“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 […]
Read moreThe baroque chapel in the Italian Cultural Institute in Prague is hosting an exhibition entitled “ItaliArts. Contemporary Italian artists in Prague”, which will run until 11 August 2014 to celebrate Italy’s EU Presidency. The event was organised as part of the “ItaliArts” project by Aura, an arts and culture organisation based in Udine, byGiancarlo Caneva’s […]
Read moreLisbon joins other capitals in celebrating Italy’s EU Presidency semester, which opened with a speech by Prime Minister Matteo Renzi to the European Parliament. Young people from Italy and Portugal are taking part in music and art events organised by the Italian Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute. The programme will be a celebration of […]
Read moreL’Ambasciata italiana a Vienna ha messo a punto alcune iniziative per far conoscere il programma del Semestre di Presidenza italiana Ue. L’Ambasciatore Giorgio Marrapodi, martedi prossimo, illustrerà le priorità e gli obiettivi del programma del Semestre italiano agli ambasciatori dei Paesi membri dell’Unione, accreditati a Vienna. All’evento sara’ presente il governatore della Banca nazionale austriaca, […]
Read moreNegli Stati Uniti il semestre italiano di presidenza dell’Unione europea si apre all’insegna dell’arte. Il nostro ambasciatore a Washington, Claudio Bisogniero, lo ha presentato alla National Gallery in occasione dell’inaugurazione della mostra della “Danae” di Tiziano.L’esposizione e’ promossa e organizzata dalla sede diplomatica. Il capolavoro rinascimentale, proveniente dal Museso di Capodimonte di Napoli, rimarra’ nella […]
Read moreWith the support of the President of the Republic within the Italian EU Presidency Held from 4 to 11 July in Rome’s House of Cinema and MAXXI Museum The MedFilm Festival celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, confirming the appropriateness of an intuition to promote cultural dialogue among the countries along the Mediterranean Sea, starting […]
Read moreVincitori del premio Shanghai, fondato dall’Istituto italiano di cultura,sono tre giovaniartisti, Elisa Strinna, Chiara Principe eAlessandro Dandiniche spiegano qual è il loro “progetto artistico” ispirato alla complessità e alle opportunità della città di Shanghai. Inparticolare Strinna e Principeritengono che sia “unacittà affascinante, piena di stimoli e contrasti appassionati, che hanno contribuito in modo positivo a […]
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