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Maria Fusco

Maria Fusco Fabio Finotti, Director of the Italian Cultural Institute in New York, in conversation with Maria Fusco, Director of the "Ufficio Scuola" of the Italian Embassy in Washington DC, about the teaching of the Italian language for foreigners. Find out more What's New in the Other Stanze Italiane

2022-07-06T17:36:52+02:00

Banksy in New York

Constancia – Les vêpres siciliennes | Teatro Massimo in Palermo On the occasion of the “Building Castles in the Sky” exhibition in New York dedicated to Banksy, a conversation between Fabio Finotti and curators Stefano Antonelli and Gianluca Marziani along with the president of MetaMorfosi NY, which organized the exhibition. Banksy is certainly the most mysterious and pursued living artist, considered one of

2022-06-06T15:04:13+02:00

Paola Navone

Paola Navone She has left a sign on the history of Made in Italy design with her works, for which she has won several international awards. Paola Navone is an architect, product designer, interior designer, designer of stores and restaurants, exhibition and event curator, and lecturer. What is striking about her style is the use of color at a time when an a-chromatic

2022-05-27T00:46:55+02:00

Stories of New York: Paula Bolla-Sorrentino

New York Stories: Paula Bolla-Sorrentino “Passion is our main ingredient.” Brazilian but with Italian roots, Paula Bolla-Sorrentino is Director of Operations for Il Gattopardo Group. Passionate about art, design, food, and Italian culture, she has a background as a model. As she tells Vincenzo Pascale for the “New York Stories” series, she now manages all the visual and organizational aspects of three esteemed

2022-05-24T09:52:49+02:00

University of Padua 1222 – 2022

University of Padua 1222 - 2022 The University of Padua is among the oldest and most prestigious universities in the world, and in 2022 it will celebrate the 800th anniversary of its birth. Philosophers such as Pietro d’Abano or Marisilio from Padova or even the Aristotelian Pietro Pomponazzi tread its floors in the 14th century. Here Galileo Galilei laid the foundations for the

2022-05-18T14:06:06+02:00

Upcycling. Italian technology to support a new idea of recycling

Upcycling. Italian technology to support a new idea of recycling On the occasion of the seventh edition of Italian Design Day, entitled “Re-Generation. Design and New Technologies for a Sustainable Future", the Director of the Italian Cultural Institute in New York, Fabio Finotti, met at the Old Westbury premises Maria Perbellini, Dean of the School of Architecture and Design of the New York

2022-05-09T12:43:08+02:00

Uomini ponte – Alain Elkann

Uomini ponte - Alain Elkann In front of the Fireplace of the Italian Cultural Institute in New York, Fabio Finotti in conversation with journalist and writer Alain Elkann presenting two of his books. The first, “Italian Masterpieces”, is dedicated to iconic Italian works of art that FIAC - Foundation for Italian Art and Culture, has helped to exhibit in one or more major

2022-05-09T11:27:19+02:00

Constancia – “Les vêpres siciliennes” | Teatro Massimo in Palermo

Constancia – Les vêpres siciliennes | Teatro Massimo in Palermo The exhibition “Constancia. Women and Power in the Mediterranean Empire of Frederick II” virtually comes alive with the music of Giuseppe Verdi and his opera “Les Vêpres siciliennes”, inspired by the famous historical clash between Angevin oppressors and oppressed Sicilians. The opera, conducted by Omer Meir Wellber, inaugurated the 2022 Season of the

2022-05-06T20:33:22+02:00

The “Angelo Mai” Civic Library in Bergamo

The "Angelo Mai" Civic Library of Bergamo In Bergamo, in a gorgeous Renaissance square, Piazza Vecchia, you can see a large Palladian building. It houses the holdings of the “Angelo Mai” Civic Library, the oldest municipal institution in the city, founded at the end of the eighteenth century by Cardinal Giuseppe Alessandro Furietti. A rich and extremely diversified patrimony, as the library director

2022-04-24T23:33:37+02:00

The Musical Collections of the Angelo Mai Civic Library in Bergamo

The Musical Collections of the "Angelo Mai" Civic Library in Bergamo The thematic itinerary dedicated to Gaetano Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” begins at the Angelo Mai Civic Library where the precious manuscript is preserved. Marcello Eynard, head of the Antique and Music Department, talk about the musical collections of the library in Bergamo and the precious autograph manuscript of the famous opera for

2022-04-16T18:48:18+02:00
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