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4 December 2015

Sydney – Theatre, Vincenzo Pirrotta brings “Terra Matta” to Australia

Within the context of the Double Belonging Italian Australian Cultural Festival 2015, the Auditorium of the Italian Forum of Sydney will host “Terra Matta” from 17 to 19 December. The piece is a theatrical adaptation by Vincenzo Pirrotta of the autobiography of Vincenzo Rabito, to be staged by the Compagnia Teatro Stabile of the City […]

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3 December 2015

Tokyo – “Walking Men”: Drawings of journeys between Italy and Japan

“Walking Men” is an exhibition being hosted through 19 December in the exhibition space of the Italian Cultural Institute of Tokyo. World-renowned artists Igor Tuveri (known as Igort) of Italy and Japan’s Jiro Taniguchi delight enthusiasts of art, design and animation with the drawings of each of their journeys in the other’s country. Read more, […]

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2 December 2015

Jakarta – Strengthening Italo-Indonesian science collaboration

Scientific cooperation between Italy and Indonesia got a boost from two seminars curated by Prof. Nicoletta Maria Ravasio at the Faculty of Mathematical and Natural Sciences of the University of Brawijaya in Malang, Indonesia. The first was entitled “The role of catalysis in the roadmap to Bioeconomy: the case of oleochemicals”, and the second “Mono […]

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24 November 2015

Hanoi – Casa Italia hosts fashion show featuring differently abled models

In the run-up to the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on 3 December, “Casa Italia” in Hanoi hosted Vietnam’s first fashion show featuring differently abled models. The initiative aimed to increase public awareness of disability in Vietnam, one year on from the country’s ratification of the UN Convention on the issue. The focus was […]

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20 November 2015

Georgia: TI Sparkle, Silknet and Turkcell sign accord on new IP point in Tbilisi

Telecom Italia Sparkle signed an agreement with Silknet, the main supplier of telecommunications services in Georgia, and Turkish telecommunications company Turkcell for the creation of the first Tier 1 PoP access point in the Caucasus. Specifically, a data centre will be established in Tbilisi connected to the TI Sparkle Seabon Global IP fibre optics network […]

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19 November 2015

Jakarta – Dance performance by Tecnologia Filosofica

Dancer-choreographer Francesca Cinalli and composer-musician Paolo De Santi are touring Indonesia, where tomorrow they will present the dance performance “Niji_una preghiera” in Jakarta with the Tecnologia Filosofica company. The event will be hosted by the Italian Cultural Institute of the Indonesian capital, which has organised it in collaboration with the Italian embassy. The tour is […]

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18 November 2015

Tokyo – When language becomes music: in search of “recitar cantando”

Musicologist and scholar Luciana Galliano will hold a conference at 18:30 on 18 November at the Umberto Agnelli Auditorium of the Italian Cultural Institute of Tokyo on Opera, born of the “recitar cantando” style blending voice and music. The conference will explore the use of the Italian language in lyrical music from the year 1000 […]

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17 November 2015

Beijing – Sequi on a mission to Shaanxi, new synergies along the Silk Road

Italian ambassador to Beijing Ettore Sequi made a mission to a Chinese region that has strong bonds with Italy for historic, economic and tourism reasons, where he opened the “Forum on Shaanxi-Italy bilateral cooperation along the new Silk Road”. Local authorities and businesspersons were introduced to Italian offerings in the sectors of aeronautics, healthcare, environment […]

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17 November 2015

Cartoline dall’ altra Italia – Jakarta – The chef who serves Made in Italy

Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and then back to Indonesia: Chef Michele Cuozzo, born in Sala Consilina in the province of Salerno, began his career in Asia about 20 years ago, winding up finally in Indonesia last year. “It all began by chance. I was teaching the art of pizza making, a passion of mine that turned […]

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12 November 2015

Farnesina: Intellectual property, Chinese delegation in Rome

Meetings at the Farnesina with the main institutions and business associations working to combat counterfeiting and digital piracy China looks to Italy as an example in the protection of intellectual property, as evidenced by a visit to Rome by a delegation from the legal affairs office of the National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic […]

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11 November 2015

Arte chiama arte prize 2015 featuring Pinocchio

This year sees the fourth edition of the “Arte chiama arte” prize, conceived by Andrea Franceschetti and launched in 2012 by the Italian Cultural Institute in Shanghai. Participants have included the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, the East China Normal University and Contesta Rockhair.  Each year, the competition asks a group of Chinese artists […]

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11 November 2015

Afghanistan – Support for the international community against the growing threat posed by Da’esh, says Gentiloni

The international community’s commitment in Afghanistan should be aiming to “close the last chapters of a story that has gone on for 12-13 years. It should also be aiming to tackle a threat that in part is new, most notably the growth of Da’esh, and to manage migration, given that this year Afghanistan has become […]

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