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31 March 2016
Argentina – Cultural heritage conservation takes centre stage

The 4th International Meeting on Preventive and Interventive Conservation in Museums, Archives and Libraries will be held in Buenos Aires from Apr. 4 to 7. The event, organised by the National History Museum of the Cabildo and the May Revolution (Museo Histórico Nacional del Cabildo y de la Revolución de Mayo) in partnership with the […]

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31 March 2016
Tunis – Tosca to sing at Jazz à Carthage Festival on 13 April

The Italian singer Tosca will perform on April 13 at the 11th edition of the Jazz à Carthage Festival in a show entitled “Appunti Musicali di Viaggio” (“Musical Travel Notes”). The only Italian guest at the Tunisian festival, Tosca will present a ‘musical narration’ unfolding from a Portuguese Fado to a Russian lullaby, from a […]

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31 March 2016
Moscow – NICE, the new Italian cinema, out to conquer Russia

NICE-New Italian Cinema Events makes its comeback in promoting emerging Italian cinema at the 19th edition of the NICE Russia 2016 festival directed by Viviana del Bianco. As in previous editions, the two Russian screenings will run almost in parallel: in Moscow from 5 to 11 April at the Illusion Cinema Theatre and from 8 to 13 April in St. Petersburg, where NICE […]

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31 March 2016
Berlin – A retrospective to show the many faces of Monica Vitti

“Ikone, Diva … Komödiantin”, the Berlin retrospective dedicated to Monica Vitti, the Italian actress with a thousand faces who played in an infinite number of roles, will close on 31 March. Maria Luisa Ceciarelli, whose stage name is Monica Vitti, is now 84 years old and hasn’t set foot on a scene for many years because of […]

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31 March 2016
Germany – Taking stock of Italian language teaching, from Florence to Munich

An overview spanning from Florence to Munich in order to take stock of the new challenges and strategies in disseminating the Italian language abroad was organised in Germany as a follow-up of the ‘States General of the Italian Language in the World’ held in Florence in 2014 and promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs […]

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30 March 2016
Chile – Archiart celebrates Giuseppe Rondizzoni

An exhibition on Giuseppe Rondizzoni, a Napoleonic soldier of Italian origin, has opened in Santiago, Chile. Entitled “Giuseppe Rondizzoni, a Hero”, the exhibition looks at the life a man who directly participated in the struggle for Chilean independence from 1816, when he travelled with General Jose Miguel Carrera to South America on the corvette Clifton. […]

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30 March 2016
Toronto – Jazz pianist Giovanni Guidi closes ‘Sounds of Italy’

The “Sounds of Italy” series of concerts hosted by the Jazz Bistro in Toronto closed with a recital by pianist Giovanni Guidi. The project is the fruit of a partnership between the Italian Institute of Culture, the Consulate General of Italy in Toronto and Jazz.Fm91 radio station, Canada’s main jazz broadcaster with approximately 500,000 listeners […]

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30 March 2016
Tirana – Aterballetto dance company stages its “Don Quixote” in Albania

Aterballetto, the renowned Italian ballet and contemporary dance company, will stage the single performance of its show “Don Q. – Don Quixote de la Mancha” next 5 April at Tirana’s National Theatre of Opera and Ballet of Albania. The performance is organised by the Italian Embassy and Institute of Culture in Tirana, in partnership with […]

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30 March 2016
Munich – Italian researchers assemble for first conference of “Italy’s Northernmost City”

Munich’s geographic proximity to Italy, the high standards of living and the presence of research centres of primary importance throughout the territory have recently spurred a growing number of Italian researchers to move to what is called “Italy’s Northernmost City”. This gives particular importance to the first official conference of the Italian researchers who live […]

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30 March 2016
Barcelona – Catalonia’s focus on Elio Petri in April

Between “The Teacher from Vigevano” (“Il maestro di Vigevano”, 1963) to “Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion” (“Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto”, 1970), there are several milestones that Elio Petri handed down to the history of the cinema. The Roman-born film director (1929 -82) will be celebrated in Barcelona throughout the […]

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29 March 2016
Cape Town – Italy offers grants for South African students

The Farnesina (Italian Foreign Ministry) has launched a programme of scholarships for South African citizens and Italian nationals resident in South Africa who want to continue their studies or research projects in Italy. “The grants give South Africans the chance not only to spend a few months in Italy and study the language, but also […]

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