Third edition of the Culture Beyond Borders Award, established in 2011 from Air France, now an established supporter of the Festival. The award is given each year to theopera or artist who best interprets values shared by the Festival and the French airline: innovation, experimentation and the ability to connect different cultures. After Alessandra Ferri and Adriana Asti, talented champions of the international language of dance and theater, this year the Prize will be presented to Irina Brook, a multifaceted director, already appointed Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the French Minister of Culture, who with her talent has contributed to unhinging the boundaries of art and to promoting the internationality and transversality of culture.