An evening dedicated to the poet, writer and director Pier Paolo Pasolini was held at the Italian Cultural Institute in Montevideo, to commemorate the 90th anniversary of his birth. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreTo celebrate its 30th anniversary, the De Fornaris Foundation has organised an exhibition showing some of the best pieces from its collection of modern and contemporary art. The event is being staged in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in New York and Turin’s Gallery of Modern Art (GAM). Giorgio Morandi and Felice Casorati The […]
Read moreYoung South African sailing enthusiasts squared off in the first edition of the Italian Ambassador’s Trophy, held in the lake of the Simon’s Town naval base, near Capetown, South Africa. The regatta consisted of 8 young crews from the Izivunguvungu sailing school, which offers free courses for youngsters from 8 to 18 from the poorest […]
Read moreThe workshop “Italy and European-Japanese relations: prospects and problems for the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)” will be held on Friday 14 December at the Senate’s Palazzo Giustiniani in Rome. Participants will include Lamberto Dini (President of the Senate Foreign Relations Commission), Umberto Vattani (President of the Italy-Japan Foundation), Cesare Cursi (President of the Senate Industry, […]
Read moreThe Pushkin Museum inaugurated an exhibition on Leonardo Da Vinci’s “Code on the Flight of Birds”, one of the most exemplary of documents attesting to Italian artistic and inventive virtuosity. As Italian Ambassador to the Russian Federation Antonio Zanardi Landi pointed out, the manuscript was the protagonist of an interesting story that binds Italy to […]
Read moreThe fifth annual Italo-German University Days, a traditional event held in Berlin for the purposes of deepening cultural and scientific relations between Italy and Germany, consisted of a series of lectures, roundtable discussions and workshops. The initiative was promoted by the Italo-German University of Trento, in collaboration with the Italienzentrum della Libera University of Berlin, […]
Read moreThe relationship between the South of the world and modernity is the theme explored by the Montevideo Biennale, which opened on 22 November under the auspices of the highest Uruguayan authorities. “El gran Sur” was mounted with the collaboration of the Italian Cultural Institute in Montevideo and displays the work of over 50 artists from […]
Read moreThe series of events offered by the Italian Cultural Institute of Tirana for the 100th anniversary of Albania’s independence will conclude on 7 December at 18:00 at the National Museum of Tirana, with the opening of an exhibition of photos from the archives of the Italian Geographic Society entitled Faces and Landscapes of Albania, which […]
Read moreThe Italian Embassy in Nairobi will hold a concert this evening by Mario Biondi, one of the best-loved soul voices on the international musical panorama. The proceeds will go to an Italian Cooperation education project for the construction of a primary school for the poorest children of the coastal city of Malindi in Kenya. Every […]
Read moreThe Montevideo Jazz Festival resounded with the notes of famed Italian musician Giovanni Mirabassi, whose performance at the Uruguayan capital’s Teatro Solis was built on elaborate melodic themes and harmonic variations. A little piece of Italy on stage along with Ralph Towner (guitar and piano) and Italo-Argentine Javier Girotto (soprano sax and Andean flute), both […]
Read moreItalian music took centre stage on Lebanon’s National Day, celebrated on 22 November, with a concert organised by the Italian Embassy in Beirut under the High Patronage of the Lebanese Prime Minister. The performance took place in the prestigious setting of the Grand Serail, Lebanon’s seat of government. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreTwo quintets from the opposite shores of the Mediterranean performed in Tripoli to celebrate the resumption of the activity of the Italian Cultural Institute in the Libyan capital. The initiative, organised by the Institute itself along with the Italian Embassy, was a great success, attracting an audience of hundreds to the Al Waddan Hotel. Read […]
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