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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
Read moreThe 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 […]
Read moreGiuseppe 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 […]
Read moreA new soundtrack has been composed by maestro Nicola Piovani to celebrate the Year of Italian Culture in the USA. Entitled “Allegretto Made in Italy”, the score, for symphony orchestra, was performed by the Italian Film Orchestra. It was produced with the collaboration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Italian Embassy and Italian Cultural […]
Read more“We’re working on a series of agreements that, once signed, will make a marked and positive impact on the lives of Italian companies and households. And we’re doing so as part of our diplomacy for growth policy in the framework of economic recovery”. Work on the agreements is on-going, in the run-up to the Italian-Russian […]
Read moreUnder-Secretary Mario Giro, whose remit includes Central America, will be on an official visit to Mexico on 8 and 9 August 2013 – the first bilateral visit by an Italian Government representative in many years. “Mexico is undergoing an important economic and social reform process, a process that is making rapid pace and in which […]
Read moreDeputy Foreign Minister Lapo Pistelli will be visiting Tehran on 6 and 7 August to make contact with the Iranian authorities following the inauguration of President Rouhani. His visit will underscore the Italian government’s interest in Iran after the election of the new President. Another aim is to encourage the new Iranian administration to take […]
Read moreThe Titian exhibition in Moscow, with opened at the Pushkin Museum on 26 June, is according to our ambassador to Moscow, Antonio Zanardi Landi, “enjoying a truly exceptional reception from the Russian public and media – the best in terms of quality and quantity for a cultural event in recent years, and which confirms the […]
Read moreItalian fashion and music took centre-stage in Albania at “Gala Italia 2013”, held in the marina at Orikum owned by Italian businessman Alfo Giorgi. The Gala, the first, featured music by Antonio Maggio, an emerging singer-songwriter, and fashion by designer Paolo Salerno. The event, organised by the Consulate General in Valona, was attended by former […]
Read moreL’Italia è una grande potenza culturale inconsapevole. La nostra lingua e cultura costituiscono un forte strumento di attrazione, dialogo e diplomazia culturale. Se saremo capaci di sinergia potremo farne un vero perno di diplomazia della crescita, come sostiene il Ministro Bonino. L`italiano è la quarta lingua più studiata nel mondo, sebbene sia la 19esima parlata. […]
Read moreThe 2013 Year of Italian Culture in the USA is now available as an App for i-Phones and Androids. Check the events planned throughout the year, divided by category and geographical location, with an interactive map that points out the events in your location. Download it from the Appstore or Google Play. Read more, in […]
Read moreL’ allarme è nascosto tra le pieghe di un eloquio gentile. «Gli stranieri rispettano il nostro patrimonio artistico e culturale molto più di quanto non facciamo noi stessi». Il sottosegretario agli Esteri Mario Giro fa il ritratto di un Paese che potrebbe ma non vuole. Almeno, non abbastanza. «L`Italia esercita un fascino enorme in tutto […]
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