Arabian Transfer by Michele Nastasi
Arabian Transfer Finissage & Talk | ‘Gulf Urbanism: What City Do You See?’ Join us on Thursday, 24 February at 7pm for a round-table discussion with Dr Khaled Alawadi and Michele Nastasi, moderated by Mohamed Somji. In this conversation-stye talk, photographer and urban researcher Michele Nastasi will introduce his seminal work Arabian Transfer with his […]
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Fedeli d’Amore
fedeli d’Amore – TRAILER from Teatro delle Albe-Ravenna Teatro on Vimeo. Ampheteater | Italy Pavilion January 16th at 6pm During the national celebrations of Dante 700, the Emilia-Romagna Region, and our Institute present for Expo 2020 Dubai “fedeli d’Amore”, Marco Martinelli‘s fifth film that transfigures the eponymous poem ‘about’ Dante and our present day, […]
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Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio
The extraordinary Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio is coming to Expo 2020 Dubai with two performances! Free access events Since its formation in 2002 in Rome’s par excellence multiethnic Esquilino district, the Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio has brought together a multitude of musicians from different backgrounds and geographical areas. By working together, experimenting, and blending different […]
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Sanremo Giovani World Tour 2021
A concert that will feature Noemi, one of the most beautiful voices of the Italian music scene, and three young artists who were protagonist in the last Sanremo Festival: Davide Shorty, Folcast and Wrongonyou.The evening will be a tribute to the past and present Italian music scene. A musical journey through the great songs that […]
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Space Beyond
Join us for our next screening to celebrate together the Italian National Space Day for the first ever public screening in the UAE of Space Beyond, featuring Italian Astronaut Luca Parmitano as Commander of the International Space Station (ISS) in 2019. On July 20th, 2019, exactly on the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, the […]
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Music is Dangerous | Nicola Piovani
A freewheeling journey through music, a narrative in which music and words intertwine to describe the paths that have led Nicola Piovani – an internationally renowned Italian artist and Oscar-winner for the soundtrack of Roberto Benigni’s “La vita è bella” (“Life is Beautiful”) – to collaborate with De André, Fellini, Magni, as well as […]
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ASTOR | Trio Gloria Campaner
The trio of Gloria Campaner (Piano), Alessandro Carbonare (Clarinet) e Mario Stefano Pietrodarchi (Bandoneon) starts a new journey into the suggestions and sounds of tango on the occasion of the centenary of the birth of Astor Piazzolla (2021), one the most important musical authors and interpreters of this form of art born in the suburbs […]
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A Dinner with Dante Alighieri
Discover the true nature of authentic Italian food and wine as the Italian Culture Institute of Abu Dhabi celebrates The Week of Italian Cuisine in the World. Inspired by the beautiful countryside of Tuscany and created in honour of the 700th death anniversary of Dante, the legendary Italian poet, writer and philosopher, the lavish feast […]
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Dante and the Good Lesson of Interculture
“The figure of Dante Alighieri, whose seventh centenary since his death is celebrated in 2021, is crucial in emphasizing the valuable interactions between Italian and European culture and Arab-Muslim culture. It is also an excellent starting point to highlight the developments of interculture, the establishment and maintenance of cultural relationships as forms of dialogue and […]
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Dynowish
November 18th at 4:30pm, come and meet Dynowish and Paola Myriam Visconti, the author of “Dynowish and the true story of the abandoned dreams” at the Italian Culture Institute of Abu Dhabi. You will enjoy some of his extraordinary adventures told by the author herself, and by the famous storyteller Paola Balbi. Waiting for […]
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