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11 April 2019

“Leonardo Opera Omnia” in Addis Abeba

The “Leonardo Opera Omnia” exhibition will be on show at the Ethnographic Museum in Addis Abeba until 12 April. Organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) and Rai Com, it displays 17 perfect extremely high-definition reproductions of the entire pictorial corpus of the Renaissance genius.   The […]

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10 April 2019

Dakar: the story of Antigone and the African theatre

The experiences and influences of avant-garde theatre have been combined with African traditional theatre in a theatrical piece dedicated to the story of Antigone and staged at the Italian embassy in Dakar in collaboration with the new Italian Cultural Institute. “Antigone An African story”, by Jean Anouilh, directed and set design by Massimo Luconi, has […]

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10 April 2019

Portugal, Festa del Cinema Italiano to tour the country

More than 50 Italian films will tour 19 Portuguese cities from 4 to 14 April as part of the 12th edition of the Festa del Cinema Italiano organised by the Sorpasso Association with the sponsorship of the Italian Embassy and Cultural Institute in Lisbon. The festival is a review of the best Italian contemporary cinema, […]

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9 April 2019

Lima: Meeting of the Directors of the Italian Cultural Institutes

The Undersecretary of State Guglielmo Picchi chaired the Opening Session of an Area Coordination Meeting of the Directors of the Italian Cultural Institutes and of the School Directors of Central and South America that was held in Lima (8-9 April), at the attendance of the Foreign Ministry’s Director General for Cultural and Economic Promotion and […]

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9 April 2019

Ankara: ‘Bach is in the Air’ with Ramin Bahrami and Danilo Rea

The Ankara Piano Festival closed with a greatly acclaimed concert by the exceptional Ramin Bahrami and Danilo Rea piano duo: ‘Bach is in the Air’, which was organised by the Italian Embassy in partnership with Altus Arts & Culture. The duo presented Ramin Bahrami’s extraordinary performances of Bach combined with Danilo Rea’s original jazz improvisations. […]

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8 April 2019

Australian stop for the Sanremo World Tour

On Saturday, a full house at the Sydney Capitol Recital Hall greeted the third stop of the Sanremo Giovani World Tour. Einar, Federica Abbate, Deschema, La Rua and Nyvinne presented their repertories and some new arrangements of the biggest Italian hits before more than 1,200 people. The Australian stop of the tour – organised with […]

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8 April 2019

Tirana: Italian universities present their academic courses to Albanian youths

Forty Italian Universities, 5 Fine Arts Academies and 3 Music Conservatories went to Tirana to present their institutions to young Albanians interested in studying in Italy. The event, organised by the Italian Cultural Institute with the support of the Embassy, was aimed at presenting the range of academic courses offered in Italy and also at […]

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5 April 2019

Yerevan: “The Form of Colour” exhibition at the National Gallery

An exhibition destined to leave a mark: “The Form of Colour, from Tintoretto to Canaletto”, opening today in Yerevan, is an extraordinary itinerary spanning across three centuries, from the Renaissance to the Rococo, through 55 works that arrived at the National Gallery of Ancient Art of Trieste from Armenia. It is the fruit of a […]

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4 April 2019

A Tokyo il Sanremo Giovani World Tour, tutto esaurito

Tutto esaurito all’istituto italiano di cultura di Tokyo per la seconda tappa del tour Sanremo Giovani che vede i finalisti della manifestazione dedicata ai giovani talenti diventare ambasciatori della musica italiana nel mondo. Alle 372 persone che hanno potuto prendere posto nell’auditorium Se ne sono aggiunte oltre 5.800 che hanno seguito le esibizioni di Deschema, […]

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3 April 2019

Elias Nardi Quartet performs in Bratislava

​The Elias Nardi Quartet performed at the Kapucìnsky Kostol in Bratislava. Organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in the Slovak capital, the concert featured the rich Mediterranean music world where elements of ethnic, jazz and classical music combine. The Elias Nardi Quartet is the meeting of four talents and their instruments:The oud (an Arab lute, […]

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3 April 2019

Paris: exhibition on Carlo Levi, painter and writer

The Italian Cultural Institute in Paris hosts an interesting exhibition on Carlo Levi and his work as painter and writer between the French capital and Matera. The artist was not only the author of the famous book Cristo si è fermato a Eboli (“Christ Stopped at Eboli”), or an anti-Fascist intellectual whom Sartre and Beauvoir would always […]

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3 April 2019

Argentina: photographic exhibition on Bartali, Righteous among Nations

The Italian Consulate General in Argentina, together with the B’nai B’rith Jewish association, organised a photographic exhibition on Gino Bartali entitled ”Righteous among Nations, cycling champions and Humankind” at Bahia Blanca. The exhibition is hosted in the historic building of the ‘Bolsa de Comercio di Bahia Blanca’, and is part of the initiatives launched by […]

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