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11 August 2021

Sixteenth century Florence in Toronto

On 7 September in Toronto, at the presentation of the novel ‘Tuscan Daughter’ by Lisa Rochon, organised by the Italian Cultural Institute of Toronto, the focus will be on Florence in the 1500s and the artists who made it great: Michelangelo, Leonardo, and Botticelli. Written by award-winning architecture critic Lisa Rochon, the book is listed […]

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11 August 2021

São Paulo: Italian cinema at the Ecofalante Film Festival

Thanks to the commitment of the Italian Cultural Institute of Sao Paulo, Italy is participating in the Ecofalante Film Festival, which opens today and ends on 14 September. The programme of this tenth edition of the festival, which is taking place online, includes 101 films from 40 countries, 30 of which have never been seen […]

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10 August 2021

Also at the Jerusalem Film Festival: Visconti and Antonioni

Five Italian films will be presented at the Jerusalem International Film Festival from 24 August to 4 September 2021, on which the Italian Cultural Institute in Tel Aviv has collaborated. The Festival will take place in hybrid mode. The following Italian films will be included in the Festival programme: ‘A Chiara’ (Italy, France 2021), directed […]

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10 August 2021

Prague, at the Karlovy Vary Festival ‘The land of children’

The Italian Cultural Institute in Prague has collaborated in the organisation of the prestigious Karlovy Vary Festival, which is now at its 55th edition, scheduled to run from 20 to 28 August this year, where 32 premieres will be presented in two competitive sections plus an exclusive non-competitive programme. Claudio Cupellini’s film “La terra dei […]

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10 August 2021

Cologne: snapshot exhibition

From 27 to 29 August, the Italian Cultural Institute in Cologne will be taking part in a snapshot exhibition organised as part of the International Instant Art Expo 2021. More than 250 works of art will be on display during the Festival – exceptional examples of snapshots, a genre that is currently experiencing a significant […]

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9 August 2021

Italy-Argentina: opportunities in Salta for companies and the Italian language

The well-rooted Italian presence and the strong dynamism of the Province of Salta offer good potential for the development of shared projects. At the centre of the meetings between Mirta Gentile, the Chargé d’Affaires of the Embassy of Italy in Argentina, with Antonio Oscar Morocco, the Vice Governor of the Province of Salta  and Bettina […]

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9 August 2021

Tirana: screening of “A son named Erasmus”

The Italian Cultural Institute in Tirana announces a screening of the film ‘Un figlio di nome Erasmus’ [‘A son named Erasmus’] (2020) scheduled for today 9 August (at 9 pm) as part of the Institute’s CineClub initiative and the 6th Notti del Cinema Italiano film festival @ Reja.al. Directed by Alberto Ferrari, the film tells […]

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9 August 2021

Copenhagen: Mid-August Bank Holiday celebrating Sardinian food

The Italian Cultural Institute in Copenhagen is hosting the ‘Viva la vita’ Mid-August Bank Holiday party, organised by the Incantos Sardinian Cultural Association, with music, meetings, shows and Sardinian food. The performers will be Edward Fox and the Animal Kingdom, Emma Fenu, the Feinschmecker Quartet, Giuseppe Locatello, Marco Martiri, Margherita Canu, Pablo Paolo Peretti, Stefano […]

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9 August 2021

International Chamber Music Award “Filippo Nicosia”

The Embassy of Italy in London is pleased to present the First “Filippo Nicosia” International Chamber Music Award, in tribute to the Italian diplomat Filippo Nicosia, former Consul General of Italy in Chongquing, a man of culture who was passionate about music, who died prematurely in 2020. It is an initiative of Simone Gramaglia, the […]

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6 August 2021

Edinburgh: concerto by mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato

The Italian Cultural Institute and Italian General Consulate in Edinburgh are promoting a concert by mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, accompanied by the Pomo D’Oro, an Italian ensemble that uses antique instruments, as part of the Edinburgh International Festival. According to the New Yorker, “perhaps the most powerful female singer of her generation”, Ms DiDonato was born […]

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6 August 2021

London: a docufilm about the Santarcangelo Festival

The Santarcangelo Festival, the oldest Italian festival dedicated to the arts of the contemporary scene, is one of the most significant European events in the field of theatre and dance. This documentary about its past 50 years was created by Michele Mellara and Alessandro Rossi with the Italian Cultural Institute in London, and will be […]

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5 August 2021

Prague: a concert by the guitarist Paolo Angeli

On 14 August, as part of ” Seeds for the Seventh Power”, an event organised by the ArtMill Centre for Sustainable Creativity, which occupies an organic farm at Horazdovice in the heart of Bohemia, the Italian Cultural Institute in Prague will be presenting “JAR’A”, a concert by Paolo Angeli that takes its name from Angeli’s […]

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