Istituto Di Cultura - Montreal

From the inspiration of Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron, which recounts a group of young people who stayed outside Florence in 1348 for ten days to escape the black plague and took turns telling stories to pass time, Triennale invited artists, designers architects, intellectuals, musicians, singers, writers, directors, journalists...

Melania Mazzucco, who has visited the exhibition on our behalf Raffaello 1520 – 1483, at the Scuderie del Quirinale, staged on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the death of the artist from UrbinoTo introduce us to the greatness of the work of the Renaissance master, the writer chose to focus on some mast...

The decrees against the spread of the coronavirus caused the closure of exhibitions and museums. But also, from home one can enjoy, in virtual, the beauties of the greatest Italian and international galleries. Many museums are posting on the network their masterpieces inviting you to discover from home the secrets of their...

Cinema during the coronavirus: Cineteca of Bologna opens a section of cinemas. It’s called Tips for young moviegoers during the coronavirus and every week it offers a film and five good reasons why you should discover a great classic of world cinema. Cineteca of Milano has provided a platform with over 500 titles...

Music during the coronavirus: Auditorium Parco of Music - I stay at home, but I enrich myself with culture.They created an emotional video and they have intentions to go through streaming content to be enjoyed. Teatro Massimo – We will not leave you without MusicFrom Tuesday March 10th a program of opera nonstop, conc...

The online magazine Double Zero asked the poet and playwright Mariangela Gualtieri (Teatro Valdoca) for a reflection on the situation we are experiencing. Book Fair - Jump with you | rely on literature to find yourselfNicola Lagioia launched on the Book Fair’s Instagram page an initiative to collect a three-minute v...

Rai launches a program designed for children and teachers (and not only) dedicated to music, literature, art and theater, as well as special lessons designed for students who will have to take the final exams: Rai Cultura makes the Rai Storia productions available to the public with extra content, webdoc and interactive...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs just launched the campaign #WeAreItaly #StayTunedOnIt to promote the most creative and vital Italy in the world during Coronavirus. Andrea Bocelli, Uto Ughi, Tiziano Ferro, Paolo Fresu, Ada Montellanico, Nek, Andrea Griminelli, Rita Marcotulli, Fabrizio Bosso and many others joined the initiative...

In a moment where travels and social gatherings are severely limited in Italy due to the COVID-19 emergency, Genoa International Poetry Festival «Parole spalancate» is promoting a project "Poetry in sDreaming", which aims towards the valorization of poetry as an instrument for virtual union and as an expression o...

From December 4th 2018, the possession of an adequate knowledge of the Italian language, not lower than level B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), is an essential condition for the recognition of citizenship pursuant to art. 5 and 9 of the law n. 91 of February 5th 1992. The verification...

Funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and developed in collaboration with the European Institute of Design, "ItaliAmo" is an innovative course to learn the basics of the Italian language and discover the beauty of Italy and Made in Italy through a trip with an exceptional duo: Leo (Leonardo...

The MiBACT and the Central Institute Sound and Audiovisual Heritage (former Discoteca di Stato), in collaboration with the SIAE and with the support of the major suppliers of digital music services (Spotify, TimMusic etc) have recently launched Italian song portal, a platform for online audience of over a century of Italian...

The Italian Cultural Institute of Montréal is pleased to inform you that the provisions applied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation on data protection and privacy have been updated in accordance with the General Regulation on Data Protection (EU 2016/679). In this regard, please read the fol...

As every year, the Accademia della Crusca in collaboration with the publishing house goWare has produced a book edited by Nicola De Blasi e Pietro Trifone dedicated to the theme of the Settimana della Lingua Italiana. Here the link to download for free the book in PDF: https://iicmontreal.esteri.it/iic_montreal/resource/doc/2019/10/crusca_italiano_palc...