The oldest city in the world and the last born, if you can say so, celebrate the anniversary of their birth on the same day. On April 21st, in fact, Rome and Brasilia celebrate their foundation. The Brazilian capital is 60 years old this year. It is still very young but is already part of […]
Read moreThe Italian Cultural Institute of Madrid launches an audio-visual project on its social networks. Well-known Italian authors, artists and intellectuals reflect on the similarities between Italian and Spanish culture, taking as a starting point the global isolation we have been in for several weeks. The project is made up of a series of videos, collected […]
Read moreA rereading of the pages on the plague of “I Promessi Sposi” (The Betrothed), never so tragically topical. This is the initiative of the Italian Cultural Institute of São Paulo, which has organized a virtual reading group on the Zoom application. The appointment is for the morning of Friday starting from April 24, always at […]
Read moreJazzHome”: Jazz doesn’t go into quarantine. Il diario di una musista jazz nei giorni di isolamento in Italia” (The diary of a jazz musician in the days of isolation in Italy) is the new project addressed to quarantined artists of the Italian Cultural Institute of Stockholm: a serial story by Cecilia Sanchietti, Italian composer, drummer […]
Read moreThe Italian Embassy in Nicosia, adhering to the #WeAreItaly initiative, proposes two events to share fairy tales and tales of Italian folk tradition at home and celebrate together the centenary of Gianni Rodari’s birth. In collaboration with the Fairytale Museum of Nicosia, the Embassy offers a streaming reading of fairy tales from the works of […]
Read moreThe lockdown decided for Coronavirus emergency does not halt the tribute to Federico Fellini in progress in Sao Paulo for the 100th anniversary of his birth. In the Brazilian city, the Italian Institute of Culture has arranged a virtual visit to the exhibition, “The centenary – Fellini in the world”, realized in collaboration with the […]
Read moreOn 6 April 1520 Raffaello Sanzio, one of the geniuses of the Renaissance, died in Rome. On occasion five hundredth anniversary of his death, while waiting for the places of culture to reopen and for live works of art to be seen again, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Network of […]
Read moreSince 26th of March, the Hermitage in St Petersburg has launched a great cultural initiative as a tribute to our country: 10 virtual visits in Italian dedicated to the Italian collections housed in the museum. The initiative intends to build a bridge between Italy and Russia in a moment of great difficulties, as stated by […]
Read moreThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs also participated in the first edition of Dantedì, the national day dedicated to Dante Alighieri. According to many scholars, on March 25, 1300, Dante began his otherworldly journey, finding himself in the famous “dark forest” of Canto I of Inferno. Many cultural institutions in Italy and Italian Cultural Institutes abroad […]
Read moreOn the occasion of #Dantedì, scheduled today, starting at 19:00, the Italian Cultural Institute of Cairo presents on its Facebook video channel “Dantedi’ Web. Read Dante in Cairo“, an online event to also share in Egypt the reading of the Divine Comedy and celebrate the day dedicated to Dante Alighieri. Egyptian and Italian students and […]
Read more“Non appena questo momento sarà passato, arriverà il momento della rinascita, che ci troverà preparati e pronti a rimboccarci le maniche e a lavorare tutti insieme, ciascuno nel proprio campo”. Questo il messaggio con cui il compositore, pianista e direttore d’orchestra Nicola Piovani ha voluto aderire alla campagna della Farnesina ‘La cultura non si ferma’ #WeAreItaly. Dal sito del Ministero […]
Read more“As soon as this moment has passed, the time of rebirth will come. It will find us prepared and ready to roll up our sleeves and work together, each one in their own field. This is the message with which the composer, pianist and conductor Nicola Piovani wanted to join the Ministry of Foreign Affairs […]
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