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Diplomatic Network
7 June 2019
​Lisbon: Italy participates in the European Literature Night

Actor Enrico Ianniello will represent Italy at the European Literature Night held in Lisbon. The event – which is organised by the Embassies and Institutes of Culture that are members of the EUNIC network in Portugal, including the Italian Cultural Institute – will involve fourteen spaces on the Colina de Santana which will host the reading […]

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Diplomatic Network
5 June 2019
The “Unexpected Italy: a celebration of Italian culture” Festival

The “Unexpected Italy: a celebration of Italian culture” Festival organised by the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in partnership with the Italian Embassy and Cultural Institute in Washington D.C. closed its programme of events on 1 June with “Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini” by Sergei Rachmaninoff,  “Antiche arie e danze Suite n.2” by Ottorino […]

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Diplomatic Network
4 June 2019
Tirana in the Atlas of the Great Kan of the Public Theatre of Liguria

The stories collected by Sergio Maifredi and Gian Luca Favetto for the project ‘Atlas of the Great Kan – Autobiographies of a city’ have arrived at the University of the Arts in Tirana. For months they have traveled around Tirana gathering and intertwining the voices of those who have always lived there and of those […]

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Diplomatic Network
3 June 2019
Italy-Serbia: Conference of historians to celebrate 140 years of relationships

A two-day international conference in Belgrade examined the deep and complex ties between Italy and Serbia. This was a unique opportunity for a thorough study of such relationships organized by the Italian Cultural Institute and the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, which hosted the conference at its headquarters, to celebrate the 140th anniversary of […]

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Diplomatic Network
31 May 2019
Montreal: “The Limit of Truth” exhibition of Ventrone’s still lifes

Baskets full of fruit, vases with flowers, still lifes explored in the slightest little detail are the subjects chosen by Luciano Ventrone for the exhibition entitled “The Limit of Truth” that opened in Montreal and that will run until 20 July. The works by the artist, who Federico Zeri defined as “the Caravaggio of the […]

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Diplomatic Network
31 May 2019
Sydney: Mezza and Ginsburg together to play jazz at the Italian Cultural Institute

The partnership between Italian pianist Vittorio Mezza and South African saxophonist Mark Ginsburg gave rise to the concert organised in Sydney by the Italian Cultural Institute. The two musicians, together with Karl Dunnicliff at the bass and Tim Firth at the drums, presented their latest album Convergence, which will also be performed at the Sydney Conservatorium International Jazz festival, […]

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Diplomatic Network
29 May 2019
Teatro Verde’s Puppets in Tirana

Thanks to the Italian Institute of Culture, the puppets of the Rome-based theatre company Teatro Verde are in Tirana to participate in the International Puppet Festival. The show, “Bravo bravissimo!”, is a surreal theatrical piece combining memories, historical facts, cultural references and quotations with an all-Italian flavour. The show debuted in Moscow in 2008. Since then, it […]

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Diplomatic Network
29 May 2019
Italian universities at NAFSA 2019 in Washington

Italy and its university and higher education system are once again at NAFSA, the most comprehensive international education conference and expo event. Italy is participating in the 2019 edition, held in Washington and attended by over 100 countries, with 35 institutions, public and private, from almost all of the country’s regions, to attest not only […]

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Diplomatic Network
28 May 2019
Buenos Aires: the Pupi Siciliani on stage

The extraordinary adventures of the Paladins of France, the war epic engaging the Moors and the Christians in an endless conflict, the appearance of monsters and magicians, the magic spells, and the passionate and love blinding courageous knights, are told by the Pupi Siciliani (Sicilian Puppet Theatre) in Buenos Aires in ‘La pazzia di Orlando’. […]

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In detail
28 May 2019
Belgrade: a concert of great Italian film music

As part of “Fare Cinema – Italian Film Festival”, the Italian Cultural Institute in Belgrade organised a concert of great film scores. The concert was perfomed by Mauro Maur (trumpet), Francoise de Clossey (piano), Giuliano Facchini (guitar), Cristian Longhi (keyboard), Lorenzo Mancini (bass guitar) and Daniele Chiusaroli (drums). Mauro Maur, an internationally known performer and First […]

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Diplomatic Network
28 May 2019
Algeria: Italy stages three performances at the European Festival

In participation to the 20th edition of the European Festival in Algeria, organised by the EU Delegation in coordination with the Embassies of the EU Member States and with the support of the Algerian Ministry of Culture, the Italian Embassy in Algiers and the Italian Cultural Institute proposed three evening shows: the  “Magic Flute” ballet by the […]

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Diplomatic Network
27 May 2019
Munich: the Voices of the Italian Literature Festival

ILfest – Italienisches Literaturfestival 2019 showcased the liveliness and wide variety of Italy’s latest literary production from 24 to 26 May. It attracted to Munich all the people linked through their love for reading and who share the pleasure of meeting to chat with Italian authors, both in Italian or in German. It is a […]

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