Diplomazia Culturale

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13 July 2015

Ottawa – Opera Lyra concert in Ambassador’s residence

The residence of the Italian Ambassador in Ottawa, Gian Lorenzo Cornado, provided a wonderful setting for the 20th edition of the “Opera Lyra” concert. Young singers from the Young Artist programme – Sean Clark, Benjamin Covey and Sasha Djihanian – performed in the residence garden accompanied by Jean Desmarais on piano. “Opera is a form […]

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13 July 2015

Albania – Italian haute couture via our diplomatic network

High fashion by Giada Curti arrives in Albania thanks to the Italian diplomatic network. The designer was the special guest at Gala Italia 2015, an event organised for the 3rd year running by our Consulate General in Vlorë. On 7 July she presented her latest 3 collections – Portofino, Shukran and Sophia – at the […]

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10 July 2015

London – Marco Delogu named Cultural Institute Director

Marco Delogu officially takes up his post tomorrow as new Director of the Italian Cultural Institute of London. The first photographer ever to direct an Italian Cultural Institute, Delogu has on many occasions stated his wish to introduce new formulas for the promotion of “classic and contemporary Italian culture”. “London will play a fundamental role […]

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10 July 2015

Chicago – 5,000 of Italian emigration

The Italian Cultural Institute commemorates Italian emigration with the presentation next Tuesday of “Across the Oceans to the Land of Mines” by Pier Giorgio Ardeni: a compendium of 5,000 stories of Italians who left their villages in the Apennine Mountains at the start of the 20th century  to seek work in America’s Midwest. Read more, […]

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10 July 2015

Costa Rica – European Film Festival returns

Costa Rica welcomes back the European Film Festival. From 23 July to 12 August the Magaly Cinema in San Jose will host the event in cooperation with the embassies of the European Union member countries. Italy’s diplomatic mission will be showing  various films on 4 August – the day dedicated to Italian cinema -, and […]

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10 July 2015

Prague – Theatre-Dance, Emma Cianchi’s “Lupi” at the Pro Art Festival

The Art Garage choreography and contemporary performing arts centre  of Pozzuoli (Naples) will present “Lupi” in Prague. The Italian Cultural Institute of the Czech capital has organised the performance by Emma Cianchi for 30 July at the Experimentální prostor (20:00) as one of the events of the Pro Art Festival 2015 (Prague 26 July-2 August), […]

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9 July 2015

Tirana – Butrinti International Threatre Festival stages “Foreign Voices”

The Butrinti International Theatre Festival in the Albanian capital Tirana will host the spectacle “Foreign Voices” on Saturday 18 and Wednesday 22, mounted by the Silence Teatro of Bergamo directed by Luigi Pezzoti. The Italian Cultural Institute of Tirana is sponsoring the event, which will take place at night in a park lit by candlelight […]

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9 July 2015

Chile – The kinetic art of Alberto Biasi

The kinetic art of Italian Alberto Biasi returns to Chile in an exhibition to be held from 8 July to August 1st at the A.M.S. Marlbrough Gallery of Santiago. The exhibition, co-organised by the Italian Cultural Institute and Embassy of the Chilean capital, will transform the gallery into a laboratory of colour and light with […]

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8 July 2015

Athens – The satire and humour of Dario Fo

The ancient Odeon of Herodes Atticus will offer an evocative setting on Thursday 9 July for a tribute to Greece’s best-love Italian performer: Nobel laureate Dario Fo. Greek musician and comedian Stamatis Kraunakis will join musician and author Lina Nikolakopoulou for a unique evening entitled “Avanti Dario – Vita e Opere di Dario Fo” (Go […]

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8 July 2015

Argentina – Cordoba Celebrates Enrico Caruso

In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Italian tenor Enrico Caruso’s concert in Cordoba, the polyphonic chorus of the Libertador General San Martin Threatre, conducted by Lucia Vallesio, will present a programme of choral works from Italian operas, arias and Neapolitan songs. The concert will take place at the Theatre on 10 July and has […]

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7 July 2015

Postcard from the other Italy: An Ascolano teaches English in Istanbul

“There is great interest in Italy here in Istanbul; more and more students are going to Italian secondary schools and there are many young people who want to learn Italian. Anything about Italy immediately draws attention”, says Massimo D’Angelo, born in Ascoli Piceno 23 years ago and living in Turkey since 2013. He teaches English […]

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7 July 2015

London – Italian embassy focuses on women in business

The Italian Embassy of London hosted a round table discussion on women in business. The event was organised on a proposal by Ambassador Pasquale Terracciano and held in the form of a working breakfast. Professor of Economics Lucrezia Reichlin of the London Business School acted as moderator, and participants included 20 businesswomen from a broad […]

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