Meetings with high representative from CDP (the Italian National Promotion Institution) and the Financial Attaché of the Bank of Italy in South East Asia
The Italian Ambassador accompanied a high representative from CDP (the Italian National Promotion Institution) and the Financial Attaché of the Bank of Italy in South East Asia in several meetings at the Ministries of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations, of Finance and Planning, at the Central Bank and with the Economic Counsellor to Daw Aung […]
Read moreCelebrations of the National Holiday
Celebrations of the National Holiday, with the Union Minister of Finance U Soe Win as our Guest of Honor. There were also many high-level local personalities, prominent business people and representatives of the international community.
Read moreVisit of a delegation from Emilia Romagna
Visit of a delegation from Emilia Romagna, composed among others by the Regional Counsellor for Health Sergio Venturi, the Rector of the University of Parma Paolo Andrei, and by Senator Albertina Soliani, of the Association of Friendship Italy and Myanmar “Giuseppe Malpeli”. The delegation, accompanied by Ambassador Schiavo, was received by the State Counsellor Aung […]
Read moreEuropean Film Festival in Mandalay
The Embassy has brought for the first time Italian cinema to Mandalay. Our country has been one of the first to contribute to the EU decision to extend the European Film Festival to second city in Myanmar. The reaction of the public to the movie proposed – “La pazza gioia” by Paolo Virzì – was […]
Read moreOboe Concert
The Masters Gianfranco Bortolato (Oboe) and Giovanni Dal Missier (Piano) enchanted the audience with an all-Italian repertoire, starting from Donizetti, Rossini and Verdi to the great masters of the XX century, such as Rota, Morricone, Cipriani and Piovani. The day after, the two Italian musicians also held a Masterclass, organized by the Embassy, for Myanmar […]
Read moreSardinian Food and Wine
The three events organized by the Embassy of Italy on 18-19 October to promote Sardinian culture, food and wine, as well as tourism to this beautiful Island, have achieved a wide involvement of the Burmese sector operators (F&B importers, hotel chains and travel agencies). On the 18th there was a buffet dinner; in the morning […]
Read moreOpening Ceremony of Wine Expo Myanmar 2019
Participation of the Ambassador of Italy Alessandra Schiavo as Guest of Honor to the first edition of the “Wine Expo Myanmar 2019”.
Read moreVivaldi Concert
Three wonderful Masters of the Italian Opera Philharmonic “Bruno Bartoletti” – Gabriele Bellu, Marco Ferri and Andrea Dindo – played Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” together with the talented and young musicians of the “Orchestra for Myanmar”, as part of a training project conceived and supported by the Italian Embassy in Yangon”, within the Program launched in […]
Read moreDecameron by Boccaccio
To celebrate the Week of the Italian Language in the world, we have staged a theatre show inspired by Giovanni Boccaccio’s Decameron, the father of Italian prose literature.The modern reinterpretation of Boccaccio’s masterpiece – carried out by Marco Luly, Sabrina Candeloro Zuber and Robert Jenkins – has allowed us not only to promote the knowledge […]
Read moreConcert by Danilo Rea – Jazz in Yangon
Danilo Rea’s concert in Yangon on September 27th was a true celebration of music and jazz. The Italian Maestro has literally “dragged” the audience on a surprising music journey, playing famous melodies with unexpected variations, ranging from Opera to classical music and “pop”. The morning after the Concert, Danilo Rea met some Myanmar music students […]
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