WORLD WIDE TORINO AT ESPERIENZA ITALIA 150 17 March 20 November 2011

WORLD WIDE TORINO AT ESPERIENZA ITALIA 150 17 March 20 November 2011 World Wide Torino involves in the celebrations for the 150 years of the Unity of Italy those foreign institutions connected to the City of Torino through relations of friendship and collaboration. The result is a programme rich in international events such as exhibitions, concerts, theatre and dance shows, seminars and a photo exhibition created together with the Province of Torino and the Piemonte Region. World Wide Torino is a project created by the International Affairs Department of the City of Torino Contacts: Elga Giai: +39 0114437809 Erica Albarello: +39 0114437807 Daniela Fioranti: +39 0114437812 international.affairs@comune.torino.it http://www.comune.torino.it/relint/

Programme from March to May From 17 March to 20 November World Wide Torino - Piemonte Embraces the World By the City of Torino, Province of Torino, Piemonte Region and related opening hours Italy celebrates the world and the world celebrates Italy through a multimedia exhibition about the relations of the City of Torino, Province of Torino and Piemonte Region all over the world 8 April City of Shenzhen at Italia 150 - New Oriental Rhythm By the City of Torino and the City of Shenzhen 6.00 p.m. Oriental music and dance show by the Shenzhen Arts Company, enriched by the performance of the Out of Time Percussion Quartet from the Conservatorio G. Verdi of Torino From 8 April to 20 April Hungary at Italia 150 By the Academy of Hungary in Rome Various places Exhibitions, shows and meetings to highlight the historical relations and friendship between Italy and Hungary A visit - Hungarian artists in Torino 08/04 05/05 at Accademia Albertina delle Belle Arti Exhibition of Hungarian artists who present themselves in Torino Piano concert by Péter Balatoni 08/04, 9.00 p.m. at Circolo degli Ufficiali Admission by invitation In honor of Ferenc Liszt, in his 200th Anniversary of birth Concert by Márta Sebestyén 09/04, 6.00 p.m. at Officine Grandi Riparazioni Folk singer mixing many styles and cultures, composer and performer of a song from the original sound track of the movie The English Patient Round Table "Dialogues of the new Europe from an artistic point of view" 11/04, 2.30 p.m. at Officine Grandi Riparazioni Speakers: Lóránd Hegyi, Guido Curto, Marco Albera, Olga Gambari and Franco Farinelli

Exhibition Virtual Hungary From 14/04 to 20/04 at Officine Grandi Riparazioni and related opening hours Opening 14/04, 5.30 p.m. A suggestive exhibition by the Academy of Hungary in Rome which shows, through five videos, the relationship with Italy, art, music and innovations from Hungary Concert by Kerekes Band 14/04, 6.00 p.m. at Officine Grandi Riparazioni Ethno-funk concert in which the Hungarian folk music mingles with funk, jazz and electronic music Jazz piano concert by Béla Szakcsi Lakatos and Kálmán Oláh 15/04, 9.00 p.m. at Circolo degli Ufficiali Admission by invitation Ferenc Liszt from a jazz perspective Concert by Karaván Família 16/04, 7.00 p.m. at Officine Grandi Riparazioni Concert in which the traditional gipsy music melts into blues and flamenco, into latin music and Balkan music From 22 April to 1 May Welcome to Chambéry By the City of Torino, City of Chambéry, Tourist Office of Chambéry Chambéry, Torino s twin city from 1957, celebrates Italy with a multimedia exhibition and a shows programme addressed to the public of Esperienza Italia Welcome to Chambéry! From 22/04 to 01/05 Opening 22/04, 5.30 p.m. and related opening hours Free admission Interactive and scenographic exhibition showing Chambéry s tourist attractions, the relations with Torino and Italy and the innovative projects Shows by Arc en Cinque School, Circus School Vertigo, Fanfare Etcetera 22/04, 6.30 p.m. and 23/04, 4.00 p.m. Shows and entertainment which are the result of an historical collaboration between Chambéry and Torino circus schools

La Roulotte in concert! 23/04, 3.00 p.m. Exclusive concert mixing explosive ingredients such as jazz, rock and rhythms creating an irresistible party atmosphere Show benvegna by Compagnie Gambit 23/04, 7.00 p.m. Performance representing an artistic diversion of the theme of the frontier, through a mix of dance and theatre Folk groups La Savoie, Les Dames du Covet and La Compagnie du Sarto 30/04, 3.00 p.m. Entertainment by Savoy folk groups through music, dance and popular songs From 2 May to 8 May «Speriamo che Espérons que» 150 years of Italian and Piedmontese emigration in Savoie and Haute Savoie Exhibition by COMITES of Chambéry and related opening hours Opening 02/05, 12.00 a.m. The descendants of the Italian emigrates in Chambéry and in Savoy show the stories of their families which have settled beyond the Alps form 1860 onwards, through pictures and historical documents From 6 May to 3 June The City of Cologne at Italia 150 Cologne, Torino s twin City from 1958, contributes to the Esperienza Italia 150 calendar with a theatre show and an exhibition The Historical Archive of Cologne: collapse, recovery, reconstruction By the City of Torino and the City of Cologne From 06/05 to 03/06, mon fri 8.30 a.m. 4.30 p.m. At Archivio Storico della Città di Torino, via Barbaroux 32 Opening 06/05, 4.30 p.m. Involving exhibition telling the dramatic 2009 collapse and the reconstruction of the Historical Archive of the City of Cologne. The Mayor of the City of Cologne, the Director of

the Historical Archive of the City of Cologne and the Mayor of the City of Torino will inaugurate the exhibition Chorus of the emigrants Directed by Kostas Papakostopoulos, Deutsch Griechisches Theater. Music by Herbert Mitschke, stage design by Zezo Dinekov With the support of the City of Cologne, City of Torino, Germanwings 07/05, 8.30 p.m. At Teatro Vittoria, via Gramsci 4 (till seats are available) A theatrical tale of a group of emigrants in Germany in an enjoyable show drawing a moral for everybody From 9 May to 17 May Detroit Torino Urban Jazz Project: two cities grow through a dialogue made of music and images Torino and Detroit, an industrial past leaving space to a present made of art and innovation. In the sphere of this common evolution, as well as in the light of the twinning connecting the two cities, the Detroit Torino Urban Jazz Project grows Detroit Torino Urban Jazz Project concert at Teatro Regio 09/05, 8.30 p.m. Tickets 8/15/20/25 Euros, at Teatro Regio, Piazza Castello 215 World premiere of two pièces by James Hartway and Carlo Boccadoro, in which the jazz musicians Emanuele Cisi, Chris Collins, Furio Di Castri and Sean Dobbins perform with the Orchestra Filarmonica 900 and are accompanied by the pictures by Piero Ottaviano and Geoff George Photo exhibition Torino-Detroit and jazz concert By City of Torino and DTUJP and related opening hours Opening and concert 10/05, 5.30 p.m. Piero Ottaviano and Geoff George s pictures compare the two cities. At the opening, concert by an ensemle of students from the Conservatorio G. Verdi and the Wayne State University, supported by Detroit Jazz Festival and Mack Avenue Records

Upcoming from June to November From 3 to 5 June Salt Lake City at Italia 150 In the month of July Ekaterinburg at Italia 150 Exhibitions and events Officine Grandi Riparazioni In the month of July Shenyang at Italia 150 In the month of September Lyon at Italia 150 In the month of September Harbin at Italia 150 In the month of September Nice at Italia 150 In the month of October Zlin at Italia 150 In the month of October Poland at Italia 150 In the month of November Nagoya at Italia 150 In the month of November Volgograd at Italia 150 In the month of November Glasgow at Italia 150