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Diplomatic Network
19 December 2019
Sao Paulo: M° Veronesi in concert with the Heliopolis Symphony Orchestra

The Heliopolis Symphony Orchestra, Maestro Alberto Veronesi and the voices of Paoletta Marrocu and Amadi Lagha were the stars of the traditional Christmas Concert organised by the Italian Consulate General at the Municipal Theatre of Sao Paulo. The Theatre recorded a full house with 1,500 spectators who appreciated the decision to combine great Italian professionals […]

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Diplomatic Network
19 December 2019
Buenos Aires: on show the exhibition Italy: the Beauty of Knowledge

For three weeks, the Kirchner Cultural Centre in Buenos Aires hosted the exhibition “Italy: the Beauty of Knowledge”, promoted and financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and designed by the National Research Council together with Italy’s four major science museums:   the City of Science in Naples, the Muse in Trento, the […]

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Diplomatic Network
18 December 2019
Great success for the “De Rome à Paris” film festival

The “De Rome à Paris” film festival held in Paris from 13 to 17 December has just wound up. The festival is entirely dedicated to Italian film productions and is co-organised by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities (MIBAC) and ANICA (National Association of Film and Audiovisual Industry) in partnership with the Italian Embassy […]

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Diplomatic Network
16 December 2019
“The Lion and the Mountain” Italian excavation in Sudan exhibition

“The Lion and the Mountain” exhibition can be visited at the Museo di scultura antica Giovanni Barracco (Barracco Museum of Antique Sculpture) until 19 January next, promoted by the Municipality of Rome with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. The exhibition presents findings from excavations by the Italian Archaeological Mission in Sudan, […]

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Diplomatic Network
13 December 2019
Brasilia: Respighi Wraps Up 2019 Cultural Events

An “Italian Concert”, celebrating the 140th anniversary of the birth of the great Italian composer Ottorino Respighi, wrapped up the cultural program of the Embassy in Brasilia for 2019. The program featured an increasingly diversified offering, which has allowed thousands of people to attend, in most cases free of charge, quality initiatives in the most […]

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Diplomatic Network
13 December 2019
Addis Ababa: Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio Concert Introduces New Sound

The first Ethiopian concert of the Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio, on Tuesday night, was a smashing success. At Addis Ababa’s National Theater, the Orchestra’s traditional world music repertoire was enriched by new sounds brought by Ethiopian folk music band Ethiocolor and local dancer Melaku Belay. 800 spectators attended what has been called the concert of […]

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Press Releases
12 December 2019
Satisfaction at the Foreign Ministry for the inclusion of Transhumance, Alpinism and the ‘Perdonanza Celestiniana’ in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list

The Foreign Ministry welcomes with satisfaction the decision unanimously taken by the Member States of the World Heritage Committee convened in Bogota to include in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list three new elements proposed by Italy: the practice of Transhumance, together with Austria and Greece; Alpinism, together with France and Switzerland; and the Celestinian […]

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Diplomatic Network
12 December 2019
Guinea: IULM videoconferences lessons for students in Conakry

As part of the “Italy, Culture, Africa” ​​program of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, from March 2019, students from Guinea were given the opportunity of attending Italian language lessons, free of charge, at the Italian Embassy in Conakry.   Following the success of this first phase, a curriculum of lessons was set […]

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Diplomatic Network
12 December 2019
Israel’s Year of Leonardo: between Humanism and Science

A synthesis between Humanism and Science. This was the leitmotif, so natural to a man of the Renaissance, of the events organised in Israel by the Italian Embassy and by the Italian Institutes of Culture in Tel Aviv and Haifa to celebrate the Year of Leonardo. It was also a way of conveying a comprehensive […]

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Diplomatic Network
12 December 2019
Abu Dhabi: Benefit concert to support Venice

Within the framework of the solidarity campaign for Venice promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation following the damage caused by the exceptional ‘acqua alta’ phenomenon of last 12 November, the Italian Institute of Culture in Abu Dhabi and the Italian Embassy in the United Arab Emirates organised a concert of a […]

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Events
11 December 2019
Launch of the 2020 edition of the AIR – Artists in Residence project

The second edition of “AIR – Artists in Residence” was officially launched today at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation; the project was devised by MIDJ – Associazione Musicisti italiani di Jazz (Italian jazz musicians association), and realised with the support of the Italian Society of Authors and Publishers (“SIAE”) and the Ministry […]

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