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10 April 2013
BUDAPEST: Italy guest of honour at book festival

To coincide with the Year of Italian Culture in Hungary, Italy is guest of honour at the International Book Festival taking place at the Millenáris centre from 18 to 21 April 2013. The Italian stand will offer a taste of current Italian publishing output, with events and round tables providing an opportunity for more in-depth […]

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10 April 2013
BEIJING – A musical spring-time at the Cultural Institute

A musical spring-time for the Italian Cultural Institute in Beijing, which has organised a series of concerts ranging from jazz to opera. The season opened with a performance by jazz musician Marco Cappelli, where the audience included 20 or so Chinese boys and girls from schools taking part in the “’Youth Culture Ambassadors” project. In […]

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10 April 2013
KUWAIT – Italian films showcased for the first time

Italian films are being showcased in Kuwait for the first time, with the “Italian Film Festival” opening on 15 April 2013. The event was organised by the Italian Embassy in Kuwait and Cinescape Kuwait, the Gulf country’s biggest cinema chain, in collaboration with the cultural expert for the Gulf, Alessandra Priante. Screenings will include “Benvenuti […]

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9 April 2013
ITALY-USA: Biden Pays Tribute To Year Of Italian Culture In The Usa

U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden and his wife Jill paid tribute to the Year of Italian Culture in the USA on the occasion of the “Opera Ball”, one of the American capital’s most important cultural events, which was organized with the help of the Washington National Opera (WNO) at Villa Firenze, residence of Italian Ambassador Claudio […]

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9 April 2013
COPENAGHEN – “Found in Italy”

Scenes from daily life, portraits, landscapes and images of people working the land; snapshots from the world of cinema fuse with those of industrial architecture in a journey through Italy of the last century: the exhibition “Found in Italy” opens on 16 April at the Italian Cultural Institute of Copenhagen. Read more, in Italian.

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9 April 2013
ARGENTINA – Stefano Benni at Italian Cultural Institute

Celebrated Italian writer Stefano Benni will be a guest of the Italian Cultural Institute, where he will meet the public on 26 April, and will be present on 27 April at the Institute’s stand at the international Book Fair. Read more, in Italian.

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9 April 2013
ITALY-TURKEY – Modern art unites

Italy and Turkey come together in the presentation of modern art: the exhibition “Segno Condiviso II”, which opened at the PortArt gallery in Ankara and runs through 5 May, is a display of the works of the students and professors of the Academies of Fine Arts of Brera, Rome and Foggia, following on the heels […]

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8 April 2013
VIETNAM – Opening of “Casa Italia”

Italy gets its own “house” in Vietnam: on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations, and of the Year of Italy in Vietnam, our Embassy in Hanoi will christen “Casa Italia” on 11 April: a centre for the dissemination of Italian culture, language and lifestyle in that Asian country. Its opening was made […]

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8 April 2013
CYPRUS – Go ahead for “New Italian Cinema”

The “Nuovo Cinema Italiano” film festival opened with a screening of Angelo Longoni’s film “Caravaggio” at the University of Cyrus. Other screenings will include Francesco Bruni’s “Scialla”, Gabriele Muccino’s “Baciami ancora’” and Massimo Martelli’s “Bar Sport” in the course of a film festival sponsored by the Embassy of Italy in Cyprus with the organisational support […]

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5 April 2013
LIMA – Slow Food founder Petrini and cartoonist Staino visit Peru

The Italian Cultural Institute in Lima has hosted a debate between the founder and president of the Slow Food association, Carlo Petrini, and the cartoonist Sergio Staino, who is very popular in Peru. Topics discussed included food traditions, sustainable agriculture and biodiversity. After the debate a exhibition of Staino’s cartoons and illustrations featuring universal subjects […]

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