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12 June 2019

Italian music on stage in Colombo as a sign of solidarity

“Italia ♥Sri Lanka” is the title of the concert organised by the Italian Embassy in Colombo to present a piece of Italian music which represents a symbol of our culture – Antonio Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons” – and offer a sign of solidarity to Sri Lanka, a country dramatically hit by an act of terrorism […]

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Diplomatic Network

11 June 2019

Sao Paolo celebrates Italy’s Republic Day donning the Italian flag colours

It was the first time that Sao Paulo’s iconic sites were lit up with the colours of the Italian flag to the celebrate Italy’s Republic Day. Thanks to the cooperation of the Mayor, the city’s  landmarks such as the historic Matarazzo Palace, which is the city hall, the Viaduto Do Chá, the Ponte Estaiada, the Monumento às Banderas, […]

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Diplomatic Network

11 June 2019

London hosts Italian Theatre Festival

The Coronet Theatre in Notting Hill, London, plays host to the Italian Theatre Festival. Organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in London the Festival, which is at its second edition, is meant to celebrate some of Italy’s most distinguished playwrights and actors.  The 2019 edition opened on  Friday, 7 June with “Three Italian Short Stories” by Elsa Morante, Natalia Ginzburg […]

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Events

10 June 2019

Italian scholarship winners take off with the Fulbright Program

It’s take-off time for 70 Italian and American Fulbright program grantees. On the morning of their departure for the United States, the Italy-United States Fulbright Commission organised an event at the U.S. Embassy in Rome, with the participation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. In the afternoon, the grant holders went to […]

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Diplomatic Network

10 June 2019

Yerevan: Armenian manuscripts conserved in Florence now on show

Three Armenian manuscripts from Florence dating back to the 13th and 14th centuries are now on display at the Matenadaran Museum in Yerevan thanks to the efforts of the Italian Embassy and the Italian Research Council (CNR). The exhibition is a perfect mix of science, art, history and technology and, thanks to spearheading techniques developed by the […]

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Diplomatic Network

7 June 2019

Prague: the SantaGiulia Academy participates in the Quadrennial

The SantaGiulia Academy of Brescia, with the support of the Italian Cultural Institute, is participating in the Prague Quadrennial, an event of great international relevance since 1967. The Quadrennial constitutes one of the world’s major scenography platforms and is a unique showcase to present the latest research in stage and costume design as well as […]

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Diplomatic Network

7 June 2019

Duress: Italian music duo at the International Guitar Festival

The viola and guitar music duo formed by Simone Gramaglia and Luigi Attademo, performed in Duress within the framework of the third edition of the International Guitar Festival of Tirana through the collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute. The programme offered by the well-established instrumental duo that often performs both in Italy and abroad, raising […]

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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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