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19 May 2016
Muscat – Great success of Italy-Oman painting exhibition

The exhibition “Nell’ombra del sole – In the Shade of the Sun”, the first joint show of the Italian hyper-Realist painter Attilio Forgioli and the emerging Omani artist Mohammed al Maamri, was organised by the Italian Embassy in Oman. Under the direction of Giorgio Visetti and the Muscart Gallery, the exhibition was hosted by the […]

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18 May 2016
Argentina – Carusi and Cortesi commemorate composer Francesco Paolo Tosti

Pianist Nazzareno Carusi and singer Valentina Cortesi will hold a concert on May 18 at the Italian Institute of Culture (IIC) in Buenos Aires, to mark the centenary of the death of the great composer Francesco Paolo Tosti. For the occasion the pianist and the jazz musician will offer their particular interpretation of his ballads. […]

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18 May 2016
Japan – Tazio Nuvolari Trophy race inaugurated at Consulate

The 2016 Tazio Nuvolari Trophy, a race for classic car collectors held in Hokkaido from July 16 to 18, was inaugurated at the Kyoto residence of the General Consul of Italy in Osaka, Marco Lombardi. He recalled the figure of Tazio Nuvolari, who managed to accomplish extraordinary enterprises and who still exercises great magnetism on […]

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16 May 2016
Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosts the “Italian Design Day” Working Group

The design working group chaired by the Director General for Cultural and Economic Promotion and Innovation, Vincenzo De Luca, held a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, building on the great experience of the 21st Triennale di Milano and the 55th Salone del Mobile, promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs which organised more […]

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16 May 2016
China – Beijing Career Day

More than 100 young people and businesses attended the third Beijing Career Day, organised by the Italian Embassy in Beijing with the Italian Chamber of Commerce and the Association of Young Italians in China. It was opened by the Italian Ambassador, Ettore Sequi, and included a session of themed workshops and meetings with young people […]

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16 May 2016
Diplomazia e dintorni – Italian Jazz earmarked for export

The 61th episode “Diplomazia e dintorni” (“Diplomacy and the Like”) is entitled “Jazz to Export” and will feature an extraordinary guest star: Pino Saulo, music critic of Radio3 and long-time curator and presenter of numerous RAI radio broadcasts. The programme will be aired at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, 17 May, 2016, on Radio LUISS. Italian […]

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16 May 2016
Madrid – Architecture and the City, a photographic show by Gabriele Basilico

As part of the Photoespaña 2016 International Festival, the Italian Institute of Culture in Madrid has staged the photographic show “Gabriele Basilico, Architecture and the City. Photographs from the Maxxi Collection”, curated by Margherita Guccione and Simona Antonacci. The show, which will open on 27 May and run until 6 September, consists of an itinerary […]

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16 May 2016
Greece – Italy present at International Book Fair of Thessaloniki

Italian literature will be featured at the International Book Fair of Thessaloniki, the largest publishing industry event in Greece and the Balkans. The Italian Institute of Culture in Athens has organised the presentation of two works recently translated into Greek, together with an event commemorating Umberto Eco. It starts on Saturday with “Hanna Never Closes […]

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16 May 2016
Myanmar – Italian Mezzotono vocal group to perform in Yangon

Italian group Mezzotono are going to Myanmar for the”Mad in Italy” concert. They will perform on Sunday at Yangon‘s Novotel to celebrate Europe Day 2016, as part of the promotional programme “Italy in Myanmar 2016: our legacy from the past, our vision of the future”. The concert will be a voice-only performance by the five […]

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13 May 2016
Lisbon – The Italian Institute of Culture hosts “Michelangelo, the Unknown”

The cycle of documentaries “On the Trail of Michelangelo” (“Sulle tracce di Michelangelo” by director Nino Criscenti) screened at the Italian Institute of Culture (IIC) in Lisbon will end with the third and last showing scheduled for Thursday, May 19 at 6:30 p.m. Antonio Paolucci, the director of the Vatican Museums, will comment the series’ […]

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