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16 September 2014
Washington – Italian Jazz Series Festival

The Italian Jazz Series Festival will take place in Washington DC from 22 to 30 September, with the support of the Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute. The historic “Blues Alley” of the Georgetown district will host the performances of five Italian musicians of international fame. As Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero commented, the venue […]

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16 September 2014
Tel Aviv – A tale of Italian Jews’ flight from fascism

The library of the Italian Cultural Institute of Tel Aviv recently hosted the launch of a book by Gianna Pontecorboli entitled “America. Nuova terra promessa. Storie di ebrei italiani in fuga dal fascismo”, which features a series of particularly interesting stories of Italians who were forced to leave Italy in 1938 as a result of […]

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16 September 2014
Vietnam –

Vietnam as seen through the eyes of an Italian artist: from 18 September to 2 October Casa Italia in Hanoi will present Barbara Pellizzari’s own personal artistic interpretation of everyday life in that Asian nation in an exhibition entitled “Attimi – Images of the ordinary in Vietnam”. Read more, in Italian

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16 September 2014
Israele – L’arte stimola il dialogo. Mostra su ulivo in città araba Stato ebraico, sostenuta da Italia (in translation)

Oltre 50 mila abitanti e uno sviluppo intenso, soprattutto abitativo: Umm El Fahem – in arabo, la “madre della carbonella” viste le grandi foreste circostanti – è la città araba di Israele in più forte crescita, ma anche quella che si candida a diventare un polo culturale di arte contemporanea. Arroccata sul crinale montuoso da […]

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15 September 2014
Skopje – “Being young in Europe”

“Being young in Europe” is the title of a seminar organised by the Fyouture association in light of the enlargement of the European Union and the European Youth Conference taking place in Italy in December 2014. The initiative is intended for young people in Macedonia and the organisations representing them and is designed to encourage […]

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12 September 2014
Montecarlo – October will be the month of Italian language of culture

A month of Italian culture and language. Throughout October, the Principality of Monaco will be hosting a rich programme of events that includes film and music, photography and crafts, publishing, theatre, art, food and wine, and business too. The initiative, now in its 4th edition, was conceived by Ambassador Antonio Morabito. October will also see […]

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12 September 2014
Bosnia – Italian film is back

“Once again, we’re bringing the best of Italian film to Bosnia. We’ve chosen Tuzla to present masterpieces that describe our country through stories with a universal flavour, stories that know no cultural, language or generational barriers”. These were the comments of the Italian Ambassador in Sarajevo, Ruggero Corrias, as he announced the Italian Neorealism season […]

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12 September 2014
Prague – Gianni Politi at the Italian Cultural Institute

The Italian artist Gianni Politi makes his debut in the Czech Republic with a one-man show which opens in Prague on 15 September. Entitled “’Giovane pittore romano”, the exhibition – part of the “’Anteprima” cultural and artistic exchange programme – will be hosted in the Italian Cultural Institute. The event was organised by the Institute […]

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12 September 2014
Geneva – Violinist Matteo Fedeli to perform at concert celebrating CERN’s 60th anniversary

Violinist Matteo Fedeli will be performing at a special concert in Geneva celebrating the 60th anniversary of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). The concert will take place on 19 September. Maestro Fedeli, who will be playing a Stradivarius, will be accompanied by the United Nations Orchestra conducted by Antoine Marguier. The concert enjoys […]

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12 September 2014
Argentina – Second edition of the “L’eccellenza per italianità” prize

The second edition of the “L’eccellenza per italianità” prize, which awards Argentinian personalities of Italian origin who have distinguished themselves in their profession,has been presented in Argentina. Organised by the “L’Italiano” newspaper, the event took place at the Italian Cultural Institute in Buenos Aires in the presence of our Ambassador to Argentina, Teresa Castaldo, and […]

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12 September 2014
Paris – Italian Semester – Perugino exhibition opens

The exhibition on “Perugino, maestro di Raffaello” has opened at the Jacquemart-André Museum in Paris. The exhibition has been organised as one of the cultural events of the Italian Presidency of the Council of the European Union. Staged with the patronage of the Italian Embassy in Paris and the subject of an event at the […]

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12 September 2014
Italy-Vietnam: Della Vedova meets Deputy Foreign Minister Ho Xuan Son

The Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Benedetto Della Vedova, met the Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister, Ho Xuan Son, at the Farnesina today under the strategic partnership established in 2013. “We examined how best to strengthen and build upon relations between our two countries”, observed Della Vedova, “following Prime Minister Renzi’s visit to Hanoi in June 2014 […]

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