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18 April 2014
Italy-Argentina – Modernisation plan for the Teatro Coliseo

The modernisation plan for the Teatro Coliseo, owned by the Italian state and the headquarters of the Italian Cultural Institute and the Italian-Argentine Chamber of Commerce, has been presented in Buenos Aires. The press conference was attended by the Director of the cultural institute, Maria Mazza. Read more, in Italian

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18 April 2014
Moscow – Spivakov awarded “Star of Italy” honour

Maestro Vladimir Spivakov, renowned Russian violinist and conductor, has been awarded the “Star of Italy” honour at a ceremony at the Italian Embassy in Moscow. The honour was awarded by the President of the Republic, Giorgio Napolitano, for Spivakov’s work “in developing Italian-Russian relations in the cultural, and most notably the musical, sphere”, as Ambassador […]

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18 April 2014
Budapest – Italy to play leading role at 21st international Book Festival

Italy will be playing a leading role in the 21st international Book Festival taking place in Budapest from 24 to 27 April 2014. The Italian stand, organised by our Cultural Institute, will showcase the output of some of our most important publishing houses: literature, non-fiction, children’s books and art books. The Budapest Festival attracts over […]

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17 April 2014
Germania – Italian Baroque music delights Cologne’s music lovers

Cologne’s classical music lovers enjoyed an evening of Italian Baroque music played by the Concerto Romano ensemble conducted by Alessandro Quarta. Still in the musical sphere, the Italian Cultural Institute is organising a course for musicians and singers in collaboration with the Hochschule fuer Musik und Tanz. The course will run in May 2014 and […]

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17 April 2014
Italy-USA – Pasolini film season in Chicago

Chicago is hosting a series of events on the life and work of Pier Paolo Pasolini. The programme, which runs until 15 May 2014, is organised by the Gene Siskel Film Center and Luce Cinecitta’, in collaboration with Bologna’s Fondo Pier Paolo Pasolini/Cineteca and the Italian Ministry of Culture. Read more, in Italian.

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17 April 2014
Montevideo – Jazz and theatre bring Italian culture to Uruguay

Jazz by Stefano Bollani and a monologue by Marco Baliani will feature in two events organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Montevideo to bring the best of contemporary Italian culture to Uruguay. Bollani’s “Piano Solo” recital will take place on 4 June and Baliani will give his “Kohlhaas” monologue on 29 September 2014. Read […]

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16 April 2014
Machiavelli exhibition will close on Sunday 20 April

The exhibition on “Machiavelli, Renaissance Man”, which opened on 25 March in the National Library in Seoul, will close on Sunday 20 April 2014. The event was organised by our Embassy with the National Library of Korea to mark the 130th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Italy and Korea (1884–2014). Read more, in Italian

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16 April 2014
Art – Milan’s Poldi Pezzoli Museum “moves house” to Tokyo

The Poldi Pezzoli Museum is “moving house” from Milan to Tokyo, with an exhibition entitled: “’The Poldi Pezzoli Museum. The Aristocratic Palace and its Beauty; Milan: the Magnificent Collection of the Nobleman”. The exhibition runs until 25 May 2014. Attendees at the opening included Italian Ambassador Domenico Giorgi, who underscored Milan’s importance not just as […]

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16 April 2014
World Cup 2014 – “Italia na copa” events kick off

Two events in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro – a concert by Mariella Nava and the “Italian Glamour” exhibition – kicked off the “Italia na Copa” programme, which will promote Italian excellence in the run-up to and during the World Cup. The initiative is being implemented by our Embassy in Brasilia with the support […]

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15 April 2014
Balkans: Italy encourages closer EU integration – Mogherini meets Luksic. “I plan to visit region at start of EU Presidency”

“The Italian government supports Montenegro’s closer integration with the EU and with NATO. The Italian Presidency has a role to play in the western Balkans by encouraging European integration for the entire region”. This was Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini’s comment in the joint press conference with her Montenegrin opposite number, Igor Luksic, at the end […]

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15 April 2014
Tirana – Photography events to be opened by Ferdinando Scianna

Italian photographer Ferdinando Scianna will be in the Albanian capital, Tirana, on Thursday 17 April 2014 to open an exhibition on Italian photography. The event was organised by the Italian Cultural Institute and EJAlbum, which distributes photo albums in Albania. Scianna visited the country as early as 1984, and his work from that journey features […]

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15 April 2014
Los Angeles – An exhibition pays homage to the operas of Giuseppe Verdi

Los Angeles pays homage to Giuseppe Verdi with an exhibition illustrating the most famous performances of his works at Teatro dell’Opera in Rome. The initiative, which runs from 18 April to 28 May 2014 at the Italian Cultural Institute, will feature 18 costumes dating from as far back as 1916 and originally worn by artists […]

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