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3 November 2014
Italy – Recalling the Great War with Ermanno Olmi

All Italian diplomatic missions and cultural institutes around the world will be united on 4 November by a single event: the premier of Ermanno Olmi’s “Torneranno i prati”. The screening of this feature-length film will take place simultaneously in nearly 100 countries around the world within the context of the activities organized to commemorate the […]

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30 October 2014
Slovakia – “Etruschi di Perugia” exhibition opens in Bratislava

The “Etruschi di Perugia” exhibition opens at Bratislava Castle on Thursday 30 October 2014 and will run until 29 March 2015. The exhibition was organised by the Slovak National Museum and the Italian Cultural Institute, in collaboration with the National Archaeological Museum of Umbria and the Italian Embassy. Many of the exhibits are being shown […]

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30 October 2014
Sydney – Jazz by Enrico Rava arrives on Australian shores

A series of concerts by jazz musician Enrico Rava, starting at the Wangaratta Jazz & Blues Festival in Sydney on 1 November 2014, is attracting keen interest from Australian audiences. The concerts will be followed by an event on 4 November at the city’s Italian Cultural Institute, featuring Rava and jazz pianist Paul Grabowsky. Read […]

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30 October 2014
Toronto – The genius of Michelangelo on display

The genius of Michelangelo will be showcased in Canada until January 2015, with the “Michelangelo Quest for Genius” exhibition hosted by the Art Gallery of Ontario, in Toronto. The exhibition was organised by Casa Buonarroti, in Florence, and the MetaMorfosi Association. The initiative was presented by the gallery’s director, Matthew Teitelbaum, and by Pietro Folena […]

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30 October 2014
Paraguay – Emilio Salgari stars in Italian Language Week

The 14th Italian Language Week was a resounding success in Asunción, capital city of Paraguay. The exhibition entitled “Emilio Salgari. La fabbrica dei sogni: dalla Malesia al Paraguay”, which was opened in the presence of two of Paraguay’s ministers,Mabel Causarano (culture) and Anna Baiardi (gender issues), attracted especially keen interest. Read more, in Italian.

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29 October 2014
Cameroon – Music and the Made in Italy brand for “Italian Language Week”

The Italian Embassy in Yaoundé has organised a number of events to mark the 14th “Italian Language in the World Week”. Initiatives include concerts by the Caronte group in Douala and Yaoundé, organised with support from Pirelli, Alpicam and UTA, with the collaboration of Brussels Airlines and the Institut Français in Cameroon. Other initiatives include […]

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29 October 2014
Brazil – A book tells the story of a “Neapolitan empress in the tropics”

A book entitled “Teresa Cristina di Bourbon: un’imperatrice napoletana ai tropici” will be launched on Thursday 6 November in São Paulo, in Brazil. The book will be presented by Aniello Angelo Avella, professor at the Università di Roma Tor Vergata and author of numerous works on Italian-Brazilian cultural relations. Read more, in Italian

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29 October 2014
“Ferite a morte” – a performance for Italian Language Week

The initiatives organised by the Italian Embassy to mark Italian Language in the World Week will close with a performance of “Ferite a morte”, written by Serena Dandini and Maura Misiti to highlight the problems of victims of domestic violence. Other “Italian Language” events include the exhibition entitled “Georgia-Italia: il dialogo culturale nei manoscritti”, a […]

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29 October 2014
Genoa – Science Festival, the Farnesina organises 3 round tables

The 12th Science Festival – one of the Ligurian regional capital’s most important international events – will run in Genoa from 24 October to 2 November 2014. “Time” – in all its forms, from the evolution of the species to physics to climate – will be the Festival theme. The event will include interactive science […]

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27 October 2014
Diplomazia e Dintorni – When diplomats write: Domenico Vecchioni

There are many diplomats who are also writers. One of the skills required of diplomats is precisely the ability to write reports, analyses, summaries and press releases, which are all part of the predictable daily routine of every diplomat. Through writing a very close relationship is generated that often leads to the publication of books. […]

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27 October 2014
Croazia – In mostra “la Luce del Barocco” di Guercino (in translation)

Verra’ inaugurata il 28 ottobre a Zagabria, alla presenza del presidente della Repubblica croata Ivo Josipovic – che co-patrocina l’iniziativa insieme al presidente della Repubblica Giorgio Napolitano – e dell’ambasciatore d’Italia, Emanuela D’Alessandro, l’esposizione “Guercino la luce del Barocco” che portera’ per la prima volta in Croazia 35 capolavori di Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, detto il […]

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