Diplomazia Culturale

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15 February 2017

Malta – Theatre, cinema and music for the 150th anniversary of Pirandello’s birth

Luigi Pirandello has close bonds with Malta because Giovanni Ricci Gramito, his anti-Bourbon grandfather on his mother’s side, was exiled to the island in 1849, where he died from a cholera infection the following year, on 1 August 1850. He had brought his whole family to Malta with him, including his young daughter Caterina, Luigi’s […]

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15 February 2017

Sydney, two Italian films at the Mardi Gras Film Festival

Italian cinema will once more take centre stage abroad: the Italian Cultural Institute in Sydney, in association with Queer Screen, will present the screening of the films “Me, Myself and Her” (“Io e lei”) by Maria Sole Tognazzi and starring Margherita Buy and Sabrina Ferilli, and “Arianna” by Carlo Lavagna and featuring Ondina Quadri, at […]

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13 February 2017

Germany – La Grande Bellezza, Italian design of four wheels

The Italian Cultural Institute in Cologne, Germany, will hold an event dedicated to automobiles at 7 p.m. next 2 March, as part of International Italian Design Day. Professor Paolo Tumminelli, from the Köln International School of Design, will deliver a lecture entitled “La Grande Bellezza, Italian design of four wheels”. Automobiles – for the better […]

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13 February 2017

The Italian Cultural Institute in Edinburgh screens Influx by Luca Vullo

The Italian Cultural Institute in Edinburgh will screen ‘Influx’, a documentary produced and directed by Luca Vullo on Italian immigration to London. “The British capital has never attracted so many Italians as in the last few years. In a period in which immigration in Europe is always the focus of political debate, especially after the […]

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10 February 2017

Washington – Exhibitions, the National Gallery of Art celebrates three generations of the della Robbia family

“As an Italian I am proud that an exhibition is dedicated to the work of Luca della Robbia and his contemporaries because it puts them back at the centre of the focus of the American public. Ingeniousness, creativity and capacity for innovation are the main traits of these artists and they perfectly reflect some of […]

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10 February 2017

Montreal – “The Enlightment” give a “concert d’electricité”

Montreal’s Studio d’Essai will host an event entitled “The Enlightment”, a “concert d’electricité” under the direction of Quiet Ensemble’s Fabio Di Salvo and Bernardo Vercelli. The initiative has been organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Montreal, in partnership with Les Productions Recto-Verso. “The Enlightenment” replaces a traditional orchestra with an impressive lighting system. Stage […]

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9 February 2017

South Africa – “Misperceive” by Girolamo Marri at the Cape Town Art Fair

Saying Cape Town is like saying a lively art scene. This is why the Cape Town Art Fair – the event showcasing African and world contemporary art, running from 17 to 19 February in the South African city – is a must for art professionals and emerging artists. The Cape Town Art Fair – extremely […]

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9 February 2017

Mexico – Mexico City hosts “La Passione Di Frida” exhibition

The Italian Cultural Institute in Mexico City has organised an exhibition with the title “La Passione di Frida” (“Frida’s Passion”). The event is the fruit of the cooperation between sculptor Emanuele Viscuso and Colombian photographer Leo Matiz, who was born in Macondo like Gabriel Garcia Marquez and was a friend of his. The photographer immortalised […]

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9 February 2017

Japan – Music, Vito Clemente pays tribute to Niccolò Van Westerhout

Vito Clemente will take centre stage in Tokyo with a tribute to the great Apulian composer Niccolò Van Westerhout. The event will take place on Monday, 27 February, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Auditorium Umberto Agnelli of the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Tokyo. The concert is organised by the Organising Committee of […]

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8 February 2017

Spain – Madrid, European Literary Café at Italian Cultural Institute

This evening the Italian Cultural Institute in Madrid will host a chat entitled “Being a writer in today’s Europe” between three Italian authors, Diego Marani, Marco Mancassola and Chiara Mezzalama, who will talk to the Spanish audience about their writing experience in Europe. Diego Marani is a writer, translator and opinion maker who lives and […]

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8 February 2017

Bulgaria – The Anemos quintet in concert with The Melody of the Wind

Five talented young musicians in a concert of great music is on schedule from 7 to 8 p.m. on 16 January at the Concert Hall of the Central Military Club of Sofia. The concert, organised by the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in association with CIDIM (Italian Music Committee) of Friuli, will feature the Anemos quintet. […]

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7 February 2017

Egypt – Cinema, “Tale of Tales” at the Italian Cultural Institute

“Tale of Tales” (“Il racconto dei racconti”), a film by Matteo Garrone, will be screened at the Italian Cultural Institute in Cairo on 12 February (7 p.m.). The story takes place in the 1600s. A queen can no longer smile, two sisters make up a misunderstanding to attract the attention of a king while another […]

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