{"id":60934,"date":"2018-02-07T16:19:55","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T15:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/sala_stampa\/archivionotizie\/comunicati\/2018\/02\/italia-culture-mediterraneo-in-2\/"},"modified":"2018-02-07T16:19:55","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T15:19:55","slug":"italia-culture-mediterraneo-in-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/sala_stampa\/archivionotizie\/retediplomatica\/2018\/02\/italia-culture-mediterraneo-in-2\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cItaly, Cultures, the Mediterranean\u201d in Tunisia"},"content":{"rendered":"

The music of Eugenio Bennato and the Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio, Goldoni in Milan’s Piccolo Teatro, the contemporary dance of Daniele Ninarello\u00a0and Zappal\u00e0’s Company,\u00a0\u2018Ancient African Art\u2019\u00a0at the Uffizi Gallery, the “Ulysses syndrome” by Massimo Torrigiani, “Classic Reloaded” of the MAXXI company at the Bardo Museum in Tunis, and even Great Italian Cinema: these\u00a0are some of the initiatives of the Tunisian Cultural Programme called “Italy, Cultures, the Mediterranean”<\/strong>, the cultural programme that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) will promote over the year through its overseas network in the Countries of the Middle East, North Africa and the Gulf region. The Programme was presented by Maria Vittoria Longhi, the director of the Italian Cultural Institute at a press conference in Tunis, and is characterized by a strong cooperation between important Italian and Tunisian cultural realities. This cooperation represents the exact purpose the Italian Ministry wants to achieve: \u201cWe want to strengthen dialogue between the two shores of the Mediterranean\u201d. Starting from March 18th<\/sup>, the Bardo Museum in Tunis, in collaboration with the Uffizi Gallery of Florence, will be hosting the exhibit \u2018Ancient African Art\u2019\u00a0at the Uffizi Gallery. It will show a collection of pieces coming from Tunisia and offered by Murad II Bey to the Tuscan physician and professor at the University of Pisa, Giovanni Pagni, helping to unveil centuries of relations between the two countries. Moreover, there will be a strong collaboration with the new-born Tunisian National Film Archive, through the implementation of various initiatives aimed at enhancing the classic and contemporary Italian film industry. Fondazione Scuola di Musica di Fiesole and the main Tunisian musical institutions will work together and organize concerts and workshops with the aim of exchanging and improving each other\u2019s expertise. \u201cListening, dialogue, co-creation, positive cross-fertilization: these are the key words that inspired the Programme, promoting a cooperative approach, encouraging the exchange of ideas and dialogue between Italian institutions and local players, as well as between artists, the public and scientists,\u201d said director Longhi, together with the director of the Bardo Museum, Fatma Nait Yghil, and the artistic director of the Film Archive, Mohamed Challouf. A strong dedication comes also from the theatre and dance sectors through masterclasses and training, where the greatest energies and creativity are to be found. Worth mentioning is also Eugenio Bennato\u2019s concert, as he will be holding the first international date of his tour \u201cDa che sud \u00e8\u00a0sud\u201d, and Vinicio Capossela\u2019s possible performance in June.\u00a0There\u00a0is also the participation in most important musical events, such as: Jazz \u00e0 Carthage, with the duo formed by Enrico Rava and Makiko Hirabayashi at the Festival de Carthage; the Symphonic Music Festival El Jem; and the October Musical, with a performance dedicated to Rossini on the 150th<\/sup> anniversary of his death.<\/p>\n

Poetry and photography will also be honoured, with the participation of Davide Rondoni in the International Poetry Festival of Sidi Bou Said and the photography exhibition \u201cVolti d\u2019Italia\u201d curated by Anglo-Italian Julian Hargreaves. Furthermore, traditional events have been confirmed after the great success of past years\u2019 editions: The Italian Design Day, the Italian Language Week and the Italian Cuisine Week, featuring a special cooking show organized by Spaghetti Swing. It is almost impossible to list all the events, which total more than 50, that are included in the Programme. Special attention must be paid to the regions far from the capital, as director Longhi said. She also suggested to visit the web page and the Facebook page of the Italian Cultural Institution to read about all the events.<\/p>\n

\u00a0The season\u2019s grand finale will be the contemporary dance show \u201cDido and Aeneas\u201d by the Oplas Company, which puts together dance and live music. The show was inspired by Nahum Tate\u2019s opera and the universally famous and homonym opera by Purcel. Cooperation, training, co-creation are the distinctive features of the Italian cultural action and of this Programme. \u201cWe are indeed convinced that culture is a very powerful tool for promotion and development, a common heritage we must safeguard by enhancing similarities and respecting differences,\u201d director Longhi concluded. The special plan\u00a0#Vivereallitaliana, \u201cItaly, Cultures, the Mediterranean\u201d\u00a0includes an\u00a0integrated promotion\u00a0programme that combines tradition, innovation and creativity. The programme identifies\u00a0exchanges and highlights cultural and social identities\u00a0as the instruments through which to consolidate and strengthen the dialogue between the Countries bordering on the two shores of the Mediterranean.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The music of Eugenio Bennato and the Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio, Goldoni in Milan’s Piccolo Teatro, the contemporary dance of Daniele Ninarello\u00a0and Zappal\u00e0’s Company,\u00a0\u2018Ancient African Art\u2019\u00a0at the Uffizi Gallery, the “Ulysses syndrome” by Massimo Torrigiani, “Classic Reloaded” of the MAXXI company at the Bardo Museum in Tunis, and even Great Italian Cinema: these\u00a0are some of […]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[32,6],"class_list":["post-60934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-retediplomatica","tag-diplomazia-culturale","tag-mediterraneo-e-medio-oriente"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60934\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}