Diplomazia Culturale

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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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14 April 2014

Budapest – Rich calendar of events at Italian Cultural Institute

The Italian Cultural Institute of Budapest has a rich calendar of events planned for the coming weeks, ranging from literature to art and from law to architecture. And the second edition of “I-Talents” will aim to give Hungarian audiences a taste of the Italian music scene in a series of concerts. Read more, in iItalian.

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11 April 2014

Montreal – Metropolis Bleu Met Festival, with Carlo Lucarelli

Everything is ready for the 16th annual “Metropolis Blue” international literary festival, which will run from 28 April through 5 May. The festival is promoted by Metropolis Bleu, a foundation set up in 1997 to promote literature and unite the people of a wide variety of cultures. This year’s over 200 events will involve authors […]

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Press Releases

10 April 2014

Afghanistan: meeting on a special ‘Made in Italy Plan for the Promotion of Technology Centres’

Within the context of the presence in post-2014 Afghanistan of an Italy increasingly committed to fostering economic growth as a fundamental component in the consolidation of the political and security transition, a coordination meeting was held at the foreign ministry in Rome with representatives of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Economic Development, the Agenzia […]

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