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06/08/2021

Laura Pausini y Diane Warren - Io Sì/Seen (OSCARS 2021)

Do you recognize the video from the 2021 Academy Awards? 🎬
We continue our #ItalianMusic segment with Laura Pausini, a top Ten recording artist in Italy since debuting in 1993. Singer, songwriter and record producer, Laura Pausini sold millions of albums in Europe and Latin America. At the Oscars she presented “Io Sì” (Seen) from the soundtrack of the movie “The Life Ahead” with the great Sophia Loren. 🇮🇹

Laura was born in Faenza (Ravenna) on May 16, 1974. She started singing very young with her first live performance at the age of 12. Her recording debut at 18, the single “La Solitudine”, was the number one hit in Italy. Her album Io Canto/Yo Canto, a collection of Italian pop/rock songs from the 90s that influenced her, was the best-selling album of the year, and Laura won the Best Female Pop Vocal Album at the Latin Grammy Awards in 2007.

👉Listen to her music on Spotify at: https://spoti.fi/2RySeSE

Thank you for helping us spreading the music of one of the best-known pop singers in Italy. Like, love and share! Thanks!🙏🙏

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06/07/2021

ITALIA CONTEMPORANEA | ep. 4 – Off Road

Today, the last episode of “Italia Contemporanea” (Contemporary Italy), a documentary series of four episodes produced by TIWI studio and hosted by Nicolas Ballario. 🇮🇹

The 4th and last episode, called “Off Road”, will show us how Contemporary art is not only found in big cities or tourists’ favorite destinations, but also away from the most popular routes, hence “off road”. Let’s discover contemporary art where we least expect it.

Today, we will be visiting:
• Cosmic magnet by Gino De Dominicis - Former church of the Holy Trinity in Annunziata, Foligno
• Centro per l'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci - Prato, with an interview with Cristiana Perrella
• Fondazione Stazione dell'arte Ulassai (NU), with an animated clip on Maria Lai
• Giardino dei TarocchiThe Tarot Garden of Niki de Saint Phalle - Pescia Fiorentina (GR)

👉 More info at: https://bit.ly/3ciul8U

We hope you enjoyed this series. For more on Italian Language Culture and Creativity in the World, visit the “Italiana” portal at https://bit.ly/3riNEEu.
Thank you liking, loving, and sharing!!! 🙏

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“Italia Contemporanea” è una serie in quattro episodi prodotta dal Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale, realizzata…

06/06/2021

【4K】CORTONA Walking Tour

Would you like to come on one more adventure with us? 🛫🇮🇹
#SundaysInItaly is back, and we are going to Cortona, Italy, one the most popular hilltop towns in Tuscany, Italy. From its hill, it watches over the Val di Chiana valley, and it is a fascinating place, with picturesque narrow lanes, spectacular views and huge protective walls built by the Etruscans.

Its original Etruscan name was “Curtun”. Cortona is full of many good restaurants and bars serving typical Tuscan dishes and wine. And guess what? Did you love the 2003 movie “Under the Tuscan Sun” directed by Audrey Wells, and based on the true story of Frances Mayes? It all happened in Cortona!!! A very humble working man’s town became an international destination from one day to the next.

Cortona is magical and real, and a place you may not want to leave once you visit. You can be walking down a winding narrow path with flowered terraces and clothes hanging, and all of a sudden, you can see for miles in every direction. You can visit enchanting churches, important museums, and find hand-made jewelry imprinted with the ancient Etruscan language like the place is lost in time.

Are you ready to be charmed? We hope you will enjoy the tour and you will visit Cortona soon!! Safe travels and thank you for sharing this post with your friends and family! 🙏

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Regione Toscana

【4K-60fps】filmed in Mayhttps://ko-fi.com/walkwaveitaly (support me)Ancient lucumonia belonging to the Etruscan dodecapoli.Cortona is located on a hill almost...

06/05/2021

How to prepare the best PANNA COTTA - Traditional Italian dessert

Have you ever heard of “panna cotta”? The name literally means “cooked cream”. It is a traditional Italian dessert with a very exquisite taste. Today, as other weeks, #SaturdaysAtHome will engage Blog Giallo Zafferano to help us figure out how to make it!! 👩‍🍳👨‍🍳🇮🇹

Panna cotta is a typical “dolce al cucchiaio” - a dessert that needs to be eaten with a spoon – and its popularity spread throughout the world for its simplicity and delicate taste. It is sometimes erroneously referred to as “budino bianco”, white pudding, which is a big mistake! Panna cotta is prepared with milk, cream, sugar, vanilla and egg whites, while pudding is prepared with milk, egg yolks, sugar and corn starch.

This dessert has origins in the Piedmont region, and it traces back to the early 1900s when it was apparently cooked by a Hungarian lady in the Langhe. We don’t really have anything in writing until the 1960s when Ettore Songia, the chef of the restaurant “I tre citroni”, in Cuneo, actually wrote the recipe.

Well, we are ready for dessert now? Are you? Let’s see how we can make this delicious dessert for our friends and family. Enjoy….
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PANNA COTTA is one of the most appreciated spoon desserts not only in Italy, but also abroad. The simplicity of its preparation, its DELICATE TASTE and the e...

06/04/2021

Euroasia Shorts 2021

This year, as previous years, we are joining other Embassies and Cultural Centers in Washington, DC for the 2021 online edition of the EuroAsia Shorts Film Festival. The festival, now celebrating 15 years, presents shorts from Europe, Asia and the United States that will be streamed online:

𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗣𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝘀: 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟰𝘁𝗵 - 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟭𝟭𝘁𝗵
𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺: 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟭𝟭𝘁𝗵 - 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟭𝟴𝘁𝗵

This year’s theme is “Together in Dreams”. The need for human connection, threatened by a global pandemic, is now one of our dreams for a future that will allow us to return to what was once normal.

👉 A complete lineup of shorts and country pairing can be found at http://bit.ly/euroasia2021.

Here are Italy’s selections for the country pairing program with the Philippines 🇮🇹🇵🇭

𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗦𝘄𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗮 𝗭𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗶
𝗞𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗸 𝗯𝘆 Tommaso Santi

Final night selection:
𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘃𝗮 𝘁𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲 (𝗪𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿) 𝗯𝘆 Paolo Fulvio Mazzacane

Hoping that EuroAsia Shorts will be able to come back in person next year, we hope you will join us online!! Make sure to like, love and share…Thank you! 🙏

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Euroasia Shorts 2021

06/03/2021

IDEAS - Collettivo Orizzontale

We are back with the last episode of the first series of IDEAS Italy - Italian Dialogues on Excellence, Arts and Science - an original project conceived by Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale featuring a series of documentary portraits highlighting a territory, a community and a project within a specific sector: business and social, science and research, architecture and design, art and heritage, and performing arts. 💡🇮🇹

This episode, titled “The Community House in Belmonte Calabro” (Architecture and Design), features Orizzontale, a collective of young architects focused on the revitalization of peripheral and marginal areas. This episode will highlight their project Casa di BelMondo: a multifunctional hub promoting social integration and the development of the Belmonte Calabro area.

We hope you enjoyed this series. And… as always, thank you for liking, loving and sharing! 🙏

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Architettura e Design.Orizzontale è un collettivo di giovani architetti focalizzato sulla rigenerazione urbana di aree periferiche e marginali e sulle nuove ...

06/02/2021

Soprano Lisette Oropesa in concert. Accompanied by pianist Justina Lee.

Concluding the celebrations for our National Day, a very special concert featuring some of the most loved Italian arias performed by soprano Lisette Oropesa and introduced by Ambassador Armando Varricchio.
Buona Festa della Repubblica! 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹

06/02/2021

Festa della Repubblica - 2 giugno 2021

To continue the celebrations for our National Day, please enjoy this short video made by Balich Worldwide Shows for the Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale.
Buona Festa della Repubblica!!! 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹

Buona Festa della Repubblica! A video by Balich Worldwide Shows for the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation celebrating our Nat...

06/02/2021

#AmbVarricchio for Italy's National Day

A video message by our Ambassador, Armando Varricchio, on the occasion of Italy’s National Day. Buona Festa della Repubblica! 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹

06/02/2021

Inno di Mameli - Orchestra Cherubini directed by Riccardo Muti

Celebrate with us Italy's National Day! In this video for the Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale, Maestro Riccardo Muti directs the Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini performing the Inno di Mameli, Italy's National anthem.

Buona Festa della Repubblica! 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹

Festa della Repubblica 2021. Maestro Riccardo Muti directs the Orchestra Cherubini performing the Inno di Mameli, Italy's National Anthem.

06/01/2021

Italian Film Festival - The Best Years Official Trailer

About some more Italian cinema this week? 🇮🇹🎬
Let’s join the Washington, DC International Film Festival Washington, DC International Film Festival (Filmfest DC) with their 35th anniversary edition!!!!

This year, the festival will be presented virtually in 2 series: a lineup of 60 new films from 35 countries over 10 days between June 4 and June 13th.

A complete guide for the festival is available at the link below.
The Italian selections for this year’s edition include the screenings of Gli anni più belli (2020, The Best Years) by Gabriele Muccino and Non odiare (2021, Thou Shalt Not Hate) by Mauro Mancini.

👉More info at: https://bit.ly/3bXxYRD

Thank you for stopping by! Enjoy the festival and don’t forget to share this information with other Italian movies lovers like you! Thank you! 🙏

#CultureDoesNotStop #ItalianMovies #LearnItalian Gabriele Muccino official

05/31/2021

ITALIA CONTEMPORANEA | ep. 3 – Vecchio e Nuovo

Happy Memorial Day to everyone! 🇺🇸 Here is the third episode of “Italia Contemporanea” (Contemporary Italy), a documentary series of four episodes produced by TIWI studio and hosted by Nicolas Ballario. 🇮🇹

This episode titled “Vecchio e Nuovo”, Old and New, is dedicated to ancient buildings, former factories and archaeological sites that today host works of art such as OGR Torino, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo and Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea in Turin, Pirelli HangarBicocca in Milan; Sand Horse by Mimmo Paladino in Paestum, The Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Pinault Foundation and La Biennale in Venice. Guest of this episode is art historian Angela Vettese.

👉 More info at: https://bit.ly/3utMpmO

Enjoy and for more on Italian Language Culture and Creativity in the World, you can always check the “Italiana” portal at https://bit.ly/3riNEEu.

Thank you for being with us and for sharing with all your friends and family! Take care! 🙏

#italiana #italianacultura #italianacreativita #italiacontemporanea Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale

“Italia Contemporanea” è una serie in quattro episodi prodotta dal Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale, realizzata…

05/30/2021

Palermo, Sicily Walking Tour - With Captions - 4K

Almost ready to actually travel? 🛫🇮🇹
Let us entertain you until then with our next #SundaysInItaly adventure. Today, we are going to Palermo, the capital of the Sicily region. But let’s see, what can tell you about this fascinating city?

The history of Palermo is one of the most unique and varied of any major Italian city. Prehistoric settlements date back to 8000BC with the Phoenicians. Over the following centuries, Palermo was then ruled by Ancient Greeks, Romans and Byzantines who all left marks in the city through the unique architecture and buildings. The biggest influence, of course, came from the Arabian civilization who made Palermo the capital of the Sicilian Emirate for over 100 years.

Because of the many owners throughout history, the area was also given different names: the Ancient Greeks called it Paleapolis, which meant “Old City” to distinguish it from the settlement they built to the east. Later they named the city Pánormos, as a reference to the city’s port, which was then named Bal’ harm by the Arabs. The name Palermo is a combination of these names.

Palermo’s has the biggest Opera House in Italy! Teatro Massimo Palermo (Maxiumum Theatre) opened its doors to the public in 1897, and it is not only the biggest theatre in Italy, but one of the biggest theatres in Europe. The auditorium could comfortably accommodate 3,000 people, but it now only hosts about 1300. The venue also became famous as the flower wheel painting by Luigi Di Giovanni, and the royal box were featured in the final shooting scene of the film The Godfather.

There is so much more about Palermo, but don’t you want to explore it yourself? Enjoy the tour and don’t forget to like love, and share! 🙏

#WeAreItaly #CultureDoesNotStop #SundaysInItaly #StrongerTogether #StayTunedOnIt #ItalianVirtualTravels Regione Siciliana Città di Palermo

This walking tour of PALERMO, SICILY was filmed on Friday June 21st, 2020 starting at 10:06 AM at the Porta di Vicari. For the best experience, be sure to t...

05/29/2021

How to cook the tastiest PASTA ALLA VECCHIA BETTOLA - Traditional Italian Recipe

Ready to prepare “pasta alla vecchia bettola” for our #SaturdaysAtHome? 👩‍🍳👨‍🍳🇮🇹
Manuel with Blog Giallo Zafferano will help us today! But what is “pasta alla vecchia bettola”? It is a traditional Italian recipe with a delicious creamy sauce usually found in “osterie”. The translation of the dish is, in fact, pasta the old tavern way, and a tavern is typically called “osteria” in Italian.

More widely known as “penne alla vodka” (penne with vodka sauce), this recipe has very unclear origins. One of the first uses of vodka in a pasta dish was in a recipe contained in the cookbook “L’Abbuffone” by famous actor Ugo Tognazzi. Others claim that the dish was invented in a restaurant called Dante in Bologna, and others attribute it to graduate from Columbia University, James Doty. Do we really want to know, or do we simply want to cook and enjoy this rich and delicious pasta today?

We suggest to start cooking… and we hope you agree! Ready to follow the recipe? As always cook with love and your dish will be even more delicious!! Thank you for liking, loving, and sharing…and Buon Appetito! 🙏

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PASTA ALLA VECCHIA BETTOLA (old tavern pasta) has earned its name, because it's one of those dishes that is SIMPLE, ABOUNDANT and makes your mouth water just...

05/28/2021

LATIN LOVER (2015) | Official Trailer | HD

In anticipation of our June screening of “Tornare” by Cristina Comencini (2019) as part of our series for Cinema Italiano: A Better Way to Stay Home, which will also feature an exclusive interview of the director, #ItalianMovies return with “Latin Lover”, a comedy-drama written and directed by the same director. This was the last film appearance for Virna Lisi, who also received a nomination as Best Actress at the Premi David di Donatello in 2015.

𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿: Cristina Comencini
Italy, 2015, 104 min.
👉Available on different platforms: https://bit.ly/3uvi2ww
In Italian with English subtitles

𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀: On the 10th anniversary of the death of Saverio Crispo, a fictional film star, his four daughters gather in a manor in Apulia together with his two widows, the Italian born Rita (Virna Lisi) and Spanish-born Ramona. Susanna, the Italian daughter is secretly engaged to Walter, the former editor of Saverio's latest movies, Stéphanie, his French daughter, is a mother of three sons from different men, Segunda, his Spanish daughter, is the only married one, and Solveig, his youngest daughter, lives in Sweden and barely knew him. The meeting turns out to be a very interesting unveiling of many secrets.

𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿: Cristina Comencini, an Italian film director, screenwriter and novelist was born in Rome in 1956. The daughter of Italian director Luigi Comencini, she graduated in Economics, but then made her debut as a film director with Zoo in 1988. Her film “La bestia nel cuore” (The Beast in the Heart, 2005), based on her own novel, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. As an author, she published Pagine strappate (1991), Passione di famiglia (1994), Matrioska (2002), La bestia nel cuore (2004) and many more.

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LATIN LOVER (2015) | Official Trailer | HDUpon the tenth anniversary of the death of fictional film star Saverio Crispo, his four daughters get together in t...