Diplomazia Culturale

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18 January 2016

Berlin – Literature, Igiaba Scego guest of the Italian Cultural Institute

Racism, integration, roots and identity. These, amongst others, will be discussed at the Italian Cultural Institute in Berlin on Tuesday January 19 (at 7:00pm) on the occasion of the presentation of the book “La mia casa è dove sono” (Home is where I am). The Italian Cultural Institute will be hosting writer Igiaba Scego who […]

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18 January 2016

Los Angeles – Taormina Film Festival opens in Los Angeles

Los Angeles, the “City of the Angels”, hosts the first edition of the Taormina Film Festival (TTF) on Jan. 20 and 21, featuring Italian and Sicilian independent films. This event was made possible by an agreement between the Italian Cultural Institute in Los Angeles, the Consulate General of Italy and the Italian Trade Commission (ICE).  […]

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18 January 2016

Moscow – A 3D journey into the heart of Italian Renaissance

“Florence and the Uffizi Gallery 3D/4K – A Journey into the Heart of the Renaissance” is much more than a documentary film . It is a multidimensional and multisensory journey into the Renaissance through Florence’s most beautiful works of art. The project , produced by  Sky 3D with  Sky Arte HD, Nexo Digital and Magnitudo […]

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15 January 2016

Geneva – Anpi and Comites: tribute to Pertini with the screening of “I’ll miss you”

Sandro Pertini, the partisan and President of the Italian Republic, was a model of honesty and coherency, freedom and democracy, to whom Vittorio Giacci has dedicated a documentary-film entitled “I’ll miss you – Memories of Sandro Pertini”. Co-produced by ACT Multimedia and the national “Sandro Pertini” association, under the High Patronage of the President of […]

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15 January 2016

Haifa – A world without us by Manuela Dviri at Italian Institute

The second event held at the Italian Cultural Institute in Haifa is the presentation of Manuela Dviri’s book, “A world without us”, by Miriam Levi Liuzzi on January 20, for Remembrance Day 2016. Manuela Dviri is a daughter gradually piecing together a vast family puzzle; she is a mother who loses her beloved 20-year-old son […]

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14 January 2016

Italy-Japan – 150 years of bilateral relations

With the opening of the two exhibitions “Botticelli and His Time” at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum and “Leonardo Da Vinci: Beyond the Visible” at the Edo Tokyo Museum, the schedule of events organised to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the start of diplomatic relations between Italy and Japan begins tomorrow. A full programme that ranges […]

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14 January 2016

Cartagena – Italy starts at international Music Festival

The 10th edition of the Cartagena International Music Festival is in full swing, featuring a number of Italian performers. These include soloists from the Concerto Italiano, conducted by Rinaldo Alessandrini and the jazz guitarist and composer Alberto Capelli. The Fundacion Salvi and the Italian Cultural Institute in Bogota organised the festival and the participation of […]

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14 January 2016

New York – Robert Gallo receives Leonardo da Vinci Prize

The Italian Heritage and Culture Committee (IHCC) has conferred the 2015 Leonardo da Vinci Award on Robert Gallo, an Italo-American and an internationally renowned researcher in the field of immunology. The Director of the Institute of Human Virology and Professor of Medicine at the Maryland School of Medicine, Dr Gallo played a key role in […]

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13 January 2016

Tirana – Italian writer Stefano Petrocchi launches book in Albania

Italian writer, Stefano Petrocchi, will present his novel “La polveriera” [The powder keg] in Shkoder and Tirana on Wednesday and Thursday, revealing the behind-the-scene story of the  literary award ‘Premio Strega’ in Albania.  The event  has been organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Tirana, in collaboration with the Italian Department of the University of […]

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13 January 2016

Argentina – “Zorba, the Greek” returns to Argentina on February 11

“Zorba the Greek”,  produced by Naples’ San Carlo theatre, will be back on stage in Argentina on Feb. 11, to participate in the second edition of the “Festival de musica en Plaza Vaticano”. The performance is a two-act choral ballet with 22 scenes designed by Lorca Massine in 1988. “Zorba the Greek” was inspired by […]

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13 January 2016

Santiago – “La Moneda” celebrates its tenth anniversary with Botticelli

The Italian Cultural Institute in Santiago and the Italian Embassy in Chile participate in the celebrations of the tenth anniversary of the foundation of Centro Cultural La Moneda in the Chilean capital, promoting the display of one of Sandro Botticelli’s most important works: the Madonna and Child with six Angels. The display, which is completely […]

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13 January 2016

Madrid launches “Made in Italy, 1950-70 Graphic Design”

The exhibition “Made in Italy, 1950-70 Graphic Design, Creativity and Experience”, has been launched in Madrid, and will be hosted in the Palacio Quintanar in Segovia until Feb. 28. The Palacio is  a centre connected with the Consejeria de Cultura y Turismo of the Junta de Castilla y Leon. The exhibition, that has been organised […]

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