Celebrations of the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri
On the occasion of the Annual Dantesco on Sunday September 13, Ermanna Montanari and Marco Martinelli will conduct a Choral Action, involving Chiara Lagani, artists, musicians, singers and choirs, citizens of Ravenna and other cities of Italy. The event can be followed in live streaming on the page www.ravennafestival.live, in the special section www.ravennafestival.live/live-stream.
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10 Shorts Around the World
Once again this year the Centro Nazionale del Cortometraggio (Itailian Short Film Center) in collaboration with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has made available ten Italian short films. The shorts will be released weekly starting Wednesday, September 9 and will be availalbe for one week. Link and password will be released via […]
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Place To Be, new sounds and landscape narration
On September 9th, Place To Be, the IMF (Italian Music Festivals) project promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in the Italian Summer Festival schedule, kicks off, as part of the measures to support Italian cultural and creative enterprises and aimed at building a new international narrative of Italy in the post-COVID […]
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Opening of events commemorating the 700th anniversary of Dante Alighieri’s passing
On September 5 and 13, the city of Ravenna will hold a series of events on the occasion of the upcoming 700th anniversary of Dante Alighieri’s passing. The events will commence on September 5th at 12:30pm PST, in the presence of the President of the Italian Republic, Sergio Mattarella, with the solemn reopening of the […]
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K-12 ITALIAN LANGUAGE ART CONTEST – Graffiti Art, Illustrations and Comics
In honor of the 20th edition of Week of the Italian Language in the World (October 19-25, 2020), Fondazione Italia, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles and the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco under the auspices of the Italian Consulate General in Los Angeles and the Italian Consulate General in […]
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Raphael: The Making of a Master
Over the course of his short but unprecedented career, Raphael painted the image of the Virgin and Child many times and in different iterations. In this lecture Davide Gasparotto illustrates how Raphael was able to infuse new life into a traditional subject, exploring the artist’s creative process and his intense dialogue with contemporary painters, from […]
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Chigiana International Festival & Summer Academy
Accademia Chigiana continues its efforts to promote the importance of music with”OurSounds, Music over the distance,” the sixth International Festival & Summer Academy that started on July 5th and will continue until September 3, 2020. The festival features three sections: Live Concerts, From the Archives and Beyond the Silence: 18 live events and 22 shows […]
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Gran Virtual Tour: The Wonders of Italy
The Minsitry of Cultural Affairs and Tourism in Italy has launched the Gran Virtual Tour, a digital journey across the Peninsula to visit online theaters, archives, monumental libraries and museums. The work of promoting Italian cultural heritage by Mibact continues in collaboration with Google Arts & Culture, helping you discover the wonders of Italy online. […]
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#Raffaello500 | Raffaello as a Poet, the Complexity of an Artist
A Zoom webinar with Stefano Jossa. The Italian Cultural Institute of Montreal, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institutes in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Toronto and Washington D.C. are pleased to present the lecture Raffaello as a Poet, the Complexity of an Artist, a lecture by Stefano Jossa (Royal Holloway, University of London), moderated by […]
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La più bella del mondo. Perché amare la lingua italiana
A Zoom webinar with Stefano Jossa, Royal Holloway, University of London. The Italian Cultural Institute of Montreal and the Italian Cultural Institutes in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Toronto and Washington D.C. are pleased to present the lecture by Stefano Jossa (Royal Holloway, University of London), entitled: La più bella del mondo. Perché […]
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