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19 September 2018
Tokyo: The Teatro dell’Opera di Roma is a hit in Japan

​Full houses and rapturous applause have accompanied the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma in its two-week Japan tour. Audiences were enthralled at the company’s performances of La Traviata and Manon Lescaut. The tour opened in Tokyo with La Traviata, under the direction of Sofia Coppola, with costumes by Valentino. It was followed by Manon Lescaut, directed […]

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19 September 2018
Pirenopolis staged the “9th Slow Filme Festival”

From 13 to 16 September, Pirenópolis (State of Goias, Brazil) staged the “9th Slow Filme Festival – Festival Internacional de Cinema, Alimentação e Cultura Local”, a festival that combines gastronomy and cinema in the name of sustainability and of the respect for cultural diversity. This year, the Festival dedicated most of its programme to the connection […]

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18 September 2018
Food culture event in Turin with Herat abjosh raisins

From 20 to 24 September, Turin will once again play host to “Terra Madre – Salone del Gusto”, one of the most important international food culture events. It will feature hundreds of products from all over the world, including the Herat abjosh raisins (Afghanistan), which are at risk of possible extinction. “In an increasingly inter-connected […]

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18 September 2018
The Luca Velotti Quartet in concert in Brazil

The concert by the Luca Velotti Quartet at the Teatro Amazonas in Manaus on Saturday night closed the “Moonray” Brazilian tour, a musical journey accompanied by melodies, songs and storytelling. The tour by the Luca Velotti Quartet featured their personal and contemporary reinterpretation of jazz music by Armstrong, Bechet, Goodman and by great American composers like […]

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18 September 2018
Contemporary Italian paintings showcased in Beijing​

Beijing has just opened the 14th edition of the Day of Contemporary Art, the series of events that the Association of Italian Museums of Contemporary Art (AMACI) organises every year to promote Italian contemporary art. The event, organised by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities (MIBAC) with the active support of the Ministry of […]

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14 September 2018
‘Flowers at Sea’ by Bruna Esposito showcased in Coimbra

On Friday, 14 September, the Faculty of Arts of the University of Coimbra opened the exhibition ‘Flowers at Sea’ by Bruna Esposito, presented by the Italian Cultural Institute in Lisbon. It is the first time that the Rome-born artist’s artworks are displayed in Portugal in an exhibition curated by Enzo De Leonibus. The exhibition is […]

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14 September 2018
Italy Pavilion at Riga Food showcases Italian food and wine products

Riga Food, the most important food industry fair in the Baltic Countries, recently hosted the third edition of the Italy Pavilion, organised by the Italian Embassy with the support of leading Italian companies like Ferrero, Lavazza and Barilla. The Fair, with 720 exhibitors from 35 Countries, attracts 40,000 visitors a year. The Italy Pavilion, one of the Fair’s largest, […]

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13 September 2018
Alchemica, an augmented reality experience exhibition in Detroit

Alchemica has been visited by throngs of young people for an interactive augmented reality experience exhibition organised by the Italian Consulate in Detroit to celebrate the ‘Giornate del Contemporaneo 2018 – Italian Contemporary Art’ and Detroit Design Month. For two days (6 and 7 September), visitors could admire 33 illustrations that are animated when framed […]

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13 September 2018
Italy-Belarus, 20,000 people at Minsk’s Friendship Festival

Mimes and stilt-men, folk and opera music as well as fashion, tourism and food and drink attracted 20,000 people last Sunday at Minsk’s ‘Gran Italia Fest’, the Italy-Belarus friendship festival now at its third edition. The integrated promotion event for culture, tourism and commerce was organised thanks to the financial support of the Italian Tourism […]

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31 August 2018
China calls on Italy for archaeological heritage defence

The know-how and professional expertise of ​Italian archaeologists to protect  Chinese cultural heritage. This is the objective of the workshop organized by the Consulate General in conjunction with the Italian Embassy in China in Chengdu, capital of the South-Easten province of Sichuan. The event, scheduled to take place  on 21 and 22 September, will be part […]

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31 August 2018
The Hellenistic-era temple of Kınık Höyük, Niğde, Turkey

There were many discoveries made during the eighth campaign of excavations at Kınık Höyük, Niğde. The excavation at the archaeological site of Kınık Höyük is a joint research project of the University of Pavia (Department of Humanities) and the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World of New York University, led by Professor Lorenzo d’Alfonso and […]

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