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Diplomazia Culturale

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11 March 2014
Czech Republic – Italy main protagonist at Prague Carnival

Italy was the main protagonist at the Prague Carnival. Thanks to collaboration with our embassy and Italian Cultural Institute, a cycle of theatrical spectacles and concerts was organised for the Opera Barocca Festival, with the participation of counter tenor Alessandro Giangrande and the accompaniment of the “In vino veritas” ensemble. Read more, in Italian.

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11 March 2014
Hong Kong – Carravaggio’s “Supper at Emmaus”

Caravaggio’s masterpiece “Supper at Emmaus” left Milan’s Brera museum for the first time ever for Hong Kong, where it arrived to be part of the exhibition “Light and Shade – Caravaggio, Master of the Italian Baroque” at the Asia Society Hong Kong Center from 12 March to 13 April. The painting, valued at 59 million […]

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11 March 2014
Izmir – Italian quartet enchants jazz festival

The Furio di Castri Quartet played at the opening concert the European Jazz Festival in Izmir to an enthusiastic audience of more than a thousand people, and later on in a jam session for a crowd of 400, while Italian jazz history professor at Istanbul’s Bilgi University and the festival’s musical consultant, Francesco Martinelli, held […]

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10 March 2014
Berlin – Palermo’s Teatro Massimo an icon

The Embassy of Italy in Berlin presented the 2015 season of Palermo’s Teatro Massimo as part of a broader range of promotional activities by that venue, an icon of Italian lyric excellence, within the context of the international tourism fair under way in the German capital through Sunday. Read more, in Italian.

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5 March 2014
Luxembourg – “Window on the Ghetto” – an exhibition on Rome’s Jewish quarter

An exhibition entitled “Window on the Ghetto” has opened in Luxembourg. The exhibition focuses on Rome’s Jewish quarter and on the precious fabrics produced there over the centuries and captured by photographer Araldo De Luca. It was organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Luxembourg in collaboration with the Italian Embassy, the Jewish Museum in […]

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Press Releases
3 March 2014
Giro: congratulazioni a Sorrentino per l’Oscar. Cultura e lingua strategici per ruolo Italia

“Congratulazioni a Paolo Sorrentino, che con l’Oscar vinto ieri dalla sua pellicola “La Grande Bellezza” dimostra nuovamente quanto grande sia la domanda d’Italia nel mondo”, ha dichiarato il Sottosegretario agli Affari Esteri, Mario Giro. “L’Italia attrae per il suo stile di vita, il suo vastissimo patrimonio culturale, la bellezza della sua lingua, la sua arte […]

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3 March 2014
Archaeology – Italian-Iraqi campaign to “dig the future”

The Italian-Iraqi archaeology mission in Abu Tbeirah in southern Iraq, coordinated by Professor Franco D’Agostino, from Università La Sapienza di Roma, is not just a scientific project. It’s also an adventure in a land very different from Italy, a land that’s seeking a way out from over 40 years of war. The latest dig focuses […]

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3 March 2014
Argentina – Pantalla Pinamar celebrates Italy

The Pantalla Pinamar Film Festival’s special guest this year will be Italy. Argentina’s principal celebration of film, now in its 10th edition, will take place in Pinamar, on the Atlantic coast, from 8 to 15 March 2014. Italy will share the “guest of honour” role with India, Switzerland and Hungary. To celebrate the Italian presence […]

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28 February 2014
Italy in US is online, the new portal of Italian culture in the U.S.

Washington DC (February 27, 2014) – Italian culture in the U.S. has a new online platform: the website www.italyinus.org, the cultural portal of Italy’s diplomatic network in the United States. Simple to use and with all the information you need, the new site is your guide to the hundreds of cultural events organized or supported […]

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28 February 2014
Zagabria – “Uno sguardo laterale” sulla Penisola (in translation)

Un viaggio attraverso le venti Regioni italiane, da cui trarre immagini, ricordi e stimoli: e’ lo spunto di partenza della mostra “Venti per una. Venti Regioni per un’Italia. Venti artisti per una mostra. Uno sguardo laterale” che ha conquistato Zagabria. Dopo le tappe di Mosca e San Pietroburgo, l’esposizione e’ approdata nella capitale croata, suscitando […]

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