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Introducing the Italian Side of Jazz Music

Enzo Capua

Even though Jazz was born in New Orleans, the genre has been influenced by artists from all over the world, including Italy. Jazz in Italy has grown tremendously in the past...

Open Roads New Italian Cinema at Lincoln Center

Azzurra Giorgi

Showcasing a new generation of Italian actors and filmmakers. An interview with Antonio Monda, the festival’s curator and co-founder.

American Endeavors of Biagio Antonacci

Iwona Adamczyk

Celebration of a 25-year musical career brings one of the most acclaimed Italian singers and songwriters, Biagio Antonacci across the Atlantic, surprising his fans with a US...

Anno della Cultura. “Italy inspires US”

Letizia Airos

Thanks to the Year of Italian Culture in the US, Italy and United States are even more closely tied. The first part of the initiative presented a full calendar of cultural events involving art, music, theater, sciences, and design in major US cities, such as Washington DC, New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. In this interview, Ambassador of Italy Claudio Bisogniero tells us about the satisfactions, difficulties and successes encountered so far and talks about the projects and events prepared for the upcoming months. One of them involving the unveiling a Hellenistic Greek sculpture dated to around 330 B.C titled Boxer of Quirinal, which will be on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on loan from the collection of the National Museum of Rome.

Falcone Remembered Amid (Mostly Un)friendly Fire

Judith Harris

May 23 marks the 21st anniversary of the murder of the anti-Mafia Judge Giovanni Falcone, his wife Francesca Morvillo and their three bodyguards, blown up by 500 kilos of dynamite...

Living Ponti Style: Design to be Lived by Living Men

Natasha Lardera

The Italian Cultural Institute of New York and Molteni&C present Vivere alla Ponti, an exhibition that features a collection of furniture and a series of letters, family...

Italy-USA : OMRI Orders to the Co-Chairs of the Congressional Italian American Delegation, William Pascrell and Patrick Tiberi

“Pat Tiberi and Bill Pascrell have always been great supporters of Italy and have made major contributions to the relations between our country and the United States,” stated...

Mauro Pagani. Back to US with Taranta

Benny Profane

The multi-instrumentalist returns for concerts in New York and Boston. This time he’s showcasing the tradition and flavor of the taranta. "I hope that Italians and the children...

Vatican at the Biennale: Where Sacred and Profane Art Meet

Judith Harris

For the first time in the 110-year history of the Venice Biennale, open June 1 through Nov. 24, the sovereign state of the Vatican will have its own pavilion within the Arsenale....

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