Diplomazia Culturale

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14 May 2014

Germany – “Con Verdi nel mondo” tour opens in Cologne

The “Orchestra dell’Opera Italiana” opened its special Verdi project in Cologne. “Con Verdi nel mondo” will take the musicians from the Teatro Regio in Parma on a world tour organised in collaboration with numerous Italian Cultural Institutes. The event, a huge success with the city’s music lovers, was the result of a fruitful collaboration between […]

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13 May 2014

Il SS Giro partecipa al Consiglio permanente dell’Organizzazione degli Stati Americani: “Ecco come rilanciamo le relazioni con L’America Latina”

Il Sottosegretario Mario Giro partecipa a Washington al Consiglio permanente dell’Organizzazione degli Stati Americani, per illustrare le direttrici dell’impegno italiano nelle regione .“Gli assi della nostra politica latino americana, sono quelli indicati dal Ministro Mogherini. Si basano su realismo, cooperazione, interdipendenza, responsabilizzazione di tutti gli attori e dialogo continentale con tutti, senza pregiudiziali” ha affermato […]

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13 May 2014

Il SS Giro partecipa al Consiglio permanente dell’Organizzazione degli Stati Americani: “Ecco come rilanciamo le relazioni con L’America Latina”

Under-Secretary Mario Giro is attending the meeting of the Permanent Council of Organisation of American States in Washington to illustrate the direction taken by Italy in the region. “The lines followed by our Latin American policy are those proposed by Minister Mogherini. They are based on realism, cooperation, inter-dependence, the accountability of all actors and […]

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13 May 2014

Buenos Aires – European Cinema exhibition returns to Argentina

From 21 to 30 May 2014 Buenos Aires will host the 11th European Cinema exhibition. The event is co-organised by the European Union delegation in Argentina, the Alliance Française and the Italian Cultural Institute in Buenos Aires, in collaboration with European embassies. For Italy, the film selected is Terramatta (2012), a documentary by Costanza Quatriglio […]

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13 May 2014

Nicosia – A full house in Cyprus for “La Grande Bellezza”

The Italian Embassy in Nicosia, in collaboration with the University of Cyprus and the University of Nicosia’s “Cine Studio”, organised a spring season featuring recent Italian films. A highlight was Paolo Sorrentino’s “La Grande Bellezza”, winner of the Oscar for best foreign film, which attracted a full house of film-lovers. Read more, in Italian.

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13 May 2014

China – 17th century Rome on show in Beijing

“Roma/Seicento: verso il Barocco” is the title of an exhibition just opened in the National Museum in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square as part of the Italian-Chinese memorandum of understanding on promoting the cultural heritage. The event, which will run until February 2015, includes about 50 works by Rome’s museums and churches. A programme of events focusing […]

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12 May 2014

Tokyo – Italian Book Fair attracts thousands of readers

The Italian Cultural Institute in Tokyo hosted the 6th Italian Book Fair, which attracted about 6500 Japanese readers over 2 weeks. The event is organised in springtime to coincide with the cherry blossom season (“Hanami” in Japanese), which attracts crowds of visitors to the district near the Institute’s neighbourhood, in the vicinity of the imperial […]

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8 May 2014

Thessaloniki – Capossela’s homage to modern-day Greece

Vinicio Capossela arrives in Greece on 8 May 2014 to take part in events organised by our Italian Cultural Institute to coincide with the Thessaloniki Book Fair (the most important in Greece and the Balkans). Through the events – a film screening, a concert and a book launch – Italy will pay homage to the […]

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8 May 2014

Hanoi – Notti di Milano e Roma, mostra a Casa Italia (in translation)

Le notti di Milano e Roma ‘traslocano’ ad Hanoi: la capitale vietnamita ospitera’ dal 12 al 22 maggio la mostra fotografica di Paolo Belletti, “Memoria notturna. Milano e Roma”, arricchita dalle riflessioni di Giulia Cavaliere. E’ una raccolta di immagini e parole con la notte come denominatore comune, affrontata dagli occhi di un fotografo e […]

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7 May 2014

A Journey to Italy – Open House at the Embassy of Italy in Washington

On Saturday, May 10, the Embassy of Italy, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in Washington DC, will open its doors to the public for the annual European Union Embassies’ Open House (#EUOpenHouse). The event, in which all the EU member states’ embassies in the American capital take part, always attracts large numbers of […]

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7 May 2014

Buenos Aires – “Cinema Made in Italy” opens on Thursday 8 May

The first edition of “Cinema Made in Italy” will be taking place in Buenos Aires from 8 May until 15 May 2014. The festival features recent Italian productions including Gianfranco Rosi’s “Sacro Gra”, which won the 2013 Leone d’Oro prize in Venice, and “Via Castellana Bandiera”, for which Elena Cotta won best actress prize in […]

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7 May 2014

Australia – Italian artist featured in Sydney Biennale

The Biennale of Sydney, which runs until 9 June 2014, features the work of Italian artist Rosa Barba, who creates atmospheric installations using film, sculpture and film publications. Born in Agrigento, Sicily, the artist now lives in Berlin. Read more, in Italian.

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