2016
The Teatro Vittoria in Torino hosted the concert by the famous French-Romanian duo with a performance featuring two world premieres. The event was organized by the Villa of Composers with the support of the City of Torino and the Alliance française of Torino.
The Deputy Mayor in charge of Social Policies of the City of Torino Sonia Schellino took part in the round table Voce del Verbo Accogliere. Sistemi e Pratiche a Confronto tra Italia e Germania, organised by the Goethe Institut of Torino and the cooperation of FIERI.
The City of Torino organised in cooperation with the associations Conoscere Eurasia, Roscongress, Spief'16 and with Banca Intesa Sanpaolo and Gianni Origoni Grippo Cappelli & Partners, the third Italy-Russia seminar Italy-Russia: the Art of Innovation that took place at the Piccolo Regio Puccini.
The Deputy Mayor in charge of Integration, Equal Opportunities and Youth Policies of the City of Torino Marco Giusta took part in the workshop organised and financed by the EU-Russia Civil Society Forum, with the patronage of the City of Torino, that gathered at the City Hall male and female high level international experts on migration, asylum, inclusion and anti-racism.
At the City Hall, during a ceremony in which took part all the civilian and military authorities of Torino, the Mayor of the Mongolian City of Kharkhorin Enkhbat Lamzav and the Mayor of the City of Torino Chiara Appendino signed a Cooperation Agreement between the two Cities.
On the occasion of the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of relationships between Italy and Japan, the Circolo dei Lettori hosted a show during which the Japanese stylist Nobuaki Tomita presented his creations and different techniques to wear the symbolic dress of the Japanese tradition.
A debate with Jessica Grounds, expert in female leadership and Head of the electoral campaign “Women Ready for Hillary” supporting Hillary Clinton, was held at the City Hall, to foster a reflection on female leadership in the contemporary society.
The centre of Torino was animated by the Défilé of Torinodanza, the great urban parade that every two years opens the Biennale de la Danse of Lyon. The amateur Italian-French dancers, after having inaugurated on September 18th the most important international dance festival in Lyon, proposed again in Torino their spectacular choreography.
For its 20th birthday, the international event dedicated to high quality food and small producers opens up to the city and gets closer to the public. The 5000 delegates, for the first time in the open in Torino's most iconic places, like the big market set in the Valentino Park, San Carlo Square, Roma Street and other streets of the city centre, are the true protagonists of the event. Terra Madre Salone del Gusto is organised by the City of Torino, Slow Food and Piedmont Region. The full programme is available on the official website.
The Director General of the City of Torino Gianmarco Montanari represented the City at the Australia Business Forum. The event, organised by the Chamber of Commerce of Torino, in cooperation with the Italian Chamber of Commerce of Sydney, the City of Torino, API, Unione Industriale and Ceipiemonte, aimed at portraying to our local companies the business and investment opportunities, as well as the tools needed to work on the market of Australia.
Artists from several Countries brought to Torino their different ways of makin theatre and perform, giving to children and adults original and often unusual experiences as a gift, on a trip that from the districts of the city reached the whole world. In the city and at the Casa del Teatro Ragazzi e Giovani Danish, French, American, Italian, Spanish, Romanian and Kenyan artists alternated on stage.
The Director General of the City of Torino Gianmarco Montanari represented the City at the Zambia Business Forum, organised for the interested companies by the Chamber of Commerce of Torino, with the support of the Honorary Consulate of Zambia in Torino and the Embassy of Zambia in Italy. The event aimed at presenting to our local companies the business and investment opportunities, as well as the tools needed to work on the market of Zambia.
The Cooperation Service of the City of Torino organises many events within the framework of the International Book Fair to discuss about issues related to some projects that the city carried out in the last few years.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino on May 10th opened the Myanmar Business Forum at Torino Incontra. The guest was the Shwe Taung group, one of the biggest conglomerates of Myanmar, founded in 1970.
The Angels of Peace, a group of Russian 10-15 years old kids, performed a traditional singing and dancing show that aimed at giving a message of peace and brotherhood of peoples. The ensemble was hosted thanks to the WFWP - Women's Federation for World Peace, which is seated in Torino.