Diplomazia Culturale

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25 January 2018

Brundibar staged in Zagreb to celebrate Holocaust Remembrance Day

To commemorate the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Italian Cultural Institute, in association with the Tolerance Centre and the City of Zagreb, will stage Brundibar, the children’s opera performed in the lager of Theresienstadt (in the modern-day Czech Republic) by young detainees, none of whom survived the imprisonment.     It is the first time that […]

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Diplomatic Network

25 January 2018

Italy takes centre stage at Bangkok Design Week

A symbolic maze made up of 2,500 cardboard boxes will take visitors on an evocative adventure showcasing iconic Italian design works: ‘A*Maze*ing Journey to the Italian Design House’ is an installation commissioned by the Italian Embassy in Thailand for the Bangkok Design Week 2018. The event, which runs from 27 January to 4 February, takes […]

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25 January 2018

Integrated Programme “Italy, Cultures, the Mediterranean”

The new year kicked off with the journey across “Italy, Cultures, the Mediterranean”, the cultural programme that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), will promote over the year through its overseas network in the Countries of the Middle East, North Africa and the Gulf region.    The special plan #Vivereallitaliana, “Italy, Cultures, the […]

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Diplomatic Network

22 January 2018

Pianist Nicola Losito to perform in Istanbul

The Sala Teatro Casa d’Italia  of the Italian Cultural Institute in Istanbul will host a concert of the pianist Nicola Losito, who has performed extensively in Italy as well as in Austria, Belgium, Croatia, France, Germany, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain and the United States. As a soloist, Losito has played with Solisti Aquilani, the Orchestra […]

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Diplomatic Network

22 January 2018

Palermo’s Mayor Orlando opens the exhibition “Praga Palermo. Impressioni”

During his two-day mission to Prague, the Mayor of Palermo, Leoluca Orlando, participated in the launching of the photo exhibition entitled  “Praga/Palermo. Impressioni” , organised in the Baroque chapel of the Italian Cultural Institute in the capital city of the Czech Republic. “With this photo exhibit, we are experiencing the beautiful possibility of looking at a city with […]

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Diplomatic Network

19 January 2018

The “Jump” exhibition opens in San Francisco

In an exhibition recently displayed in the sumptuous location of the Ducal Palace of Sabbioneta, the paintings by Silvia Caimi propose the theme “Jump”, the physical thrust that continues to represent Man’s aspiration towards transcendence and essence. The exhibition will open at the Italian Cultural Institute in San Francisco on 9 February. Silvia Caimi’s artistic […]

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Diplomatic Network

19 January 2018

Lisbon hosts the presentation of MANN

On 30 January, the Italian Cultural Institute in Lisbon will host the presentation of the MANN – the National Archaeological Museum of Naples – with a lecture entitled Museums and technology. From urban inclusion to gamification”, organised by Paolo Giulierini, the Director of the MANN Museum of Naples, in partnership with the Direção-Geral do Património […]

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Diplomatic Network

17 January 2018

Siro Surfing, by choreographer Siro Guglielmi

The Italian Cultural Institute in Madrid, in cooperation with the Teatros del Canal, will present the choreographic work of Siro Guglielmi, from 6 to 9 p.m. on 18 and 19 January and, on 20 January, a demo of the creative process of siro’ surfing, a work created during the choreographer’s artist-in-residence period at the Centro Danza Canal. […]

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Diplomatic Network

17 January 2018

Toronto hosts “Mamma: in the Meantime”, a photographic tale

“Mamma: in the Meantime” is a heart-breaking photographic tale of an extraordinary and unconventional relationship between an artist and his muse. The exhibition will run from 15 February to 3 April at Toronto’s Joseph D. Carrier Gallery.  Tony and his ninety-four-year-old mother Elia embark on a journey in which art becomes the perfect means to […]

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Diplomatic Network

16 January 2018

Italy-Thailand, 150 years of diplomatic relations

Sixty-nine events with an Italian hallmark will be scheduled in Thailand throughout 2018 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the diplomatic relations Between Rome and Bangkok. The intense schedule of events, the most outstanding of which includes 8 opera singing events – including the ones with the orchestra of the San Carlo Theatre directed by […]

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Diplomatic Network

15 January 2018

Jazz concert by Luca Ciarla and Enrico Zanisi in Jakarta

As their first event of the year, the Italian Embassy and Cultural Institute in Jakarta will present a jazz concert by Luca Ciarla (violin) and Enrico Zanisi (piano). Before the performance, the Ciarla-Zanisi duo will hold a musical workshop on the creative approach to their musical compositions. The Workshop will be attended by the students […]

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Press Releases

11 January 2018

Alfano: Italy is a real superpower of culture and beauty

“I am happy that Rai public service TV dedicated its attention to the wealth of Italy’s cultural heritage that is included in the list of the UNESCO sites, with a programme of excellent quality and great impact for the image of our Country. The programme highlights the qualities that we are acknowledged to have by […]

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