In observance of the 200th birthday of Giuseppe Verdi, Neapolitan pianist Giulio De Luca will be performing Liszt’s paraphrases of some of Verdi’s major works in a concert in Buenos Aires. Read more, Italian.
Read moreFlorence will host the General Assembly of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) in 2014. ICOMOS is a UNESCO non-governmental international organisation dedicated to the conservation of the world’s monuments and sites. The General Assembly will be an event of great international significance and will have a great impact on Italy. Indeed, the […]
Read moreItalian emigration to Egypt was the topic of a lecture on “Traces of the Past: Italians in Egypt in the 20th century” which took place in Alexandria on Monday 15 April 2013. The speaker, Joseph Viscomi, retraced the history of the Italian community in Egypt to an audience which, commented, Consul Mario Concetto Vinci, greatly […]
Read more“I speak your language”: Italian schools abroad helping foreign families in Italy A selection of forms in various foreign languages – enrolment, certification requests etc. – has been made available for Italy’s schools as a concrete way to help foreign families deal with red tape. That’s the idea behind the “I Speak Your Language” project, […]
Read more“Les Macchiaioli 1859-1877, des impressionnistes italiens?” is the title of an exhibition running at the Orangerie Museum in Paris from 10 April until 22 July 2013. The aim of the initiative is to introduce one of the most poetic artistic movements of the second half of the 19th century to the French public. The exhibition […]
Read moreItaly and Oman are establishing ever-closer links, thanks in part to art: an exhibition entitled “Italy in Muscat – Connecting cultures through ceramic art” has just taken place in Muscat. The event was organised by the Italian embassy and the Sultanate, along with Umbria Region, Gubbio Town Council and private sponsors in Oman. It showcased […]
Read morePainter and set designer Tonino Caputo will inaugurate his exhibition “Window on the World” in Sofia on 15 April at the Rayko Alexiev Gallery.
Read moreUn concorso canoro per celebrare il bicentenario della nascita di Giuseppe Verdi: e’ l’originale iniziativa organizzata dall’ambasciata italiana in Norvegia e dall’Istituto italiano di cultura di Oslo, in collaborazione con l’Opera Nazionale Norvegese, per rendere omaggio a uno dei piu’ celebri compositori italiani di tutti i tempi. Giornata Mondiale della VoceL’audizione per il ‘Premio Verdi’ […]
Read moreThe opening of the “Italy of the Future” travelling exhibition at the Italian Cultural Institute in Tokyo has launched a month of seminars, meetings and events designed to showcase Italian excellence to the Japanese research and industry communities in the fields of science, technology and innovation. Coordinated by the Embassy of Italy in Tokyo as […]
Read moreTo celebrate the bicentennial of both Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner, musician Michele Campanella dedicated a series of concerts in Italy and abroad in which he performed Franz Liszt’s paraphrases of the two composers. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreOn 29 April the Italian embassy in Brussels moine with the Etet publishing house to launch the art book “Homage to Europe”, edited by Professor Louis Godart, advisor on artistic heritage to the President of the Italian Republic. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreTo 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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