Breath is a Sculpture
Giuseppe Penone The Penone exhibition at Beirut Art Center aims to present a carefully chosen selection of works, ranging from monumental sculptures and in-situ installations, to sketches or “studies” and photographic documents of earlier projects, which will make his artistic process visible. New versions of past works will be produced locally; for instance a new […]
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“I am the two moons”
The Italian Institute of Culture attended the inauguration of the latest exhibition project “I am the two moons,” by the award-winning artist Claudia Scarsella at the gallery Art Factum.
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“UN ATTIMO UNA VITA”
The Italian Cultural Institute sponsors the presentation of the novel “UN ATTIMO UNA VITA” written by Fiorenza MORIGHI and Titti COLOMBO, in the presence and with the participation of the authors.
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“Plugger Audiovisual Live Show”
Plugger is an experimental project which began in the museums and that is having a great response in the field of electronic music in Europe. After the performances at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome, the Museo della Permanente in Milan, the Museum of Modern Art of Bologna, the Platoon Kunsthalle Cultural Center in […]
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Opera Concert “The Div4s”
The Italian Cultural Institute is pleased to announce the Opera Concert “The Div4s”, performed by 4 young Italian soprano. Tickets available at the Virgin Megastore. https://www.facebook.com/LEDIV4S Palais des Congrès Émile Lahoud, Dbayeh. June 14th and 15th, 8:00 pm
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Beirut Chants Festival
the “Messa di Gloria” by Gioacchino Rossini The Italian Cultural Institute participates to the 2014 Edition of the “Beirut Chants Festival” organized by the Antonine University in collaboration with the University of Notre Dame de Louaize, the Lebanese National Conservatory and the Philharmonic Orchestra of Lebanon. The choirs and the orchestra will perform the “Messa […]
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Cabriolet Film Festival
The Italian Cultural Institute participates to the Sixth Edition of the Cabriolet Film Festival with two short films, “Hakuna Matata” by Aldo Iuliano (17’, May 30) and “The Great Fear” by Emanuele Michetti (20’, May 31). Stairs of St. Nicholas, district of Gemmayze (Beirut). May 30-31 and June 1st 2014, at 8:30 pm.
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“Traviata”
Ballet by Compagnia Artemis Danza The Emilia-Romagna Region and the Italian Cultural Institute, in collaboration with the Al Bustan Festival, present the contemporary ballet “Traviata” by the Artemis Danza Company, a free adaptation of Giuseppe Verdi’s opera, choreographed by Monica Casadei. “Traviata” is the first chapter of a bold project by Monica Casadei, an eclectic […]
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Mediterranean Messis
Exposition of the painter PIERO MASCETTI I recently had the good fortune to attend a live performance by Piero Mascetti, whilst he was busy giving life, color and feeling to an initially amorphous canvas of 206 x 93 cm, in front of an audience with whom, although actively painting, he managed to converse with relaxed […]
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Il Barbiere di Siviglia
The Opera-Studio “The Barber of Seville”, organized in the framework of the “Italian Day at the Antonine University”, will be presented at the Auditorium Emile Boustani, Hotel Al-Bustan, Beit Mery on 15th of May 2014, 8 pm. The opera will be performed by young Lebanese and Italian singers accompanied by the pianist Salvatore Scinaldi, Directed […]
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