian films will tour 19 Portuguese cities from 4 to 14 April as part of the 12th edition of the Festa del Cinema Italiano organised by the Sorpasso Association with the sponsorship of the Italian Embassy and Cultural Institute in Lisbon. The festival is a review of the best Italian contemporary cinema, […]
Read moreLima: Meeting of the Directors of the Italian Cultural Institutes
The Undersecretary of State Guglielmo Picchi chaired the Opening Session of an Area Coordination Meeting of the Directors of the Italian Cultural Institutes and of the School Directors of Central and South America that was held in Lima (8-9 April), at the attendance of the Foreign Ministry’s Director General for Cultural and Economic Promotion and […]
Read moreAnkara: ‘Bach is in the Air’ with Ramin Bahrami and Danilo Rea
The Ankara Piano Festival closed with a greatly acclaimed concert by the exceptional Ramin Bahrami and Danilo Rea piano duo: ‘Bach is in the Air’, which was organised by the Italian Embassy in partnership with Altus Arts & Culture. The duo presented Ramin Bahrami’s extraordinary performances of Bach combined with Danilo Rea’s original jazz improvisations. […]
Read moreAustralian stop for the Sanremo World Tour
On Saturday, a full house at the Sydney Capitol Recital Hall greeted the third stop of the Sanremo Giovani World Tour. Einar, Federica Abbate, Deschema, La Rua and Nyvinne presented their repertories and some new arrangements of the biggest Italian hits before more than 1,200 people. The Australian stop of the tour – organised with […]
Read moreTirana: Italian universities present their academic courses to Albanian youths
Forty Italian Universities, 5 Fine Arts Academies and 3 Music Conservatories went to Tirana to present their institutions to young Albanians interested in studying in Italy. The event, organised by the Italian Cultural Institute with the support of the Embassy, was aimed at presenting the range of academic courses offered in Italy and also at […]
Read moreYerevan: “The Form of Colour” exhibition at the National Gallery
An exhibition destined to leave a mark: “The Form of Colour, from Tintoretto to Canaletto”, opening today in Yerevan, is an extraordinary itinerary spanning across three centuries, from the Renaissance to the Rococo, through 55 works that arrived at the National Gallery of Ancient Art of Trieste from Armenia. It is the fruit of a […]
Read moreRiga Fashion Week 2019 – Spring Edition
The Italian Embassy sponsored the Spring edition of the 30th “RIGA FASHION WEEK” (www.rfw.lv) organised by the “Baltic Fashion Federation” (www.bff.lv), and held from 26 to 30 March 2019. The Italian brand “Morfosis” was among the designers that participated with their collections. The Baltic Fashion Federation grasped the opportunity to confer an award on Italian Ambassador […]
Read moreHannover Messe: Italy third-largest exhibiting Country
Italian Ambassador Luigi Mattiolo participated in the opening of the Hannover Messe, the leading world fair on industrial automation, robotics and technologies for energy systems and for the environment, with almost 6,500 exhibitors, 220,000 visitors and more than 1,400 events. Italy, which has always participated in the Fair ever since it was opened in 1947, […]
Read moreElias Nardi Quartet performs in Bratislava
The Elias Nardi Quartet performed at the Kapucìnsky Kostol in Bratislava. Organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in the Slovak capital, the concert featured the rich Mediterranean music world where elements of ethnic, jazz and classical music combine. The Elias Nardi Quartet is the meeting of four talents and their instruments:The oud (an Arab lute, […]
Read moreParis: exhibition on Carlo Levi, painter and writer
The Italian Cultural Institute in Paris hosts an interesting exhibition on Carlo Levi and his work as painter and writer between the French capital and Matera. The artist was not only the author of the famous book Cristo si è fermato a Eboli (“Christ Stopped at Eboli”), or an anti-Fascist intellectual whom Sartre and Beauvoir would always […]
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