Italian opera star, Luciano Pavarotti, is to be remembered in a series of commemorations around the world.
The concerts and exhibitions begin on 6 October, a month after the tenor died from pancreatic cancer.
They will be held in more than 90 Italian cultural centres around the world, with footage of the singer provided by Italian state television.
Among the events are a series of screenings of Pavarotti's operas in New Delhi, India.
The ministry announced that video clips of Pavarotti interviews will be shown at the Italian cultural institute in Lima, Peru and concerts will be shown in Hungary, Denmark and France.
A photographic exhibition will be held in New York, as well as a series of concerts to remember Pavarotti's career, in which he sold more than 100 million records worldwide.
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