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22 April 2016

Uruguay – Lumina 10 award ceremony on May 27

Young Uruguayan designers will take centre stage on May 27 at the national Auditorio del Sodre, where the awards ceremony of the tenth “Lumina” contest will be celebrated. The event was organised by Punta Carretas Shopping in collaboration with the Italian Institute of Culture in Montevideo, Altavista Lab & Trend, Vogue and the European Institute […]

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22 April 2016

Beijing – Music and culture, “Umbria Jazz China 2016” is ready to kick off

The count-down has begun for the “Umbria Jazz China” festival which will run from 27 April to 8 May in Beijing, Shanghai, Qingdao and Canton. The event will be presented on Friday, 22 April at 11 a.m. at the Hall of the National Council of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism (MIBACT) on Via del […]

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22 April 2016

USA- Los Angeles screens documentary on Italians abroad

An all-Italian evening has been scheduled for April 27 in Los Angeles, where the Italian Institute of Culture will offer the West Coast the premiere of the award-winning documentary “Emergency Exit: Young Italians Abroad” directed by Brunella Fili’. The screening will be followed by a debate with the director, chaired by Victor Laruccia, executive director […]

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21 April 2016

Amman – Seminario per Dialogo Interculturale

L’Ambasciata italiana in Giordania ha promosso il seminario “Promoting Intercultural Dialogue through Safeguarding Cultural Heritage” che si è tenuto alla University of Jordan di Amman. L’iniziativa, organizzata in collaborazione con il Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies presieduto dal principe Hassan e il locale ufficio Unesco, è il terzo evento del foro di dialogo istituito nel […]

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21 April 2016

Brazil – Opera takes centre stage in Sao Paulo

The history of the opera and opera singing will take centre stage in Sao Paulo in a two-lecture event hosted at the Theatro Sao Pedro on 25 and 26 April. The two events are organised by the Italian Institute of Culture (IIC) and the theatre. The first lecture will be by Gianni Tangucci and will […]

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20 April 2016

“Critical Tuesdays” – The Farnesina hosts Giorgio Griffa on Tuesday, 26 April

​The Farnesina hosts, for the first time, a meeting of the “Critical Tuesdays” cycle, kicking off a cooperation that will periodically propose new events. On Tuesday, 26 April, at 6 p.m., the special guest at the event will be artist Giorgio Griffa, who has recently given an artwork on free loan to the Farnesina’s Art […]

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20 April 2016

Pretoria – Nicola Piovani to compose music for South African film

Italian pianist and composer Nicola Piovani has given two concerts at the Atterbury Theatre in Pretoria. However, the Italian musician is not in South Africa only for public performance. The winner of the Oscar for the score of Roberto Benigni’s film ‘Life Is Beautiful’, Piovani was in South Africa also for the filming of ‘Liberation’, […]

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20 April 2016

Stuttgart – Focus on Friedrich Heider’s depiction of Italy, enchanting and picturesque

Friedrich Heider’s love for Italy and art are some of his distinctive features. Heider and Italy are bound by deep-set ties: a love relationship which began and developed during his many journeys to this dreamlike tourist destination, like many other Germans. Italy’s wealth of culture on one hand and, on the other hand, its manifold […]

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19 April 2016

y-Brazil – Relations tighten around sports

The work of 15 Italian artists living in Brazil and of 15 of their Brazilian counterparts working in Italy will be on show at the exhibition “Atletas and cores, Brasil Itália”, organized by the Italian Embassy in Brazil, the bank “Caixa Econômica” and the association “ACIB – Arte Contemporânea Italo-Brasileira” (Italo-Brazilian Contemporary Art). Two well-known […]

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19 April 2016

Czech Republic – La Scala Philharmonic Orchestra gets ovation in Prague

The concert by La Scala’s Philharmonic Orchestra in Prague was a great hit. The orchestra, conducted by Myung-Whun Chung, was received with great acclaim and a ten-minute standing ovation for its performance of Mozart’s Symphony in G Minor KV 5450 and Mahler’s Fifth Symphony. The concert, organised by the Italian Embassy and the Italian Institute […]

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19 April 2016

Abu Dhabi – The Quartetto di Venezia opens the International Book Fair

Italy is this year’s guest of honour at the 26th edition of the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair, the most ambitious across the Middle East and North Africa, with 500,000 new books presented every year. The International Book Fair, running at the ADNEC – Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre – from April 27 to May […]

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18 April 2016

Tokyo: Sixteenth Italian Film Festival sets out to conquer Japan

Italian cinema sets out to conquer the Far East at the Tokyo Italian Film Festival with films such as “Wondrous Boccaccio” by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, “Mediterranea” by Jonas Carpignano, “We and Julia” by Edoardo Leo, “For your sake” by Giuseppe Gaudino, “Quo Vado?” by Gennaro Nunziante and “Suburra” by Stefano Sollim. The 16th edition […]

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