On the day of Mother Teresa’s consecration, the Italian BELLINI Instrumental Orchestral Ensemble gave a concert for art lovers from Gjirokastria. The concert came as an organizational idea from the General Consulate of Italy in Vlora and the Honorary Consulate in Gjirokastër, whose directors were present at the show dheld at the “Zihni Sako” Cinema in Gjirokastër. This is the second day of the concert of the Italian ensemble, after that in Apollonia.

“Italian music in the history of cinema” was the artistic picture that appeared yesterday evening, evoking the soundtracks of the most artistically accomplished films by Italian authors, mainly directors and composers of these films over the years. The BELLINI Orchestra has presented a real spectacle since after so many years, such a classical orchestral formation gives performances in Gjirokastër.

And on this occasion, the Italian virtuoso instrumentalists chose to give a show to the Gjirokastra art lovers, the soundtracks of films that have won OSCAR awards, such as “Once upon a time America”, “Scent of a Woman”, “The Godfather” etc. which were compositions of world-famous Italian musicians such as Nikolo Piovani, Nino Rota, Ennio Morikone, etc.

The concert was organized by the Consulate General of Italy in Vlora together with the Municipality of Gjirokastër and the Honorary Italian Consulate in Gjirokastër on the occasion of Mother Teresa’s canonization day.

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