Fundación Italia
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The Fundación Italia is a cultural institution from Rosario
, Argentina
. It was created in 1985 to "promote arts, science and technique", by people who boast a "cultural bond with Italy". Although most of the people that work in the organization are Italian Argentine
s, the institution's activities are far from being restricted to Italian culture, being orientated to widen Rosario's cultural life.
The Fundacion Italia has sponsored successful musical interpretations in Rosario, such as Requiem, by Giuseppe Verdi
, Madame Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini
and Napoli in Concerto, a Neapolitan music compilation.
In 2007 begun a seminary of classic literature, the first one being Homer
, that will be followed by Virgil
in 2008 and Dante Alighieri
in 2009.
The institution has invited some of the most prominent personalities of the country to give lectures about the situation of Argentina and its future. Among the countless politicians, economists, historians, intellectuals and lawyers are the following:
Rosario
Rosario is the largest city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the western shore of the Paraná River and has 1,159,004 residents as of the ....
, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
. It was created in 1985 to "promote arts, science and technique", by people who boast a "cultural bond with Italy". Although most of the people that work in the organization are Italian Argentine
Italian Argentine
An Italian Argentine is a person born in Argentina of Italian ancestry. It is estimated up to 25 million Argentines have some degree of Italian descent...
s, the institution's activities are far from being restricted to Italian culture, being orientated to widen Rosario's cultural life.
The Fundacion Italia has sponsored successful musical interpretations in Rosario, such as Requiem, by Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi was an Italian Romantic composer, mainly of opera. He was one of the most influential composers of the 19th century...
, Madame Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini
Giacomo Puccini
Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini was an Italian composer whose operas, including La bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, and Turandot, are among the most frequently performed in the standard repertoire...
and Napoli in Concerto, a Neapolitan music compilation.
In 2007 begun a seminary of classic literature, the first one being Homer
Homer
In the Western classical tradition Homer , is the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, and is revered as the greatest ancient Greek epic poet. These epics lie at the beginning of the Western canon of literature, and have had an enormous influence on the history of literature.When he lived is...
, that will be followed by Virgil
Virgil
Publius Vergilius Maro, usually called Virgil or Vergil in English , was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He is known for three major works of Latin literature, the Eclogues , the Georgics, and the epic Aeneid...
in 2008 and Dante Alighieri
Dante Alighieri
Durante degli Alighieri, mononymously referred to as Dante , was an Italian poet, prose writer, literary theorist, moral philosopher, and political thinker. He is best known for the monumental epic poem La commedia, later named La divina commedia ...
in 2009.
The institution has invited some of the most prominent personalities of the country to give lectures about the situation of Argentina and its future. Among the countless politicians, economists, historians, intellectuals and lawyers are the following:
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, philosopher and sociologist. - Giorgio Alberti, licenced in Politics and Sociology.
- Jorge AsisJorge Asísthumb|Jorge Asís in 1976, source:"Gente y la actualidad" magazine . October/Dicember 1983. Buenos Aires, ArgentinaJorge Asís is an Argentine writer and politician born 3 March 1946 in Avellaneda, Buenos Aires province....
, journalist. - Hermes BinnerHermes BinnerHermes Juan Binner is an Argentine medical doctor and a politician. He was elected Governor of Santa Fe in 2007. Binner is the first Socialist to become the governor of an Argentine province, and the first non-Justicialist to rule Santa Fe since 1983.Binner was previously a Deputy of the Civic and...
, governor of the province of Santa Fe. - Silvia Bleichmar, psychoanalist.
- Miguel Angel Broda, economist.
- Mario BungeMario BungeMario Augusto Bunge is an Argentine philosopher and physicist mainly active in Canada.-Biography:Bunge began his studies at the National University of La Plata, graduating with a Ph.D. in physico-mathematical sciences in 1952. He was professor of theoretical physics and philosophy,...
, physician, mathematician and philosopher. - Domingo CavalloDomingo CavalloDomingo Felipe "Mingo" Cavallo is an Argentine economist and politician. He has a long history of public service and is known for implementing the Convertibilidad plan, which fixed the dollar-peso exchange rate at 1:1 between 1991 and 2001, which brought the Argentine inflation rate down from over...
, former Minister of Economy. - Eduardo DuhaldeEduardo Duhalde-External links:...
, former president of Argentina. - Jose Luis Espert, economist.
- Luis Alberto Lacalle Herrera, former president of Uruguay.
- Ricardo LagosRicardo LagosRicardo Froilán Lagos Escobar is a lawyer, economist and social democrat politician, who served as president of Chile from 2000 to 2006. He won the 1999-2000 presidential election by a narrow margin in a runoff over Independent Democrat Union candidate Joaquín Lavín...
, former president of Chile. - Miguel LifschitzMiguel LifschitzRoberto Miguel Lifschitz , is the current mayor of the city of Rosario, province of Santa Fe, Argentina.He obtained his degree at the Engineering Faculty of the National University of Rosario in 1979, and worked in the private sector until 1989, when he became Director-General of the Public Housing...
, mayor of Rosario. - Félix LunaFélix LunaFélix Luna was a prominent Argentine writer, lyricist and historian.-Life and times:Luna was born in Buenos Aires to a family originally from La Rioja Province, in 1925...
, historian. - Pacho O'DonnellPacho O'DonnellMario O'Donnell , best known as Pacho O'Donnell, is an Argentine writer, politician and physician who specializes in psychoanalysis....
, historian. - Alfonso Prat GayAlfonso Prat GayAlfonso Prat Gay is an Argentine economist and politician. He was President of the Central Bank of Argentina from December 2002 to September 2004, and was elected Congressman for the Civic Coalition in the 2009 elections.-Career:...
, former president of the Argentine Central Bank. - Cristiano Ratazzi, president of FiatFiatFIAT, an acronym for Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino , is an Italian automobile manufacturer, engine manufacturer, financial, and industrial group based in Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont. Fiat was founded in 1899 by a group of investors including Giovanni Agnelli...
in Argentina. - Carlos Alberto Reutemann, former governor of the province of Santa Fe
- Felipe Rovera, former president of General MotorsGeneral MotorsGeneral Motors Company , commonly known as GM, formerly incorporated as General Motors Corporation, is an American multinational automotive corporation headquartered in Detroit, Michigan and the world's second-largest automaker in 2010...
in Argentina. - Alejandro RozitchnerAlejandro RozitchnerAlejandro Rozitchner is an Argentine philosopher and writer. “Artist of the ideas” or “intellectual nutritionist” are some of the names with which he describes his work...
, writer and philosopher. - Beatriz SarloBeatriz SarloBeatriz Sarlo is an Argentine literary and cultural critic. She was also founding editor of the cultural journal Punto de Vista ....
, writer. - Fernando SolanasFernando SolanasFernando Ezequiel 'Pino' Solanas is an Argentine film director, screenwriter and politician....
, Argentine filmmaker. - Eugenio Raul ZaffaroniEugenio Raúl ZaffaroniEugenio Raúl Zaffaroni is an Argentine lawyer. Since 2003 he has been a member of the Supreme Court of Justice of Argentina.- Academic career :...
, minister of the Supreme Court in Argentina.