Photography exhibition “A city, a tale. Gabriele Basilico, 1978-2012”
The Beirut exhibition, specially designed by the Gabriele Basilico Archive in Milan for the Italian Cultural Institute in the Lebanese capital, brings together 57 works by Gabriele Basilico created between 1978 and 2012, in black and white and in colour. The design of the exhibition indirectly refers to a book published in 2001 by the […]
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Giuseppe Andaloro in Batroun
The Al Bustan International Festival of Music and Performing Arts, the Italian Embassy in Lebanon, the Italian Cultural Institute and the CIDIM (Suono Italiano project) present the renowned pianist Giuseppe Andaloro in a recital that will span three centuries of the history and evolution of music. Heir to the piano tradition of Giuseppe Fiorentino and […]
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Giuseppe Andaloro at Al Bustan
The Al Bustan International Festival of Music and Performing Arts, the Italian Embassy in Lebanon, the Italian Cultural Institute and the CIDIM (Suono Italiano project) present the renowned pianist Giuseppe Andaloro in a recital that will span three centuries of the history and evolution of music. Heir to the piano tradition of Giuseppe Fiorentino and […]
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Puccini Opera Gala in Beirut
Al Bustan International Festival of Music and Performing Arts, the Italian Embassy in Lebanon and the Italian Cultural Institute in Beirut present Puccini Opera Gala, a concert of Puccini’s melodies to mark the centenary of the great Italian composer’s death. The event benefits from the collaboration of the Festival Pucciniano Foundation and the City of […]
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The Piazza Grande – Canzoni d’autore bil Medina
The Italian Embassy in Lebanon and the Italian Cultural Institute in Beirut present the concert Piazza Gande, where passion and creativity, bewilderment and encounter, and homesickness come together. The show will retrace a sixty-year period, from 1940 to 2000, through some of the most iconic Italian singer-songwriter songs of that period. Through Alessia Squarcella’s voice, […]
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Borromini and Bernini: The Challenge for Perfection
In the framework of the 9th Edition of the Beirut Art Film Festival – BAFF, the Italian Cultural Institute is pleased to announce the screening of the documentary Borromini and Bernini. The Challenge for Perfection. Italy, 2023, 102′, Giovanni Troilo, O.V/Eng. sub. at Bathish Auditorium – West Hall – AUB. Borromini and Bernini: The Challenge […]
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Screening of the movie “Dante” by Pupi Avati
The Italian Embassy in Lebanon and the Italian Cultural Institute in Beirut will screen the film “Dante” by Pupi Avati (2021 – 90 min.) on December 12th, 2023 at 8 p.m. at the Caracalla Theater. The initiative was created to promote the image of Dante in the world, given the undisputed relevance of the Supreme […]
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16th Beirut Chants Festival | 100 Years of Maria Callas
“You are born an artist or you are not. And you stay an artist, dear, even if your voice is less of a fireworks. The artist is always there.” Maria Callas This December 2023, the world will celebrate the hundredth anniversary of Maria Callas’ birth, an event that the Italian Cultural Institute and the Italian […]
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9° BAFF | “PERUGINO. ETERNAL RENAISSANCE”
Perugino. Eternal Renaissance, directed by Giovanni Piscaglia, is a docufilm on the life and work of Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci, known to all as Il Perugino, who trained between two different but at the same time similar worlds, that is, on the one hand, architecture and the fundamental influence of Piero della Francesca, and on […]
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9th BAFF-BEIRUT ART FILM FESTIVAL
The Italian Cultural Institute in Lebanon is pleased to announce that as part of its partnership with the 9th Edition of BAFF, the following two events will be organized: “Perugino. Rinascimento immortale” Directed by Giovanni Piscaglia for BALLANDI (Italia, 2023 – 80 min.) “Il Perugino. Il meglio maestro d’Italia.” Exhibition by Stefano Baldi (2023) The […]
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