Diplomazia Culturale

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18 June 2015

Athens – Photography by Italy’s Simona Ghizzoni featured at the Athens Photo Festival

Simona Ghizzoni, an Italian photographer of international renown, will represent Italy at this year’s Athens Photo Festival, the most important international photography event in south-eastern Europe. Promoted by the Italian Cultural Institute in Athens, the Festival opened on Wednesday 3 June and will run until Sunday 26 July, at the Benaki Museum. Read more, in […]

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18 June 2015

Tel Aviv – Two jazz events with an Italian beat, featuring Stefania Patanè and Andrea Rea

Two jazz events with an Italian beat have been organised by the Italian Cultural Institute of Tel Aviv in collaboration with Aviv-Jaffa municipality, “Dizengoff Yozer” and Alley Jazz. Featuring Stefania Patanè and Andrea Rea, the performances will take place on 24 and 25 June. Read more, in Italian

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18 June 2015

El Salvador – Italian initiative to protect the cultural heritage and prevent youth crime

“Rafforzamento della Secretaria de Cultura de la Presidencia de El Salvador mediante la valorizzazione del patrimonio culturale” is the name of a project recently opened in El Salvador by Italian Ambassador Tosca Barucco. Funded by theDirectorate General for Development Cooperation, the project is being implemented by the Universita’ degli Studi Roma Tre. Its aim is […]

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18 June 2015

Madrid – Re-discovering Guido Gozzano – new anthology of his poetry

Madrid is rediscovering the work of Guido Gozzano, thanks to the “Poesia” anthology presented in the Italian Cultural Institute’s “Missoni Theatre”. The work was edited and translated by Jose’ Munoz. Counsellor Gaia Danese from the Italian Embassy underscored the importance of promoting Italian literature abroad as a “soft-power” instrument. She also described the Farnesina’s work […]

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17 June 2015

Italian-Georgian archaeological mission resumes

The annual joint archaeological mission conducted by Universita’ Ca’ Foscari di Venezia and the Georgian National Museum will resume on 18 June and run until 4 August 2015. The project, in the Shida Kartli region, is led by Professors Elena Rova and Iulon Gagoshidze and sponsored by the Farnesina. Read more, in Italian

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17 June 2015

Rio – First exhibition on “De Martino in Brazil”

“De Martino in Brazil” is the title of an exhibition celebrating the works of Italian genre painter Eduardo De Martino. De Martino was an Italian navy officer who left his military career and turned to painting following an accident in Rio de la Plata. Organised in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute, the exhibition will […]

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17 June 2015

Madrid – Association of Italian Researchers in Spain set up

The Association of Italian Researchers in Spain (ARIS) has been set up in Madrid with the aim of promoting communication between the Italian and Spanish academic and scientific communities. The association was an initiative of Teodosio Libondi, science attaché at the Italian Embassy in Madrid until June 2014. It won strong support from the Italian […]

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17 June 2015

Ottawa – Gladiators are their lives, and deaths, are featured in a new exhibition

An overview of the life of gladiators, from what they ate to where they lived and died, is the subject of the exhibition entitled “Gladiators and the Colosseum – Death and Glory” just opened at Ottawa’s Canadian War Museum. Fruit of the collaboration between the museum and two Italian companies, Contemporanea Progetti and Expona, the […]

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Press Releases

16 June 2015

Farnesina: Agreement with SIOI on training opportunities abroad for students

Training in an international sphere is the subject of an agreement signed at the Farnesina by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Italian Society for International Organization (Italian initials SIOI). The convention was signed by the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Michele Valensise, and the President of the SIOI, Franco Frattini. […]

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16 June 2015

Beijing – Encounters with Italian Opera – Giuseppe Cuccia illustrates “L’elisir d’amore”

Gaetano Donizetti’s opera “L’elisir d’amore” will be performed at the National Grand Theatre in Beijing from 9 to 12 July 2015. On 29 June, Giuseppe Cuccia will give a presentation on the opera at the Italian Cultural Institute as part of the “Encounters with Italian Opera” events organised by the Institute. Cuccia is a consultant […]

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16 June 2015

New York – The “Rome School” of flute: lesson-concert in the Big Apple

“The flute in Contemporary Music: The Italian experience and the ‘Rome School’”.That is the title of the lesson-concert that flautist Gianni Trovalusci will be giving at the Italian Cultural Institute in New York at 6pm on Wednesday 24 June. Read more, in Italian

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16 June 2015

Maputo – A week of Italian culture

Italian Culture Week is under way in Maputo and will run until 20 June. The initiative includes piano concerts Hwith performances by DuoKeira, with Michela Chiara Borghese and Sabrina De Carlo. The “Festa do cinema italiano”, with films by directors such as Ettore Scola, Paolo Virzi’, Carlo Mazzacurati and Rocco Papaleo, will also include screenings […]

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