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4 September 2015
San Francisco – Cinema marathon of 4 De Sica films

San Francisco pays tribute to director Vittorio De Sica on 26 September, a day to be dedicated entirely to his Neo-Realist masterpieces at the historic Castro cinema, where a four-film marathon will begin at 11:30 in the morning. The series has been organized in association with the Ministry of Culture under the patronage of the […]

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3 September 2015
Stockholm – Climate soil and landscape: a lecture by Luca Mercalli

The wider public knows him as TV’s “weatherman with the butterfly”, but he is much more: Luca Mercalli is, in fact, an internationally renowned climatologist who will present a lecture on 7 September (at 18:00) at the Italian Cultural Institute in Stockholm entitled “Climate, soil, landscape: how to stop the race to the edge of […]

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3 September 2015
Prague – Traditions and notes: the polyphonic songs of Sardinia

The traditional polyphonic songs of Sardinia, as well as those of Corsica, will be featured in a concert by the world famous Mediterranean polyphonic group “Cuncordu e Tenore de Orosei” on Tuesday 15 September (at 20:00) at Prague’s Hlahol (Masarykovo nábřeží 16), promoted by the Italian Cultural Institute of Prague. Read more, in Italian.

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3 September 2015
Marseille – Concert Thursday by Germany’s first electronic orchestra

France and Italy come together for an important event dedicated to electronic music. In collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute, the Goethe Institute of Marseille, has organised a concert for 3 September by the first electronic music orchestra, conducted by Rochus Aust, a German composer who transfers the physics discoveries of Ampère and Fabry into […]

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2 September 2015
Brazzaville – Azzurri Stars, old glories in the field for Made in Italy

On 2 September, four champions of Italy’s winning 2006 World Cup team – Fabio Cannavaro, Simone Perrotta, Gianluca Zambrotta and Simone Barone – will join other greats such as Totò Schillaci, ‘Penna Bianca’ Fabrizio Ravanelli, Damiano Tommasi, Stefano Tacconi and Antonio Benarrivo as the “Azzurri Stars”. They will be matched in the new Brazzaville stadium, […]

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2 September 2015
Geneva – 50th anniversary of Mattmark tragedy

A solemn commemoration will be held in the Canton Vallese on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the 1965 Mattmark landslide in which 88 dam construction workers – 56 of whom were Italians – tragically lost their lives. The ceremony’s more than 1,000 participants will include Undersecretary for Regional Affairs Gianclaudio Bressa, Italian Consul […]

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2 September 2015
Copenhagen – Ambassador’s residence open for Golden Days

It will be open house on 17 September at the Ambassador of Italy’s 18th century Copenhagen residence, which is normally closed to the public. The occasion is the Golden Days Festival and has been organised in cooperation with the French embassy in the Danish capital. The two historically significant buildings will be open to the […]

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2 September 2015
Montreal – Madama Butterfly opens opera season

Great expectations for Giacomo Puccini’s “Madame Butterfly”, scheduled to open the 36th opera season on 19 September (19:30) at the Place des Arts opera House in Montreal, Canada, the most important French-speaking venue in North America. The event has been arranged thanks to the support of the Italian Cultural Institute of Montreal, and will be […]

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1 September 2015
Mission to Brasilia – Sports as a vehicle for building global citizens

As part of the events associated with the Year of Italy in Latin America, a delegation from the Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research (MIUR) are on a mission this week to Brasilia, organised in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy in Brasilia and the Consulates General of Porto Alegre, Rio de Janeiro and […]

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31 August 2015
Montreal – Italian cinema at the Festival Films Du Monde

Italy is making a strong showing at the Festival des Films du Monde of Montreal, hosting the best in the filmmaking of five continents through 7 September with the goal of encouraging cultural diversity and understanding, discovering and encouraging new talent and fostering meetings between newcomers and professionals. A total of 16 films produced and […]

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27 August 2015
Romania – Discovering the Italian community on “The Road to Arad”

“The Road to Arad – a journey in a border land”, a historical-cultural project organised with the collaboration of Radio Rai, Radio Vaticana and Radio Romania, runs from 28 August to 4 September 2015 in Romania. The topic was chosen by the international Italian-speaking broadcasting community in 2015, to celebrate its 30th year. Cited as […]

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