Events archive

Training Course on Prehistory and UNESCO Archaeological Sites

The 1st Training Course on Prehistory and UNESCO Archaeological Sites will starts for the benefit of about 50 tourist guides of the ETGPA – Ethiopian Tourist Guides Professional Association. This is a full immersion Course from 25 to 30 November, organized together with the Italo-Spanish archaeological mission at Melka Kunture and Balchit, a new site […]

A HARP SOLO CONCERT DI TÍMEA PAPP

The Hungarian Embassy in Addis Ababa presents and organises a classical music concert at the Italian Cultural Institute, during which Hungarian harpist Tímea Papp will perform.

Open Call “Stations of Culture – Stations of Dialogue”

The European Union’s National Institutes of Culture (EUNIC) and its partners have opened a call for artists, creatives and project managers to participate in the upcoming ‘Stations of Culture – Stations of Dialogue’ project.   For Project Manager – Deadline 03 November 2024 For Artists, Creatives e Curators – Deadline 17 November 2024    

EUNIC Open Call Spaces of Culture – Spaces of Dialogue

Open Call “Stations of Culture – Stations of Dialogue” The EU National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC) and its partners have opened a call for artists, creatives and project managers to participate in the upcoming project “Stations of Culture – Stations of Dialogue”.   For Project Managers – Deadline 03 November 2024 For Artists, Cretaives and Curators […]

Le Istituzioni Scolastiche e Culturali Italiane in Etiopia

Week of the Italian Language in the World 2024 with the opening concert by Mulatu Astatke, Enzo Favata, Pasquale Mirra and the musicians of the African Jazz Village

The 24th Week of the Italian Language in the World, which this year will be held in    until 31 October, kicks off under the High Patronage of the President of the Italian Republic. The theme of this edition is “Italian and Book: the World between the Lines”, ant it is aimed at exploring the link […]

Italian Contemporary Art Day 2024 – Art exhibition “So Close, Yet So Far” by Yared Olivelli

Yared Olivelli’s art exhibition “So Close, Yet So Far” kicks off celebrating, in Ethiopia, the 20th Italian Contemporary Art Day (Worldwide 6-12.10.2024). The underlying theme of this edition is accessibility, conceived in a broad way as the breaking down of cultural, intellectual, sensorial and architectural barriers, to ensure full access to contemporary culture. Through this […]

Design is Everywhere: Sicily and Ethiopia

With the Ethiopian New Year, our educational initiatives resume with a talk, entitled ‘Design is Everywhere: Sicily & Ethiopia’, with Architect Federico De Giuli of the Abadir – Academy of Design and Visual Communication. Architect De Giuli, Head of Research and Development at the Academy and Director of the Heritage Innovation Master’s Course, leads a […]

Visit to the IIC in Addis Ababa by the Director General for Public and Cultural Diplomacy at Farnesina

The Director General for Public and Cultural Diplomacy of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Alessandro De Pedys, today has visited the compound that hosts the Italian Cultural Institute and the Italian State Schools of Addis Ababa. H.E. Ambassador Agostino Palese, Minister’s Special Envoy for the Mattei Plan for Africa, Massimo Riccardo, […]

Concert by Marino Formenti

Don’t miss the concert by Marino Formenti, world known classical Italian pianist, “Best of New York Times” and “Best of The New Yorker”, conductor at Teatro la Scala in Milan, soloist at Salzburg Festival, New York Philharmonics, Los Angeles Philharmonics etc. Maestro is always trying new ways to discover and recreate music, and working with […]