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Diplomatic Network
15 March 2019
Beirut: Italian music takes centre stage at the Al Bustan Festival

The Al Bustan Festival, which this year is dedicated to Italian music, is winding up in Beirut. The “Crescendo, celebrating Italian music” Festival, with the support of the Italian Embassy, Cultural Institute and artistic director Gianluca Marcianò hosted up to 100 Italian artists in 20 live music events, with excerpts from operas composed by Cimarosa, […]

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Diplomatic Network
14 March 2019
Italy’s landscape on display in Prague

 Italy and its landscapes depicted in the stills of renowned Italian photographers. That’s the subject of the exhibition “Affacciati sulla bellezza” (A view on beauty) set up by the Italian Institute of Culture in Prague, inaugurated by Italy’s Ambassador Francesco Saverio Nisio. The protagonist of the 130 photographs is the Italian landscape, “one of the assets that make our peninsula […]

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Diplomatic Network
14 March 2019
Abu Dhabi: Italian artists at the Special Olympic Games

This year, the Italian Embassy in the Emirates will contribute to the Special Olympic Games, which will be held in Abu Dhabi from 14 to 21 March, by participating in the initiative promoted by the Inclusive Art Gallery with a selection of works by Diego Salezze and Lisa Perini. The Special Olympics are the largest global […]

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Diplomatic Network
14 March 2019
Lisbon, ‘Tesserae of Hope’ for the Italian Church

Five hundred years ago, Italian merchants in Lisbon rebuilt the Church of Nossa Senhora do Loreto, better known as the Italian Church, and the travelling exhibition ‘Tesserae of Hope’ is now in Lisbon to celebrate the anniversary. The exhibition displays a collection of the extraordinary and finely and artistically handcrafted creations of the time to […]

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Diplomatic Network
13 March 2019
Tirana 1989-2019, an art project on the city’s changes

The changes witnessed by Tirana during the last 30 years through the look of an Italian artist and of young people raised in post-Socialist Albania. This is the essence of Eugenio Tibaldi’s ’30 Years Old’ project realised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Tirana in partnership with the University of Arts and the Harabel Contemporary […]

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13 March 2019
‘The Land of Earthworms’ at the Theatre Festival of Albuquerque

‘The Land of Earthworms’, a project developed by Chiara Guidi, aims to talk to children about death through the tragedy of Alcestis, staged as a form of open theatre also involving the little spectators. The performance was organised at the Elisabeth Waters Center for Dance as part of the Revolutions International Theatre Festival of Albuquerque, […]

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Diplomatic Network
12 March 2019
Myanmar, Italian music to celebrate the 8th of March

The music of the Italian Viotti Quartet was chosen by the Italian Embassy in Yangon to celebrate the 8th of March with an event at Nay Pyi Taw dedicated to promoting a better knowledge of the rights of women in Myanmar and their role in the peace process. Arias by Paisiello, Rolla and Mercadante were preceded […]

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Diplomatic Network
11 March 2019
Kimonomania, creations of young Italian designers in Tokyo

Japanese kimonos reinterpreted through the creativity of young Italian designers are now on show at the Italian Cultural Institute of Tokyo. “Kimonomania – Young Italian Designers Pay Tribute to Kimono” is an exhibition curated by Stefano Dominella, the President of Gattinoni and of the Textile, Clothes, Fashion and Accessory Section of Unindustria (Union of the […]

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11 March 2019
Bangkok kicks off the Italian Festival

Bangkok kicked off the 14th edition of the Italian Festival in Thailand, the cycle of integrated promotion cultural events organised by the Italian Embassy. The Festival began with a jazz concert by the Gianluca Petrella & Pasquale Mirra duo and will wind up in December with flute player Gianni Biocotino. Between the two, there will […]

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11 March 2019
Colombia: exhibition on Italian architects and engineers

The contribution of Italian culture to the development of architecture and urban planning in Colombia, leaving a historical and architectural heritage of great artistic and cultural value, is now highlighted in the international exhibition “Italian engineers and architects in Colombia” hosted at the University of Boyacá, in Tunja, north of Bogotá. In cooperation with the […]

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11 March 2019
Munich: Rag Theatres in remembrance of Emanuele Luzzati​

Last night, the Italian Cultural Institute in Munich opened the exhibition ‘Rag Theatres. Daniele Sulevic and Emanuele Luzzati’ with the screening of the film “Il flauto magico. Dall’opera di Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart” by Emanuele Luzzati. Until 5 April, the halls of the Cultural Institute will display the textile works by Daniele Sulevic, which draw from […]

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8 March 2019
Bernini and the Roman Baroque at the National Museum of Belgrade

Until May 26th, the National Museum of Belgrade will be hosting some masterpieces by Bernini and of the Roman Baroque. This is one of many initiatives taken by the Italian Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute for this year which marks the 140th anniversary of the institution of diplomatic relations between Italy and Serbia and […]

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