Italian fashion and music were the focus of the “Gala Italia 2014”, organised for the launch of the Italian Presidency of the EU. The event was created to promote Albania’s first tourist port, owned by entrepreneur Alfo Giorgi, and to showcase young emerging musicians and designers. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreDean of the University of Rijeka (Fiume in Italian) Pero Lucin, announced the introduction of a 3-year degree in Italian literature in the Department of Italian Studies of the Faculty of Letters. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreThe second meeting of the “Italian photography in Tirana” project will feature Oliviero Toscani on Monday 14 July at 18:30 at the Sala Madre Teresa of the Albanian capital’s Palace of Culture, organised by the Italian Cultural Institute and EJAlbum. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreWith the hope that the “next six months will be guided by that which unites and not divides” Russia and the European Union, Uto Ughi conducted a concert yesterday evening at Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre for the opening of the Italian EU Presidency, with Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini attending. The power to unite Arriving […]
Read moreA “new cycle has begun” in Latin America that prompts reflection on how to interpret “trends that Italy could get in on and even make a difference”, asserted Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs Mario Giro in a speech at the first meeting of the Italy-Latin America Table at the foreign ministry in Rome. An occasion “intended […]
Read moreMartino De Cesare and the group ‘Le ‘Vibrazioni Mediterranee’ will offer a concert on Thursday in Istanbul to celebrate the opening of the Italian Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The event has been organised by the Italian Cultural Institute and will take place in the theatre of Casa Italia in that city. […]
Read more“Exodus”, a group show of five Italian artists – Sara Basta, Elena Belliantoni, Laura Cionci, Mariana Ferratto e Dunia Mauro – will open on Thursday 19 July in Buenos Aires as part of the “Verano Italia” programme intended to promote the best of Made in Italy through June and July. The show was organised by […]
Read moreTurin’s Regio Theatre will be the protagonist of evening events on 9 and 10 July featuring the work of Giuseppe Verdi and Italian culture in Russia’s northern capital of St. Petersburg. On the first evening, Gianandrea Noseda will be conducting the theatre’s orchestra and chorus in a performance of Verdi’s Requiem; the second evening will […]
Read moreThe best of Italian cinema is coming to France thanks to an agreement between RAI Cinema and the Italian Cultural Institute in Paris, which yesterday evening hosted the first in a long series of screenings of feature and documentary films (scheduled to run through October) co-produced over recent years by RAI Cinema. Audiences will be […]
Read moreThe Embassy of Italy in Tallinn celebrated the start of the Italian Presidency of the Council of the European Union with a concert dedicated to Italian opera. The musical programme included works by Gaetano Donizetti, Giuseppe Verdi and Giacomo Puccini sung by five Italian artists selected through the collaboration of the Donizetti Foundation of Bergamo […]
Read moreWarsaw hosted the “Notte della Taranta” in celebration of the start of the Italian Presidency of the Council of the European Union within the context of the city’s 14th Musical Gardens Festival, which was dedicated this year almost exclusively to Italy. Read more, in Italian
Read moreMusic, art and poetry formed the centrepiece of a 2-day cultural event in Paris, where the Embassy of Italy and Italian Cultural Institute celebrated the launch of the Italian duty Presidency of the Council of the European Union. Pianist Gloria Campaner opened the festivities in the 18th century Sicilian theatre at the diplomatic mission, performing […]
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