Diplomazia Culturale

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3 February 2015

Cairo – International Book Fair opens its doors

Cairo International Book Fair, the biggest such event in the Arab and African worlds, has opened its doors. Italy is taking part with a stand organised by the Italian Cultural Institute. Italian books being presented at the Fair include “Il costo della vita” by Angelo Ferracuti, “Il romanzo arabo al cinema” by Aldo Nicosia and […]

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2 February 2015

Colombia – Mediterranean Music takes centre stage in Cartagena

A major success for the Festival of Cartagena, Colombia’s and Latin America’s most important musical event, under the direction of Antonio Miscenà. “Mare Nostrum” was the title of this year’s 9th edition of the festival, hosted by that Caribbean city, which featured some of Italy’s most successful artists, including cellist Mario Brunello to clarinetist Gabriele […]

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2 February 2015

Colombia – Mediterranean Music takes centre stage in Cartagena

A major success for the Festival of Cartagena, Colombia’s and Latin America’s most important musical event, under the direction of Antonio Miscenà. “Mare Nostrum” was the title of this year’s 9th edition of the festival, hosted by that Caribbean city, which featured some of Italy’s most successful artists, including cellist Mario Brunello to clarinetist Gabriele […]

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2 February 2015

Israel – IIFCA auction preview 9 February

The preview of an auction to raise funds for the Italo-Israeli Foundation for Culture and Art (IIFCA) will be held at the Anna Marra Contemporanea gallery in Rome on Monday 9 February. The goal of the event is to support and promote the IIFCA, created during the third Italo-Israeli Intergovernmental Summit in 2012, for the […]

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2 February 2015

Israel – IIFCA auction preview 9 February

The preview of an auction to raise funds for the Italo-Israeli Foundation for Culture and Art (IIFCA) will be held at the Anna Marra Contemporanea gallery in Rome on Monday 9 February. The goal of the event is to support and promote the IIFCA, created during the third Italo-Israeli Intergovernmental Summit in 2012, for the […]

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2 February 2015

Tirana – Journalism discussed at Cultural Institute

The Italian Cultural Institute of Tirana resumed its cycleof “Encounters with the Authors” one of which will be held on Wednesday at theInstitute’s Library and dedicated to journalism and the growth of Internet andnews media. Piepoli Institute President and professor at the University of RomaTre Roberto Baldassari will present his latest essay “Journalism, news andcommunication”, […]

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30 January 2015

Osaka – The history of Italian Music in 6 meetings

Palestrina, Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Verdi and Puccini are only some of the composers to be discussed and analysed in a course on Italian music history organised by the Italian Cultural Institute of Osaka. The 6-meetings course, from 18 February to 6 March, will traverse the music and lives of the composers and musicians who wrote the […]

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30 January 2015

Caracas – Italy celebrates the month of the Oscars

The Italian Cultural Institute of Caracas is celebrating the month of the Oscars with the screening of four Italian films that have won the famed Academy Award over the years: Giuseppe Tornatore’s 1989 “New Cinema Paradiso”, Gabriele Salvatores’ 1991 “Mediterraneo”, “Roberto Benigni’s 1998 “Life is Beautiful” and Paolo Sorrentino’s 2014 “The Great Beauty”, to be […]

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30 January 2015

Brussels – Artists and Mediterranean, Blumm Prize to photographer Vancon ‎

The Embassy of Italy in Brussels hosted the ceremony for the “Blumm Prize Future Frames: comparing identities” award, the winner of which was French artist Laetitia Vancon. The artist’s work, entitled “My Home, My Prison” focuses on the ancient practice of family feuds in a northern Albania governed by the “Kanun”, a legal code that […]

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29 January 2015

Marseilles – Pompei and Europe, nature and history

Art historian and CNRS(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) researcher Maria Teresa Caracciolo, expert on European painting of the 18th and 19th centuries and Franco-Italian relations during the Revolution and the Empire, will hold a conference entitled “Pompei and Europe. Nature and History”, at the Italian Cultural Institute of Marseilles on 10 February. The conference […]

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29 January 2015

Athens – Conference on “Extermination of Jews in Greece”

On Thursday, 29 January, a conference will be held in Athens entitled, “From Salonika to Athens. The extermination of the Jews in Greece”. Organised by the Italian Cultural Institute, the event is part of the international Holocaust Remembrance initiatives and commemorates, in particular, Italy’s attempt to save as many Jews as possible – including non-Italians […]

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28 January 2015

Iran: Restored Pomodoro sculpture returned

Arnaldo Pomodoro’s sculpture “The Sphere” once again shines in the garden of the Teheran Museum of Contemporary Art, where it has been since the institution’s foundation. The restored piece was returned to its owners during the museum’s “Dusting the Earth” ceremony. Italian ambassador Mauro Conciatori delivered a greeting to the conference for the presentation of […]

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