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We can probably say with the upmost certainly that every year is a good year for Italian culture, but 2013 has been chosen as “The Year of Italian Culture” in The United States.
“We really believe that culture related to a nation has to do also with food and wine and fashion and design. It’s a much wider lifestyle that belongs to the notion of culture,” said Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero during an interview with Hollywood on the Potomac at his residence – Villa Firenze.
Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero
The Tudor mansion that sits on 22 acres of rolling gardens was purchased in 1976 from Peggy Guggenheim Logan of the great art collecting family by then Ambassador Roberto Gaja. It has since become the ultimate destination for the most elegant soirées in Washington. You are instantly transported to another time and place from the second the iron gates open and welcome you to Villa Firenze.
Ambassador Bisogniero, who has been posted to the U.S. on two previous occasions – once in Washington and later at the Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations in New York – is at ease and familiar with the benefits of social interaction and the role it plays in diplomacy.
Most recently he hosted the ELLE & GUCCI formal dinner for the “DC Power List 2013,” fittingly followed by The Opera Ball and the MSNBC after party was held at The Italian Embassy on Whitehaven during The White House Correspondents’ Association weekend. Needless to say, all were coveted invitations.
The year long journey of Italian Culture in The United States from past to present “will be broadcast, displayed and explained: art, music, stage, landscaping and architectural heritage, cinema, literature, the sciences, design, fashion, food culture.” With more than 200 events to choose from, he suggests you explore the calendar and experience all that Italy has to offer.
One on One with Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero:
