The calendar of 2013 Year of Italian Culture in the United States was enriched with a new event. “Stradivarius Night” held at Villa Firenze, the residence of the Ambassador to Washington, offered a concert featuring two violins – the Ole Bull of 1687 and the Greffuhle of 1709 – the Herbert Axelrod viola of 1695 […]
Read moreThe young soloists and musicians of the orchestra of the La Scala academy cross the ocean for the Year of Italy in the US festivities, thanks to the support of the Fondazione Bracco, to give a concert on 4 December at the Strathmore Music Centre. Read more, in Italian
Read moreTurchia: crescono le vendite di autoveicoli nei primi 10 mesi del 2013 Secondo i dati pubblicati dall’Automotive Distributors Association (ODD), nei primi 10 mesi del 2013, il mercato delle autovetture è cresciuto del 18% mentre quello dei veicoli commerciali leggeri è calato del 13%. Nel periodo considerato, il mercato ha quindi fatto segnare un aumento […]
Read moreLos Angeles paid tribute to the memory of Federico Fellini on the 20th anniversary of the famous film director’s death, with a concert by the Orchestra Italiana del Cinema (OIC), in collaboration with the best young musicians in Los Angeles, at UCLA’s Royce Hall. Read more, in Italian. Viaggio musicale attraverso le colonne sonore dei […]
Read moreNiccolo’ Machiavelli lands in America, with an exhibition that coincides with the Year of Italian Culture in the U.S. to be mounted in Washington and New York. Niccolò Machiavelli’s The Prince and his times (1513-2013) An exhibition on Niccolò Machiavelli’s The Prince and his times (1513-2013), sponsored by ENI, opened at the Embassy of Italy […]
Read moreNew Italian Cinema Events (NICE) returns to the United States for its 23rd edition, to be hosted first by New York and later by San Francisco and Philadelphia. Neapolitan films will enjoy a special focus. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreItalian wine’s Canadian “coast to coast” journey came to an end in recent days with the closing of the 18th annual “A Tasting of Wines from Italy – Une de’gustation de vins d’Italie” in Montreal, where our ambassador Gian Lorenzo Cornado presided. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreI was young, 15 years old, when those shots shook the world, so the ideas I formed came later, and yet the image of John and Jacqueline remains etched in my memory. He was a complex hero. An icon of progress in civil rights, his legacy prospers in the conquest of freedom and the loosening […]
Read moreConcerned at the instability in Libya and the threat that poses to the successful achievement of the democratic transition, the Governments of France, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States reiterate their support to the people of Libya as they work for the consolidation of democracy. We reiterate our support to the elected political […]
Read moreTo mark the bicentenary of the birth of Giuseppe Verdi, a bronze bust of the renowned composer will be donated to Los Angeles Opera. The event will take place on 9 November on the occasion of the Falstaff première at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion at Los Angeles Music Centre. Taking part in the event will […]
Read moreThree young Italian opera singers will be performing in Montreal, at the 20th Concert Gala Benefice des Jeunes Ambassadeurs Lyriques. The three sopranos, Chiara Mogini, Federica Spatola and Veronica Lazzeri, will also be taking part in the 20th edition of the Jeunes Ambassadeurs Lyriques International Youth Programme organised by Théâtre Lyrichorégra 20. The events are […]
Read moreA Grand Night at the Opera to pay homage to wounded American veterans. On Saturday 2 November Finmeccanica and the Italian Embassy in Washington honoured about 100 military personnel, and their families and health professionals, from the Walter Reed National Medical Center, Fort Meade and Fort Belvoir. The concert, now in its 5th consecutive year, […]
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