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6 March 2015
Bucharest – Italian-speakers’ card awarded to 30 Romanian personalities

The Romanian premier Victor Ponta and another 29 personalities from the worlds of culture, sport and entertainment in Romania have been awarded the “Italian-speakers’ card”. The initiative, conceived by Under-Secretary Mario Giro, will be introduced in all of our Embassies. Awarded to personalities with a deep understanding of the Italian language and culture, the card […]

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5 March 2015
Peru – Three Italian musicians performing with the National Symphony Orchestra

A special musical project organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Lima, in collaboration with the Peruvian Ministry of Culture, is now under way. Three Italian guests will be performing with Peru’s National Symphony Orchestra during is 2015 season. The first event, on 6 March, sees conductor Matteo Pagliari lead the orchestra at the Gran […]

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5 March 2015
Montreal – Alberto Mario Delogou and his book “Ballate per seppellire un fucile”

Alberto Mario Delogou – a Sardinian-born agronomist, economist, journalist, actor and writer – will present his multilingual book “Ballate per seppellire un fucile” at the Italian Cultural Institute in Montreal (1200, Avenue du Dr. Penfield) at 18.30 on Thursday 12 March 2015. The Institute is promoting the event with the patronage of Performigations: People are […]

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3 March 2015
Prague – Chiara Mengozzi describes her book “Vent’anni di scritture italiane della migrazione”

Literature will take centre stage at the Italian Cultural Institute in Prague on 5 March 2015, with a presentation of “Narrazioni contese. Vent’anni di scritture italiane della migrazione” by Chiara Mengozzi. Organised in collaboration with the Dante Alighieri Society, the event will illustrate the author’s work with Luciano Lagazzi on the topic of writing and […]

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3 March 2015
Beijing – Friuli Venezia Giulia collaborating with the Italian Cultural Institute

The President of Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, Debora Serracchiani, and the Director of the Italian Cultural Institute in Beijing, Stefania Stafutti, have organised an event to explore collaboration between the region and China. The focus is on the cultural and economic spheres, and on opportunities for Spilimbergo’s renowned school for mosaic artists. Read more, in […]

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3 March 2015
Argentina – “Introvisione” exhibition opens

The “Introvisione” art movement has arrived in Argentina. For a month, starting on 5 March 2015, the Borjes cultural centre will host an exhibition featuring 3 Italian artists: Giovanni Schiaroli and Roberto Giovannetti (painters) and Monica Rafaeli (sculptor). The artists have also invited the Argentinian photographer Daniel Goldberg to exhibit with them. The exhibition was […]

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2 March 2015
Montreal – Italian video-art seeks to win over Canada

An Italian video-art review will be held at the Cinémathèque Québécoise in Montreal on Wednesdays 4 and 11 March (19:00), where the Italian Cultural Institute of that city will present “Archetypes of Contemporary Italian Video-Art”. The project is part of the broader “Création Vidéo: Trois temps, trois lieu”, and grew out of a desire to […]

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27 February 2015
Argentina – Italy showcased at Pantalla Pinamar

The 11th edition of the Argentine-European film festival Pantalla Pinamar, named for the same Argentine town located in the province of Buenos Aires, will take place from 7 to 14 March. Italy will enjoy a special showcase for its latest productions in the section “Selected films from the Taormina Festival”. There will be a press […]

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26 February 2015
Tokyo – Leonardo lives in “An impossible interview”

The theatrical event “Being Leonardo Da Vinci. An impossible Interview”, written, directed and acted by Massimiliano Finazzer Flory, is currently touring Japan. After its premier in Tokyo, it will go on to tour Fukuoka, Nagoya, Kyoto and Osaka. Italian ambassador to Tokyo Domenico Giorgi attended the opening, which was organised and hosted by the Italian […]

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26 February 2015
Algiers – Christian Leotta brings Beethoven’s sonatas

Pianist Christian Leotta brought the first 8 of Ludwig Van Beethoven’s piano sonatas to Algiers in a recital at the Auditorium of the Radio. The event was a premier for Africa, and the first phase in a project created by the Italian Cultural Institute in collaboration with the ‘Aissa Messaoudi’ Cultural Centre for the execution […]

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26 February 2015
UK – Science and Uni cooperation grows

Italian ambassador to the London Pasquale Terracciano was at the University of Cambridge for a series of meetings focused on boosting Italian studies at that British university complex, later visiting the Fitzwilliam Museum, where two bronze statues on loan to the museum were recently attributed to Michelangelo. The ambassador then went on to the Language Department, […]

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25 February 2015
Argentina – Growth in Medical Cooperation

Italy and Argentina are contributing to the further development of collaboration in the field of medicine. A fourth cooperation framework agreement between the Italian Gastroenterologists Association and its Argentine counterpart, signed in the presence of the Italian ambassador to Buenos Aires Teresa Cataldo, is intended to promote youth training exchanges, joint clinical trials and joint […]

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