Feb. 27 – After Umberto Eco, Uto Ughi, the Piccolo Teatro and La Scala in Milan, Riccardo Muti will receive the medal for Italian culture in Argentina, given every year by the Argentina – Italy Society. The association chaired by Victor Uckmar and Giorgio De Lorenzi will deliver the prize on March 5. This year, the Maestro receives it for “spreading, personally and with his work, the excellence of Italian culture in the South American country.” The ceremony will take place at the headquarters of the Italian-Latin American Institute (IILA) in Rome at noon. The IILA, through its Secretary General, Ambassador Giorgio Malfatti di Monte Tretto and its president and ambassador of Mexico in Italy, Miguel Ruiz – Cabañas Izquierdo, welcomes Maestro Muti as “authentic, rare and a precious representative of the highest values that Italy spreads throughout the world.”
