Giuseppe Verdi’s “Requiem” was chosen for the Good Friday performance in Warsaw of the Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Krzysztof Penderecki that will close this year’s Beethoven Festival there. The choice was a tribute to the famous Italian composer in celebration of his 200th birthday.
Read moreMinister for Foreign Affairs of France Laurent Fabius joined Ambassador Giandomenico Magliano at the Italian Embassy in Paris to inaugurate an exhibition of the works of Italian Futurist painter Carlo Carrà (1881-1966), who began his career in the French capital in 1900, returning in 1911 and 1914, and who worked in close contact with Picasso, […]
Read moreLicinio de Azevedo’s film “Virgem Margarida”, winner of various international awards, will be screened at the first week of the African Film Festival in Maputo and in May at the African Film Festival in Milan. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreAfter an almost three-year hiatus, Spain welcomed Conductor Claudio Abbado and the Mozart Orchestra who held concerts in Zaragoza and Madrid scoring a resounding success. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreThe Los Angeles Italian Cultural Institute will host a retrospective exhibition of the work of Salvatore Emblema entitled Transparency. Curated by American art critic Peter Frank, the show traces the variety of forms and styles that mark Italian artist’s 50-year career, and will be open to the public through 31 May. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreAll eyes on Italy in Shanghai, thanks to the two Italian Language Days organised by the Italian Cultural Institute, in which public and private institutions both local and of the Italian community took part, with representation also from other cities such as Ningbo, Shaoxing, Suzhou, Nanchino and Hangzhou. Consul General Vincenzo De Luca introduced the […]
Read moreThe Italian language olympics have lots of “athletes” in the Italian schools abroad competing on-line – some of whom have scored as high as 90% – from countries ranging from Colombia to the United States, from Iran to Nigeria, Spain and France. Aimed at the promotion and dissemination of the Italian language abroad, the first […]
Read moreThe Italian Cultural Institute of New York hosted a conference for the presentation to the press and public of the 55th Venice Art Biennale, set to run from June 1st through 24 November 2013. After Institute Director Prof. Riccardo Viale’s welcome address, Biennale President Paolo Baratta and curator Massimiliano Gioni illustrated the theme of this […]
Read moreItaly enthusiasts in Washington will be offered a week’s worth of opportunities, with something for everyone on a packed calendar features events designed for interests ranging from science to theatre and literature, photography to fashion, and food and wine to technology, all within the context of the Year of Italian Culture in the USA. Read […]
Read moreJapan seen through the eyes of Italian youth. That is the focus of the competition promoted by the Italy-Japan Foundation for students in senior secondary schools in Lazio, Tuscany and Lombardy. The competition was organised in collaboration with Italian and Japanese institutions and companies. The award ceremony, under the patronage of the Japanese Embassy in […]
Read moreTechnological innovation as the key element of a programme developed by the Italian Cultural Institute in Montevideo for students on its Italian language courses. Social networks will play an important role: the Institute’s website now has a regularly up-dated Facebook group and Twitter account. And, along with a local sponsor, the reading room now has […]
Read moreItaly and the United States have signed an important framework agreement to promote and develop collaboration in the space sector. The agreement will open up new opportunities in the economic, scientific and technological fields. Its signing coincides with the celebrations for the first 50 years of Italian-American collaboration in the field. The agreement was signed […]
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