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28 August 2013
CHINA: Book on Italy’s architectural contribution

A book on Italian architecture in the People’s Republic of China is our embassy in Beijing’s latest project. Its aim is to better inform local authorities and sector actors on the contribution of Italian architectural firms to the urban development of that Asian nation. The embassy has asked Italian professionals who have worked in China […]

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27 August 2013
PRAGUE: Verdi celebrations: ‘Requiem’ in Cathedral

The celebrations for the 200th anniversary of the birth of Giuseppe Verdi will be hosted in Prague on 15 September with the performance of his “Requiem Mass” in the Cathedral of San Vito. The event is part of the broader “Prague of Dvorjak” international music festival, now in its 6th edition. Read more, in Italian.

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23 August 2013
BEIJING – ITALIAN PUBLISHERS TAKING PART IN INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR

Eleven Italian publishers will be representing Italy at Beijing International Book Fair, which runs from 28 August until 1 September. The Fair, now in its 20th year, is a key events for rights sales. The Italian stand was organised by the Italian Trade Promotion Agency (ICE) in collaboration with the Italian Publishers Association (AIE) and […]

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22 August 2013
ARGENTINA – PERGOLESI AND VIVALDI AT THE TEATRO COLISEO

Music by Gianbattista Pergolesi and Antonio Vivaldi was performed at a concert by the Umberto GiordanoEnsemble at the Teatro Coliseo in Buenos Aires. The concert, on 21 August, was organised in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in Buenos Aires and our Embassy in Argentina. Read more, in Italian

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19 August 2013
LOS ANGELES – A GLIMPSE OF “ITALY OF THE FUTURE”

The Italian Cultural Institute in Los Angeles will be hosting an exhibition on “Italy of the Future”, running from 4 September to 2 October 2013. The exhibition includes an original selection of some of our country’s most valuable achievements in the field of science and technology. Looking at the past to celebrate the future Looking […]

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9 August 2013
LONDON: a summer of Italian actors and directors

The season of Italian film events continues in London, featuring some of our greatest actors and directors: Michelangelo Antonioni, Sergio Leone, Federico Fellini and Anna Magnani. The weekly screening are hosted by the Italian Cultural Institute in London. Read more, in Italian.

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8 August 2013
BANGKOK: Moviemov a great success

Bangkok’s cinemas speak Italian, with Thai subtitles. The Moviemov Italian Film Festival, now in its third year, opened with a gala evening for 700 guests and an Italian delegation that included director Marco Risi. Moviemov 2013 includes an Ettore Scola retrospective and a selection of independent Thai productions selected with the help of the Ministry […]

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8 August 2013
WARSAW: jazz by Pieranunzi

The heart of Warsaw is beating to an Italian rhythm. At the International Open-Air Jazz Festival, Enrico Pieranunzi on piano, Mauro Beggio on drums and Luca Bulgarelli on bass delighted an audience of 4000 in the city’s Old Town Square. The performance was supported by the Italian Cultural Institute in Warsaw. Read more, in Italian

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7 August 2013
MIAMI: 49 Unesco sites in Italy

The photography exhibition of Italian sites included in UNESCO’s World Heritage list closed today, 7 August 2013, in Miami. The travelling exhibition features 150 photographs and stills from famous films shot at the sites in our country, which has the world’s greatest concentration of world heritage sites. Italy plays an important role in helping emerging […]

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7 August 2013
BULGARIA: Verdi’s Nabucco on the silver screen

Giuseppe Verdi’s “Nabucco” will be screened at the opening of the 3rd Nikolay Ghiaurov International Musical Film Festival on 8 August 2013. The performance, featuring Ghena Dimitrova, Renato Bruson and, Dimitar Petkov among others, was filmed at the Verona Arena and broadcast by the RAI on 13 November 1981. The screening was organised in collaboration […]

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