The ‘Italian Opera Embraces Africa’ lands in Pretoria
Pretoria hosts the exhibition entitled “Italian Opera Embraces Africa”, which showcases original sketches and costumes from the historical archives of Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, including works by Visconti, Zeffirelli and De Chirico. The event, which opened today at the Ditsong National Museum of Cultural History in Pretoria featuring a performance by the Tshwane University opera […]
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United Arab Emirates: Italian Cultural Institute kicks off with the Italian Cinema Week
The activities of the Italian Cultural Institute in Abu Dhabi kicked off with the Italian Cinema Week. The works of Italian contemporary masters and talented young directors will be screened in a dense billboard on programme at the Akil Cinema in Dubai and at the Manarat al Saadiyat Cinema in Abu Dhabi. The first screening will […]
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Tunis: stages L’Isola Magica-Shakespeare in Dream
“L’Isola Magica-Shakespeare in Dream” by the ResExtensa DanzaTeatroDanza dance company kicked off the Week of World Theatre Day. The performance, organised with the sponsorship of the Italian Cultural Institute, puts together words, lights, music and the magic of aerial dancing. This is the magic that Elisa Barucchieri chose to explore in her Isola Magica-Shakespeare in […]
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Kampala: Italy organises a fashion show of Ugandan designers
To celebrate the Italian Design Day in the World, the Italian Embassy in Kampala, in cooperation with the CAIU (Cultural Association of Italians in Uganda), organised the third edition of the Italy-Uganda ‘(R)Evolution Fashion Show’ at Kampala’s Sheraton Hotel. The event showcased the creations of twenty young Ugandan fashion designers – selected by an independent […]
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Chengdu: Forum on River Basins on World Water Day
“Economic Development and Environmental and Ecological Protection of Large River Basins – Yangtze River” is the theme of the China Ecology and Environment Forum 2019, organised by ECOMONDO in Chengdu, with the support of the Italian Ministry of the Environment and the Italian Consulate General in Chongqing. It is a two-day event held on the […]
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Sanremo Giovani World Tour
Promoting the Italian culture and language and supporting our creative industry in the world The “Sanremo Giovani World Tour”, promoted by the Foreign Ministry in partnership with the Rai Communications Directorate, kicks off with the ambitious goal of taking on a tour of five continents the finalists of Sanremo Giovani 2018: Deschema, Einar, Federica Abbate, La Rua and Nyvinne. It is […]
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Lisbon: birth of Ipazia, the Association of Italian Scientists
The Italian Embassy in Lisbon hosted the birth of the Association of Italian Scientists and Researchers in Portugal, “Hipácia”, which is the Portuguese name of the scientist from Alexandria, Hypatia, a mathematician, philosopher and astronomer of ancient Greece. The founding members of the Association are fifteen, comprising Italian researchers, both men and women, who work […]
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Bratislava hosts event dedicated to Made in Garda
Lago di Garda and the surrounding area was presented as a tourist destination in Bratislava during a promotional event held at the residence of the Ambassador of Italy to Slovakia, Gabriele Meucci. The event, which was organised in conjunction with the Lago di Garda Lombardia Consortium and Agenzia Europe 3000, was attended by the Slovak authorities […]
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Italy’s “Grande bellezza” is on show in Moscow through the lens of Massimo Sestini
In an effort to effectively promote Italy by combining art and tourism, the Italian Embassy in Moscow, in conjunction with the Italian Cultural Institute in the Russian capital and ENIT, Italy’s Tourist Board, organized a photographic exhibition entitled “Orizzonti d’Italia”, in parallel with the Moscow International Travel and Tourism Exhibition, MITT. Italy’s extraordinary beauty […]
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Postponement of the deadline to apply for the Italy-Georgia art residency
First edition of the Italy-Georgia Artist Exchange Programme: the deadline to submit applications for the prize awarding two artist-in-residences in contemporary art in Georgia to emerging artists of Italian nationality is postponed to 31 March 2019.
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