Osaka – From December 10 to 19, the Italian Cultural Institute of Osaka hosts the exhibition of pianist and conductor Antonio Ballista. The artist has performed under the baton of Abbado, Boulez, Brüggen, R.Chailly and Muti and the Orchestra of the BBC, the Concertgebouw, La Scala in Milan, the Vienna Philharmonic, the London Symphony, the Orchestre de Paris, Orchestras of Philadelphia and Cleveland and the New York Philharmonic. He has been often invited to prestigious festivals in Paris, Edinburgh, Warsaw, Berlin and Strasbourg. (9Colonne)