It is difficult to sum up in just a few lines a life as full as that of Ennio Odino’s. As a resistance fighter he escaped a massacre in Liguria, and was then interned in Mauthausen concentration camp. After he was freed he returned to Italy, where he became a professional cyclist alongside Fausto Coppi. […]
Read moreItalian author Andrea Bajani has presented his novel “Mi conosci” to German readers, at an event hosted by the Italian Cultural Institute in Hamburg. The book is a homage to the memory of his friend and fellow author, Antonio Tabucchi, who died in 2012. The novel, published in Germany with the title “Erkennst Du mich”, […]
Read moreThe Teatro San Carlo in Naples and the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires will be working together at the “Music Festival in Plaza Vaticano 2015”. Italy’s participation is supported by the Italian Embassy in Argentina and the Italian Cultural Institute in Buenos Aires. The Teatro San Carlo will be presenting Mozart’s Requiem (ballet) on 30 […]
Read moreA photography exhibition by Aurelio Amendola will bring the sculptures of Michelangelo Buonarroti to the Canadian city of Montreal. Hosted by the Italian Cultural Institute, “Michelangelo’s sculptures through the lens of Aurelio Amendola” opens on Thursday 5 February and runs until Friday 27 February 2015. The exhibition features 36 black-and-white photographs by the world-famous photographer. […]
Read moreItaly and Croatia are developing stronger university cooperation. Our Ambassador in Zagreb, Emanuela D’Alessandro, led an Italian delegation that included the rector and deputyrector of the University of Camerino, Flavio Corradini e Claudio Pettinari; the president of the Association of Italian Entrepreneurs in Croatia, Dubravko Hoic; and the director of the ICE-Italian Trade Agency office […]
Read moreTo mark the 750th anniversary of the birth of Dante Alighieri, the network of Italian Cultural Institutes is organising a series of events to celebrate the father of the Italian language. Our Cultural Institute in Budapest has organised a performance of “Vita Nuova/Dante Alighieri” with Paolo Antonio Simioni (who is also the director) and Giuseppe […]
Read moreTo mark the 750th anniversary of the birth of Dante Alighieri, the network of Italian Cultural Institutes is organising a series of events to celebrate the father of the Italian language. Our Cultural Institute in Budapest has organised a performance of “Vita Nuova/Dante Alighieri” with Paolo Antonio Simioni (who is also the director) and Giuseppe […]
Read moreThe Year of Italy in Latin America opens with “Leonardo, Raffaello, Caravaggio: una mostra impossibile”, hosted by Mexico City’s Centro Nacional de las Artes (CENART) from 15 January through March. The exhibition will consist of high-definition reproductions of the great Italian artists’ masterpieces, and will be the first in a packed calendar of approximately 200 […]
Read moreThe Italian Cultural Institute of Budapest began a 6-month cycle of encounters at its own Caffè Letterario, which will consist of monthly readings from great Italian novels, both classic and contemporary, over a fine cup of coffee. The authors featured will begin with Camilleri, and include Tabucchi, Eco and others.
Read moreA recently held Italian film festival organised by the Italian Cultural Institute of Barcelona and the Cinecittà Istituto Luce, with the patronage of the Italian Consulate General in Barcelona, was a great critical and popular success. The event offered Italian cinema lovers in Barcelona an opportunity to see some of the best in recent film […]
Read moreThe Italian Cultural Institute of Budapest inaugurated a calendar of events planned for the early months of 2015 with a concert on Sunday by Tito Ceccherini and the Mav Symphony Orchestra, with Pasquale Iannone on piano. Two events will follow, both to be held in the Institute’s Sala Giuseppe Verdi, in which the Mav Symphony […]
Read moreAn exhibition of the work of one of Italian modern and contemporary art’s greatest painters, Renato Guttuso, opens on Wednesday at London’s Estorick Collection – after an absence of over 20 years in the British capital – will run through 4 April. The Sicilian painter (1911-1987) was twice senator of the Italian Republic and became […]
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