Diplomazia Culturale

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21 October 2015

Ankara – Conferences, poetry and concerts: Turkey celebrates the Italian language

Turkey has a full calendar of events planned for the 15th edition of Italian Language in the World Week, whose theme this year is the relationship between the Italian language and music. The events, which include conferences, poetry recitals and musical performances, have been organised by the Embassy of Italy in Ankara with the High […]

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21 October 2015

Berlin – “Depicting a city”, Staino on the German capital

Sia Saino is one of Italy’s best known and loved satiric artists, whose most famous character – Bobo – has been known to the Italian public since the early 1970s as the artist’s alter-ego appeared for the first time on the pages of “Linus”. The artist will be a guest at the Italian Cultural Institute […]

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20 October 2015

Conference in Florence with Under-Secretary Giro on the value and dissemination of the Italian language in the world

Contemporary with the 15th Italian Language in the World Week, the conference “Riparliamone: la lingua ha valore” took place at Florence’s Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation on the impetus of Under-Secretary Mario Giro and in collaboration with the Florence city government. Participants included Under-Secretary Giro and Gabriele Toccafondi […]

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19 October 2015

15th Italian Language Week 

Opening Events   Giorgio Moroder, spokesman for Italian Language Week at the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles, receives Lifetime Achievement Award        Los Angeles entrusts its programming to Giorgio Moroder, acclaimed producer, composer and DJ, electronic music pioneer and winner of three Academy Awards (film score for Midnight Express and best song for Flashdance and Top […]

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19 October 2015

Lima – “Il tempo di alzare lo sguardo”

Gea Casolaro’s exhibition entitled “Il tempo di alzare lo sguardo” was especially designed for Peru, beginning with its title, taken from a song by Ce’sar Calvo and Chabuca Granda. The event will take place at the Galeria Mario Sironi from 23 to 27 November and has been organised by the Italian Cultural Institute of Lima. […]

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19 October 2015

Tokyo – From baroque to jazz, Italians in concert

Italian artists conquered the musical scene in Tokyo with 90 minutes of performances ranging from baroque to contemporary classical to pop and jazz music, hosted by the Italian Cultural Institute. The event concluded with an unplanned performance in which Danilo Rea offered a Japanese version of the Italian song “parole, parole”. Read more, in Italian

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19 October 2015

Moscow – “Studying in Italy” fair gets under way in Russia

The 4th edition of the “Studying in Italy” educational fair opens tomorrow in Russia at Moscow’s Ararat Park Hyatt Hotel. The event, which each year attracts over 2,500 visitors, moves on to St. Petersburg on Sunday and, for the first time ever, will make stops in Kazakhstan (20 October in Amaty and 21 October in […]

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Press Releases

17 October 2015

Gentiloni hails approval of UNESCO resolution on urgent intervention in crisis areas

“I would like to express my deep satisfaction with the decision by UNESCO to institute a mechanism for the coordination of urgent interventions in crisis areas”, stated Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni. “This response to Italy’s proposal confirms our country’s guiding role in the defence of cultural heritage at risk in […]

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16 October 2015

15th Italian Language in the World Week – For a week, the world will speak and sing in Italian

The “Italian Language in the World Week”, now in its 15th edition, will run from 19 to 24 October 2015. This event, which takes place in the third week of October each year, is central to the promotion of the Italian language abroad. The “Week” is a collaboration by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and […]

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15 October 2015

Lisbon – A reading with music: “La strage dei congiuntivi” on tour

Contaminated by English, threatened by WhatsApp icons and ill-treated by text-speak, the Italian language seems increasingly under threat. But it’s time to celebrate our language worldwide. For the 15th Italian Language in the World Week, which runs from 19 to 24 October 2015, the theme is “The Italian of Music, the Music of Italian”. Lisbon […]

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15 October 2015

Moscow – Italian design at WorldWide to consolidate its leading position

Saloni WorldWide Moscow, a key home furnishing and design trade show for Russia and neighbouring countries, will see a strong Italian presence of 280 out of 335 participating companies. Now in its 11th edition, Saloni WorldWide Moscow runs until Saturday 17 October. The Italian presence was organised by ICE-Italian Trade Agency in collaboration with FederlegnoArredo. […]

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14 October 2015

Peru – Focus on “The Gaze of the Gods”

“The Gaze of the Gods. Observing the Andean heritage from space”. That’s the title of an exhibition curated by Nicola Masini, Alvaro Higueras and Rosa Lasaponara and organised with the patronage of the Italian Cultural Institute. The exhibition, which runs in Lima from 16 October to 15 November 2015, will examine the protection and management […]

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