Worldliness, glamour, music and a dream location, the top floor of the elegant Vitkac in the heart of Warsaw, welcomed 350 guests on Tuesday, June 12, for the third edition of the Premio Gazzetta Italia prestigious award, established by the bilingual magazine of the same name, which is given to personalities who in their careers have distinguished themselves particularly in relations between Italy and Poland<\/p>\n\n
This year the recognition fell to four extraordinary representatives of these relations: Maestro Massimiliano Caldi, the only Italian, who has to his credit an intense activity in Polish philharmonic ensembles and is a great promoter of Polish music in Italy. “It is an honor to receive this award,” Caldi said excitedly, “in front of an audience that best represents the institutions and the Italian community in Poland, a country that is now my second homeland. <\/p>\n\n
Receiving the coveted award this year, along with Massimiliano Caldi, were renowned Polish director Krzysztof Zanussi, whose achievements include a Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival for his film “The Year of the Quiet Sun,” journalist Gra\u017cyna Torbicka, who plays an important role in promoting Italian cinema in Poland, and Jan Ostrowski, a professor, art historian and director of the Krakow Castle strongly connected with Italian culture.<\/p>\n\n
The award recipients also received-along with the commemorative statuette of the Prize-a precious Murano art glass vase from the companies Yalos, La Perla Veneziana, and MU Glass and Stones, all members of the Murano Artistic Glass Mark.<\/p>\n\n
Speakers on the stage included Edoardo Vitali, first secretary of the Italian Embassy in Warsaw, who recalled the importance of the role of Gazzetta Italia magazine for the Italian community in Poland and for Poles who love the Bel Paese, and then the very elegant Kasia Likus, Italian Consul in Krakow, a partner of the Gazzetta Italia Prize, Sebastiano Giorgi editor-in-chief of Gazzetta Italia and creator of the Prize, and Kasia Stefanow, owner of Mystyle Events and co-organizer of the evening.<\/p>\n\n
Among the distinguished guests in addition to many media representatives were journalist Jas Gawro\u0144ski, filmmakers Marek Koterski, Jerzy Gruza, and Karolina Porcari, Embassy counselor Roberto Neccia, directors of the Italian Cultural Institutes Roberto Cincotta and Ugo Rufino, and Ice director Antonino Mafodda.<\/p>\n\n
Source : www.gazzettaitalia.it<\/p>\n\n
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