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14 May 2013
FRANCE – Italian pianist Campaner gives Paris concert

The Italian Cultural Institute of Paris will offer a concert today by young Italian pianist Gloria Campaner who will perform the music of Chopin, Wagner, Verdi and Liszt and conclude with Franck’s Sonata for Piano, accompanied by violinist Constance Ronzatti and Pierre Boulez’s Ensemble Intercontemporain. The event is part of the “Promise of Art” programme […]

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14 May 2013
SPAIN – Baricco presents new Holden school project

A design for the new Holden School, the Turin-based foundation founded 20 years ago by Alessandro Barrico, and of which he remains the principal, was recently presented by the writer himself in Madrid. The school’s goal is to have over 50% of its students from abroad in the coming years. Read more, in Italian.

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14 May 2013
ADDIS ABABA – Negus project arrives at Italian Institute

The “Negus – Echoes Chamber” audio-visual performance was staged on 13 May by Invernomuto at the Italian Cultural Institute of Addis Ababa, in a version adapted by the Negus Project that explores the figure of Haile Selassie in a series of films and retraces the Jamaican musical tradition of “versioning” with a set by DJs […]

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13 May 2013
ROMANIA – art, music and Made in Italy at the 2013 Festival Italiano

Music, art, fashion and gastronomy on display at the 5th edition of Festival Italiano, organised by the Embassy of Italy and Italian Cultural Institute of Bucharest in collaboration with the ICE-Agency for Foreign Promotion and Internationalisation of Italian Businesses. The festival runs from 11 May to 30 June and will feature a wide series of […]

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10 May 2013
ITALY-USA – Washington Embassy becomes a ‘piazza italiana’

In keeping with Europe Day’s “Shortcut to Europe: European Union Embassies Open House”, and along with all the other European Union embassies, the Embassy of Italy in Washington becomes a typical “piazza italiana”. Thousands of visitors are expected to turn out. The event is part of the ongoing Year of Italian Culture in the USA. […]

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9 May 2013
AUSTRALIA – Sydney show on italian immigration

Sydney’s Australian History Museum has joined Macquarie University in organising the exhibition ‘Viva l’Italia, Viva l’Australia’. The show, which opens on 13 May, retraces the path of Italian immigrants to Australia from the first settlements up to the past-WWII period in photos, maps, objects and filmed interviews. Read more, in Italian.

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9 May 2013
USA – Events in Boston: L’Aquila and Franco Modigliani

Events for the Year of Italian Culture in the USA continue in Boston, where a seminar illustrating the reconstruction of the historic city of L’Aquila was held, as well as two panels: one on the impact of Italian Nobel laureate Franco Modigliani’s studies on economic theory and the other on the future of the euro.

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8 May 2013
MFA GOOD PRACTICES – Italian Embassy in the U.S. takes prize for social platform

It’s a day of celebration for the Italian Embassy in Washington, whose Social Media Hub project was selected as the winner of the 2012 “Good Practices – The Farnesina that Innovates” Prize. The project involves a social media application designed for desktops, tablets and smart phones as a point of encounter with the American public, […]

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7 May 2013
LUXEMBOURG – “Transit Loci”, italian photography at centre stage

For European Photography Month, the Italian Cultural Institute in Luxembourg has joined the Centre Culturel de Rencontre Neumunster (Ccrn) and Cafe’ Creme in organizing the exhibition ‘Transit Loci/Aspects de la nouvelle photographie italienne’: a presentation of recent Italian photography showing how the photographic arts are capable of breaking the traditional rules of the visual arts. […]

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7 May 2013
ABU DHABI – Applause for “La Traviata” in concert format

A performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s “La Traviata” in concert format, featuring soprano De Rosa, baritone Giuseppe De Ligia and tenor Giacomo Patti and sponsored by our Embassy, received a warm and enthusiastic response from its Abu Dhabi audience. Read more, in Italian.

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7 May 2013
MFA – Tricolour 500, honorary mention in Moscow

The project “Tricolour FIAT 500 to represent Italy in Russia” was selected for honorary mention in the context of the 2012 “Good Practices – The Farnesina Innovates” Prize. The idea is for the Italian ambassador to use a FIAT 500 painted in the red, green and white of the Italian flag in his travels in […]

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