Rio – First exhibition on “De Martino in Brazil”
“De Martino in Brazil” is the title of an exhibition celebrating the works of Italian genre painter Eduardo De Martino. De Martino was an Italian navy officer who left his military career and turned to painting following an accident in Rio de la Plata. Organised in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute, the exhibition will […]
Read moreMadrid – Association of Italian Researchers in Spain set up
The Association of Italian Researchers in Spain (ARIS) has been set up in Madrid with the aim of promoting communication between the Italian and Spanish academic and scientific communities. The association was an initiative of Teodosio Libondi, science attaché at the Italian Embassy in Madrid until June 2014. It won strong support from the Italian […]
Read moreOttawa – Gladiators are their lives, and deaths, are featured in a new exhibition
An overview of the life of gladiators, from what they ate to where they lived and died, is the subject of the exhibition entitled “Gladiators and the Colosseum – Death and Glory” just opened at Ottawa’s Canadian War Museum. Fruit of the collaboration between the museum and two Italian companies, Contemporanea Progetti and Expona, the […]
Read moreDEI – Egypt: Free trade zone gets go-ahead from African leaders
After 5 years of talks, the leaders of 26 African countries have signed an agreement on the creation of a Tripartite Free Tree Area (TFTA) that will cover half of the African continent. Signed in Sharm El Sheikh, the agreement will integrate the existing 3 free trade areas and become the continent’s biggest single market. […]
Read moreBeijing – Encounters with Italian Opera – Giuseppe Cuccia illustrates “L’elisir d’amore”
Gaetano Donizetti’s opera “L’elisir d’amore” will be performed at the National Grand Theatre in Beijing from 9 to 12 July 2015. On 29 June, Giuseppe Cuccia will give a presentation on the opera at the Italian Cultural Institute as part of the “Encounters with Italian Opera” events organised by the Institute. Cuccia is a consultant […]
Read moreNew York – The “Rome School” of flute: lesson-concert in the Big Apple
“The flute in Contemporary Music: The Italian experience and the ‘Rome School’”.That is the title of the lesson-concert that flautist Gianni Trovalusci will be giving at the Italian Cultural Institute in New York at 6pm on Wednesday 24 June. Read more, in Italian
Read moreMaputo – A week of Italian culture
Italian Culture Week is under way in Maputo and will run until 20 June. The initiative includes piano concerts Hwith performances by DuoKeira, with Michela Chiara Borghese and Sabrina De Carlo. The “Festa do cinema italiano”, with films by directors such as Ettore Scola, Paolo Virzi’, Carlo Mazzacurati and Rocco Papaleo, will also include screenings […]
Read moreDEI – China: New platform for online cross-border trade
Guangxin Trade Development, part of the Guangxin Group, a public holding with over 25,000 employees and over 23 companies, has developed a new electronic commerce platform called GTD (http://www.ggtdc.com). The platform will enable imported products with reduced customs duties to enter China. The company’s operational headquarters is in Nansha, one of the 3 hubs (along […]
Read moreAsunción – “L’Italia del futuro” arrives in Paraguay
An exhibition entitled “Italia del futuro” has opened at the Catholic University of Asunción and will run until 11 June 2015. The initiative was organised by the Farnesina and by the National Research Council (CNR) in collaboration with the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), the National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN) and Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna […]
Read moreJakarta – Artemis Danza performs “Traviata”
Artemis Danza will perform “Traviata” in Jakarta, as the first chapter in its “Giuseppe Verdi” project. The performance will be hosted by the theatre at the Ciputra Artpreneur cultural centre to mark the 65th anniversary of bilateral relations between Italy and Indonesia. The centre has organised the initiative in collaboration with the Italian Embassy in […]
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