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9 October 2024

Opera recital “All’alba vincerò” with the Festival Pucciniano Foundation organised in Ottawa

On 8 October, the opera recital “All’alba vincerò. A musical journey through Puccini’s masterpieces” was held at the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre in Ottawa. The concert was organised by the Embassy of Italy in Canada in collaboration with the Festival Pucciniano Foundation, which every year stages in Torre del Lago the only festival in the world […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

9 October 2024

IOSONOVULNERABILE opened in Paris

The artistic project ‘Iosonovulnerable’ (iamvulnerable), a performative art practice curated by Sergio Mario Illuminato, was inaugurated last 3 October at the Italian Cultural Institute in Paris. The exhibition will be on display at the Institute’s gardens until 29 November. Also attending the event in France – currently entering its second stage after a research process […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

9 October 2024

Art in the Embassy: Contemporary Italy in Vilnius

The exhibition “Arte in Ambasciata: Italia Contemporanea a Vilnius” (Art in the Embassy: Contemporary Italy in Vilnius) has been organised by the Italian Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute in Vilnius as part of the initiatives planned for the 20th Italian Contemporary Art Day. The launch event was held on 3 October 2024 in cooperation […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

9 October 2024

“Madama Butterfly” on stage in Bahia Blanca

Thanks to the support of the Italian Consulate General in Bahia Blanca and the collaboration developed with the organisation of artists from southern Argentina OAS-Organizzazione degli Artisti del Sud argentino, the Italian Cultural Institute in Buenos Aires, the local Municipality and the Bahia Blanca Theatre brought Italian opera back to the entire district of Argentinean […]

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Press Releases

8 October 2024

Minister Tajani opens the 24th Week of the Italian Language in the World: Italian as a tool to shape the future and communicate with the world

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, today launched the 24th edition of the Week of the Italian Language in the World (SLIM), the main event promoting the Italian language, which in 2024 is dedicated to the theme “Italian and the Book: The World Between the Lines.” “Keeping […]

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Press Releases

8 October 2024

Presentation event of the 24th Week of the Italian Language in the World

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani attends the presentation event for the 24th edition of the Week of the Italian Language in the World (SLIM), the leading international showcase promoting our language globally.  The event will also be attended by the Secretary General of the Farnesina, Riccardo Guariglia, Monika Schmutz […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

8 October 2024

Mumbai Cinema Italian Style

An event dedicated to Italian cinema was held last 27 September in Mumbai, at the Regal cinema theatre in Colaba, a historical one in the Indian capital, in the presence of director Giuseppe Tornatore, Oscar winner for Cinema Paradiso. This film kicked off the “CINEMA ITALIAN STYLE” festival, dedicated to Italian classics, including Senso, La […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

8 October 2024

Prague: EUNIC- focus on Language, Literature and Design

Upon the initiative of the European Cultural Institutes of the EUNIC cluster (European Union National Institutes for Culture) in Prague, of which the Italian Cultural Institute of Prague is one of the founding members, language, literature and design took again centre stage in the Czech capital. Last 26 September, on the occasion of the European […]

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Press Releases

7 October 2024

Minister Tajani’s mission to Argentina and Brazil

The Deputy prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hon. Antonio Tajani, is on a mission to Argentina and Brazil starting tonight, for meetings with the institutional authorities of the two countries, representatives of the local and Italian business community that have invested locally, and representatives of the Italian community. The Minister […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

3 October 2024

Bahrain, a tribute to Italy’s greatest composers and jazz musicians

On the occasion of the 33rd Edition of the Bahrain International Music Festival, on Wednesday 2 October, the Italian Embassy in Bahrain, in collaboration with the Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities (BACA), organised the concert “Luca Velotti Meets Silvia Manco” at the Culture Hall in Manama. Paying tribute to some of the greatest Italian […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

3 October 2024

Santiago – 50th anniversary of the 1974 Venice Biennale.

After the coup d’état of 11 September 1973, Carlo Ripa di Meana – newly elected President of the Venice Biennale – decided to dedicate the entire 1974 edition of the Biennale to Chile. Hortensia Allende, widow of Chilean President Salvador Allende, travelled to Venice to inaugurate the Biennale, entitled ‘Freedom to Chile: for a democratic […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

1 October 2024

Children’s Literature in Oslo

The program of meetings between Italian and Norwegian publishing houses dedicated to children’s and young people’s literature – organized by the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Oslo, in collaboration with NORLA, the Norwegian body responsible for promoting Norwegian books abroad – ended on September 11. The initiative was organized with the aim of strengthening the […]

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