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Diplomatic Network
12 October 2018
Turkmenistan and the Silk Road – A tribute by Italy to Ashgabat

The Silk Road and its intense programme of cultural, artistic and technological interactions is at the core of the exhibition “The Silk Road and Turkmenistan – A tribute by Italy”, staged by the Italian Embassy in Ashgabat’s principal museum with the sponsorship of the UNESCO. Throughout the month of October, 150 High-Definition photographic reproductions, accompanied […]

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Diplomatic Network
11 October 2018
Managua, ‘Scusate se esisto’ apre festival cinema europeo

Per il secondo anno consecutivo sarà un film italiano ad inaugurare il festival del cinema europeo a Managua giunto alla   XV edizione. La premiere del 24 ottobre sarà quindi dedicata a ‘Scusate se esisto’ di Riccardo Milani, con Paola Cortellesi e Raoul Bova, opera scelta nonostante la prassi che ha visto fino ad ora prevalere […]

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Events
10 October 2018
Presentation of the Day: “Giornata del Contemporaneo – Italian Contemporary Art”

The Farnesina hosts the presentation of the Day titled “Giornata del Contemporaneo – Italian Contemporary Art”, an event held annually to celebrate and disseminate contemporary art, now at its 14th edition in Italy.   The event will open with remarks by Vincenzo De Luca, the MAECI’s Director General for Cultural and Economic Promotion and Innovation, followed […]

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Diplomatic Network
5 October 2018
“The Ulysses syndrome”, a soundscape of the Mediterranean

Scanners, aerial antennas and recorders were used to record the sounds, music, voices, private conversations and service communications between boats, ships and the coast during two months of sailing along the shores of the Middle East, Italy, North Africa and Southern Europe.  The “Ulysses Syndrome” originated from the Soundwalk Collective project and is a panorama […]

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Diplomatic Network
3 October 2018
The summer programme of ‘Tempo Forte Italia-Grecia’ winds up in Athens

The events on the recently concluded summer programme of ‘Tempo Forte Italia-Grecia 2018’, were all a great success. In particular, the National Institute of Ancient Drama returned on stage at the Athens and Epidaurus Festival to perform Sophocles’ ‘Oedipus at Colonus’, directed by Greece’s Yannis Kokkos and featuring Massimo De Francovich in the role of […]

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Diplomatic Network
3 October 2018
Vancouver Fashion week, Italian fashion on the catwalk

‘MODA! Italy on the catwalk’ brought six young talents of Italian fashion in the limelight of the Vancouver Fashion Week: Arianna Bonifazi, Gaoming Chen, He Yan and Yeqi Tang, all students at the New Academy of Fine Arts (NABA) of Milan, under the guidance of Nicoletta Morozzi. They presented their creations together with Elena Pignata for ‘Ombra […]

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Diplomatic Network
28 September 2018
Sao Paulo: Boccioni in addition to Italian music and cinema

The Italian Cultural Institute in Sao Paulo presented a dense calendar of events for the end of September, offering a multi-faceted panorama of the Italian world of art.   From 23 September to 21 December, the Museum of Contemporary Art of Sao Paulo will host an exhibition on Umberto Boccioni, with a special focus on the […]

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Diplomatic Network
26 September 2018
“Italian Film Days”: Festival del cinema italiano a Cipro

Si è concluso ieri a Nicosia l’“Italian Film Days 2018”, il1° Festival del Cinema Italiano a Cipro, presentato dall’Ambasciata d’Italia in cooperazione con l’Associazione Culturale IMAGO, il Teatro Rialto di Limassol e il Teatro Pantheon di Nicosia. Nel corso di sette giorni, centinaia di spettatori delle due principali città cipriote hanno potuto apprezzare sei tra […]

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Diplomatic Network
26 September 2018
Italian jazz takes centre stage in Rabat and Tangier

Italian jazz took centre stage in two of the major events in Morocco’s musical season, which opened with the “Jazz au Chellah” Festival in Rabat and “Tanjazz” in Tangier. The 23rd edition of the EU-sponsored “Jazz au Chellah” festival was opened by the BBB trio of Flavio Boltro, trumpet, Mauro Battisti, double bass, and Mattia Barbieri […]

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Diplomatic Network
24 September 2018
Opening of the symphonic season in Washington

Today, on behalf of the President of the Italian Republic, the Ambassador of Italy to the United States Armando Varricchio bestowed on Gianandrea Noseda, Music Director of the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, DC, the honor of the rank of Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. The award ceremony followed the […]

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Diplomatic Network
24 September 2018
The ‘Orchestra di piazza Vittorio’ in Dakar

As part of the preparatory activities for the reopening of the Italian Cultural Institute in Dakar, yesterday evening the Italian Embassy presented the much-awaited concert by the Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio, the renowned band of musicians from different backgrounds that formed in Rome’s Esquilino district, giving life to a unique multicultural project. The concert was […]

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Diplomatic Network
21 September 2018
Tokyo: “Michelangelo, the ideal body” visited by more than 180,000 people

Over 180,000 people visited the Tokyo exhibition ‘Michelangelo and the ideal body’ in the three months that it was on display. The exhibition was organised by the Japanese editorial giant NHK in partnership with ‘Mondo Mostre’ and with the sponsorship of the Italian Embassy. Hosted in the National Museum of Western Art in Ueno Park, […]

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