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7 March 2018

YOUNG ITALIAN MUSICAL TALENTS IN THE WORLD

A project launched by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, in association with the Accademia Musicale Chigiana of Siena, aims to promote young Italian musical talents abroad and support their career. The partnership between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) and the Accademia Musicale Chigiana of Siena will consolidate through Young Italian […]

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Diplomatic Network

7 March 2018

Tunisia – Instrument Jam

The Zappalà Danza dance company made its world debut with lnstrument Jam on 1 March, which was received with great public and critical acclaim at the Théatre National Tunisien in Tunis. The event was part of the “Italy, Cultures, the Mediterranean” programme and represented the first result of the three-party agreement between the Ministry of […]

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Diplomatic Network

6 March 2018

Thailand: concert by Vinicio Capossela

As part of the Italian Festival in Thailand 2018, the Italian Embassy has organised a concert by the famous singer-songwriter Vinicio Capossela, which will be held at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, 7 March 2018, at the Aksra Theatre King Power of Bangkok. Admission to the concert is free of charge but you are required to register […]

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Diplomatic Network

5 March 2018

“Italy, Cultures, the Mediterranean” in Tunisia

As part of the «Italy, Cultures, the Mediterranean » cultural programme, Eugenio Bennato is en route towards the Southern Mediterranean. On 4 March, he will be at the Acropolium of Carthage (Tunis) for the first stop of his “Da che sud è sud” (« For as long as South has been South ») international tour, which will then […]

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Diplomatic Network

28 February 2018

Madrid: young talents of Italian cuisine

Pilar Toledo Verdú, a young woman from Alicante, and Domenico Demoro, an Italian national living in Seville are the two winners of the competition entitled ‘Prepara il tuo futuro-giovani talenti della cucina italiana’ (‘Prepare your future – young talents of Italian cuisine’). Promoted ed by the Italian Embassy in Spain, the competition was organized in […]

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Diplomatic Network

28 February 2018

Study day in Algiers: “Promotion & Valorisation” and the presentation of “Italy, Cultures, the Mediterranean”

To celebrate the European Year of Cultural Heritage, the Italian Embassy and Italian Cultural Institute in Algiers, in association with the Algerian Ministry of Culture and the National Archaeological Research Centre, organized a Cultural Heritage Day entitled “Promotion and Valorisation” on 26 February. The event, organized at the Palais de la Culture Moufdi Zakaria in […]

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Diplomatic Network

21 February 2018

‘Italian Light’. Italian design exhibition in Zagreb

A selection of 60 lamps produced by the most famous Italian designers between the 1950s and the 1990s are on show in the ‘Italian Light’ exhibition at the Museum of Arts and Crafts in Zagreb. A ‘reasoned’ itinerary guides the many visitors through full-fledged sculptures of light, the fruit of Italian creativity. Promoted and supported by the […]

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Diplomatic Network

15 February 2018

Italy showcased in the South Africa contemporary art fair – the Cape Town Art Fair closes with the Italian Consulate as the event’s institutional partner

The Investec Cape Town Art Fair – ICTAF, the contemporary art fair that, after only a few years, is now positioned as the most important in the African continent (6500 sqm of exhibition space, 95 international exhibitors, 22,000 visitors and expected sales for 6 million euros for the 2018 edition), kicked off on 15 February through […]

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Events

15 February 2018

Italy-India: a 70-year relationship told in the book ‘qualcosa e’ accaduto’

Seventy years of diplomatic relations between Italy and India. Diplomatic relations between Italy and India were celebrated today at a meeting at the Presidency of the Council of Ministers. Some of the greatest experts in the area attended, with the Italian Ambassador to India, Lorenzo Angeloni, and the Indian Ambassador to Italy, Reenat Sandhu. Closing […]

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Diplomatic Network

15 February 2018

Raffaela Mariniello in Madrid with “La deriva del paesaggio”

The Italian Cultural Institute in Madrid presents the first personal exhibition by the artist Raffaela Mariniello in Spain as part of the ARCO International Contemporary Art Fair. “La deriva del paesaggio” is a retrospective exhibition by the Neapolitan artist and photographerand includes a rich sampling of her varied photographic and light box work.This dynamic, diachronic excursion […]

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Diplomatic Network

15 February 2018

MM Contemporary Dance Company at the Vancouver Chutzpah! Festival

The “Bolero” by Maurice Ravel, with choreography by Michele Merola and Igor Stravinsky and “The Rite of Spring”, choreography by Enrico Morelli. The MM Contemporary Dance Company is directed by choreographer by Michele Merola and was established in 1999 as a production centre for events and performances and to promote festivals and workshops with the aim of fostering exchanges and alliances between Italian and international […]

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Diplomatic Network

15 February 2018

Italian writers win over Czech readers

A supplement to the Literarni Noviny literary magazine dedicated to contemporary Italian literature was presented at Prague’s Literarni Kavarna literary café. The supplement, edited in cooperation with the local Italian Cultural Institute, makes an overview of 16 writers whose works have been recently published in the Czech language, complemented with articles, interviews and in-depth reports. […]

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