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27 October 2016
Mozambique – Italy-Mozambique Jazz Festival attracts big audiences

The Italy-Mozambique Jazz Festival is back and ready to enliven the nights of Maputo. Now at its 12th edition, the musical kermesse is considered a consolidated event that further cements the ties of friendship and cultural exchange between the two countries also by promoting a fruitful interaction between Italian and local musicians. The Festival opening […]

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27 October 2016
Malta – Music event with Vincenzo Balzani Piano Recital

The Vincenzo Balzani Piano Recital will be held at Malta’s St. Patrick’s Church in Sliema at 7 p.m. on 29 October. The concert is organised by the European Foundation for Support of Culture, in conjunction with the Italian Cultural Institute in La Valletta, as part of the “Classical Music Stars in Malta” cycle of concerts […]

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26 October 2016
Launch of the ‘First Week of Italian Cuisine in the World’

Promoting Italy’s culinary tradition abroad as one of the most distinctive features of Brand Italy. This is the aim of the ‘First Week of Italian Cuisine in the World’ initiative which will be presented this morning at Villa Madama. The event intends to provide continuity to the themes successfully developed by Expo Milano 2015 and […]

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26 October 2016
Paolo Gentiloni and Maurizio Martina: “A Week in which to promote Made in Italy cuisine” (Il Sole 24 Ore)

A legacy from Expo Milano 2015 that the Government is bringing forward is the «Food Act» project, which includes the protocol of understanding signed last March to promote Italian high-quality cuisine abroad. Thanks to this, we have created for the first time a team that puts together institutions, companies, chambers of commerce, the world of […]

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25 October 2016
Relations between Italy and Japan

Today and tomorrow Rome will play host to two seminars celebrating the 150th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Italy and Japan. The seminars, to be respectively held at the Chamber of Deputies and at the Luigi Sturzo Institute, will discuss the economic and political issues that bind the two Countries together. The Italian Foreign Ministry […]

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25 October 2016
Serbia – “Concerts in Galleria” at the Italian Cultural Institute in Belgrade

The Italian Cultural Institute (IIC), in partnership with the KCB, the Cultural Centre of Belgrade, will host ‘Concerts in Galleria’, a series of concerts scheduled every Monday. A notice posted on the IIC website reads: “Thanks to this cooperation with the KCB, a relevant cultural institution in the city, the Institute confirms to be a […]

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25 October 2016
Turkey – Vinicio Capossela celebrates his 25-year career in Istanbul

Vinicio Capossela, Italian artist, singer and entertainer, will stage his “Qu’Art de Siecle” show to the Teatro della Casa d’Italia in Istanbul on October 28. The event, promoted by the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Istanbul, will celebrate his 25 year-long career dedicated to music. It began in 1990 with his debut album “All’una e […]

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24 October 2016
China – Fashion speaks Italian to celebrate Italian Language Week

“Fashion speaks Italian” and is inspired by art: this is the theme of the fashion show the students from Beijing’s Fashion School, hosted by the Italian Culture Institute, have organised within the framework of the events for the Italian Culture and Language Week in China. The work of over 30 designers-to-be, led by Professor Yanh […]

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24 October 2016
Finland – Modigliani’s retrospective in Helsinki features 200 masterpieces

Helsinki’s Ateneum Art Museum will host an extensive retrospective of Amedeo Modigliani’s works starting from 28 October until 5 February, 2017. An installation of almost 200 masterpieces of the famous Italian painter and sculptor will be shown on the Museum’s third floor. This is Modigliani’s largest exhibition ever launched in a Scandinavian country. Modigliani, who […]

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24 October 2016
16th Week of Italian Language in the World – Events on 22 and 23 October

Events on 22 October “Doctor Gadget” on stage in Cairo      The Italian Cultural Institute in Cairo, in cooperation with the Swiss Embassy in Egypt, presents a match of on-stage improvisations to explore the soul of objects. Three actors, Françoise Prefumo, Valerie Tacheron and Fabio Maccioni, will “dialogue” with Made in Italy and Italian-designed […]

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