Diplomazia Culturale

Press Releases

25 February 2024

Italian Design Day. Undersecretary Tripodi speaks at the Doha Design Forum

This afternoon, the Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Maria Tripodi, spoke at the first Doha Design Forum, a thematic exhibition promoted by Qatar Museums, which relies on a structured collaboration with leading Italian companies in the sector. In her speech, the Undersecretary highlighted the excellent state of cooperation between Italy and Qatar also […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

22 February 2024

Arezzo Flag-wavers at the Italian Festival in Cape Town

The Flag-wavers Association of Arezzo will attend the Italian Festival in Cape Town, an annual event that promotes and celebrates Italian traditions, which will take place on 2 and 3 March. The Italian Cultural Institute of Cape Town, promoter of the initiative together with the Italian Consulate in Cape Town and the Idiom Wines association, […]

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Diplomatic Network

22 February 2024

The National Symphony Orchestra performs at the Embassy in Berlin

During the Berlin leg of the European tour of the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC, conducted by Maestro Gianandrea Noseda, the Orchestra also performed at the headquarters of the Italian Embassy in Germany. The trio, consisting of Daniel Foster (first viola of the […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

21 February 2024

Zagreb, Teatro Patologico on stage with MEDEA

The Italian Cultural Institute and the Italian Embassy in Croatia are bringing to Zagreb the play MEDEA, produced by Dario D’Ambrosi and his Teatro Patologico, in collaboration with Tor Vergata University of Rome. Staged at the Zagreb Youth Theater (Zagrebački Kazalište Mladih), the play is a very special version of Euripides’ Medea, in which young […]

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Diplomatic Network

16 February 2024

Berlinale, Italy “Country in Focus” at the European Film Market

Italy is “Country in Focus” at the 2024 European Film Market (EFM) that opened yesterday, 15 February, and will continue until 21 February, in conjunction with the 74th Berlin International Film Festival. Senator Lucia Borgonzoni, the Undersecretary at the Ministry of Culture who is responsible for cinema and audiovisual, copyright and cultural and creative enterprises, […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

15 February 2024

Croatia: the “Mediterranea” exhibition arrives in Rijeka

After Zagreb, the exhibition “Mediterranea – Visions of an ancient and complex sea” has been inaugurated in Rijeka at the Kortil Gallery in the presence of Consul General Davide Bradanini and the Mayor of Rijeka Marko Filipović. The multimedia project, curated by Viviana Panaccia and promoted by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

14 February 2024

Bizet’s Carmen on stage in Tunis

George Bizet’s opera Carmen will be staged on 14 and 15 February at the Tunis Opera Theatre. The performance, danced, choreographed and directed by Sofien Abou Lagraa, will feature the Opera Ballet, the Tunisian Symphony Orchestra and the Tunis Opera choir, with 120 artists on stage and no less than 11 soloists. This production is […]

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Diplomatic Network

13 February 2024

Ludovico Einaudi closes Australian tour in Perth

Three nights of sold-out concerts for the Perth leg of Ludovico Einaudi‘s Underwater Australian tour. The famous Italian pianist and composer returned to perform in Western Australia after seven years, presenting his new album Underwater, as well as an anthology of his extraordinary musical repertoire, to the audience at the Perth Concert Hall. Among the […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

12 February 2024

Sydney, Katthy Cavaliere’s Sedia Rossa exhibition

The Italian Cultural Institute in Sydney presents the exhibition Sedia Rossa (Red Chair) featuring artworks and archive videos by Italian-born Australian artist Katthy Cavaliere (1972-2012). Curated by Daniel Mudie Cunningham, artist, curator, art critic and lecturer at the National Art School in Sydney, the exhibition includes three archive videos by the artist: 6 Years (1978; […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

12 February 2024

Madrid, exhibition “Mimetica- Riflessi e rifrazioni ceramiche” by Anastasio

On the occasion of the Madrid Design Festival 2024, the Italian Cultural Institute of Madrid presents the exhibition “Mimetica– Riflessi e rifrazioni ceramiche” by Andrea Anastasio. The extraordinary work of Andrea Anastasio – an internationally renowned Italian philosopher, designer and artist – focuses on the relationship between tradition and modernity and on the exploration of […]

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Press Releases

10 February 2024

Mission to Odessa by the Foreign Ministry’s Special Envoy for the Reconstruction of Ukraine, Davide La Cecilia. The coordination mechanism for the reconstruction of the transfiguration Cathedral gets underway.

Odessa, 10 February – The Foreign Ministry’s Special Envoy for the Reconstruction of Ukraine, Davide La Cecilia – accompanied by a delegation from the Italian Embassy and by the Head of the AICS Kiev Regional Office, Pietro Pipi – visited Odessa together with the Director of UNESCO for Ukraine, Chiara Dezzi Bardeschi, with the aim […]

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Press Releases

8 February 2024

Farnesina. Presentation of the “chatbot” the virtual assistant for the diplomatic network websites. Launch event chaired by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Secretary General Riccardo Guariglia

The Secretary General of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Riccardo Guariglia, chaired the launch event of the new virtual assistant (“chatbot”) of the Farnesina, which will be activated on the Esteri.it website and on the websites of the diplomatic-consular network. “In addition to ensuring the definition, development and implementation of the country’s foreign policy […]

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