BAHRAIN TO HOST ITALIAN CULTURAL WEEK

by Bahrain News Agency

BAHRAINI PEOPLE, THE ITALIAN COMMUNITY AND FOREIGN VISITORS WILL HAVE A RELISH OF ITALIAN MUSIC AND FOLKLORE IN THE FESTIVAL WHICH COMBINES HERITAGE WITH MODERNITY, ITALIAN AMBASSADOR TO BAHRAIN CALOGERO DI GESU SAID AT A PRESS CONFERENCE HELD AT BAHRAIN NATIONAL MUSEUM TODAY.

THE ITALIAN AMBASSADOR ALSO THANKED ASSISTANT UNDER- SECRETARY FOR CULTURE AND HERITAGE SHAIKHA MAI BINT MOHAMMED AL KHALIFA AND MEMBERS OF BAHRAINI- ITALIAN FRIENDSHIP ASSOCIATION FOR TAKING PART IN THE ORGANIZATION OF THE FESTIVAL WHICH IS EXPECTED TO ATTRACT HUNDREDS OF VISITORS.

SHAIKHA MAI EXPRESSED DELIGHT OVER BAHRAINI-ITALIAN CUTURAL COOPERATION, HOPING THAT THE ITALIAN CULTURAL WEEK WOULD FURTHER BOLSTER JOINT EFFORTS IN THIS RESPECT.

A SILVER, GOLD AND GLASS ITEMS EXHIBITION WILL ALSO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 1 AS PART OF THE FESTIVAL'S FLURRY OF ACTIVITIES WHILE A MUSICAL OPERA, TRANSLATING THE WORKS OF BRILLIANT ITALIAN ARTISTS, IS SET FOR THE FOLLOWING DAY.

ON NOVEMBER 3, ITALIAN RENOWNED PIANIST CHRISTINA PEGORARO WILL GIVE THE AUDIENCE A TASTE OF HER ARTISTIC SKILL AT NOVOTEL HOTEL WITH THE EVENT'S PROCEEDS FULLY DEDICATED TO CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES IN BAHRAIN.

PIANO PLAYING WILL BE THE FOCUS OF A WORKSHOP GIVEN BY PEGORARO ON NOVEMBER 3 FROM 10 A.M. TO 2 P.M. FOLLOWED BY AN ITALIAN FILM AT 8:30 P.M. ITALIAN DIRECTOR ROBERTO BENIGNI'S OSCAR-WINNING MOVIE LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL WILL BE SHOWN ON NOVEMBER 5 AT 8:30 P.M. AT THE CULTURE HALL.

ITALIAN PIANIST CHRISTINA WILL REAPPEAR ON NOVEMBER 6 AT THE CULTURE HALL AT 8:30 P.M. THE CURTAINS WILL GO DOWN ON THE FESTIVAL WITH A NUMBER OF ITALIAN FILMS STARTING AT 8:30 P.M. HMQMT .