Teatru Manoel presents a unique piano recital by the renowned Michael Laus on Wednesday, 11 April at 8pm at Teatru Manoel.
Michael Laus is one of Malta's foremost and celebrated musicians both as a pianist and conductor. He graduated in piano, harpsichord and composition at the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi of Milan in 1982 and has since had a remarkable career as the principal conductor of Malta's national orchestra for 25 years and now its resident conductor. He has conducted the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra in symphonic concerts in Malta, Belgium and Italy as well as other orchestras including the Bournemouth Symphony, the Slovak Philharmonic, the New Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Orquesta Sinfonica de Asturias.
He was the founder and first music director of the Malta Youth Orchestra and of the Goldberg Ensemble, a group specialising in baroque music. In 2016, he conducted the first European performance of Arvo Pärt's Greater Antiphons. He opened the first edition of the Valletta International Baroque Festival with Vivaldi's Quattro stagioni. Michael Laus has conducted the Bournemouth Symphony, the Slovak Philharmonic, the New Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Orquesta Sinfonica de Asturias.
Michael has also directed operatic productions at the Berne State Theatre and in Oviedo and regularly appears in the double role of pianist/harpsichordist and conductor in a concerto repertoire ranging from baroque to 20th century works. In this double role, he has won international critical acclaim for his recording of Cyril Scott's Harpsichord Concerto. He has recorded for Discover International, Unicorn-Khanchana and Cameo Classics. He is Associate Professor in Music Studies at the University of Malta.
The full programme of his recital on Wednesday, 11 April at 8pm includes Haydn's Andante with Variations in F minor, Hob. 17/6, Schubert's Four Impromptus, D.899 and Beethoven's Sonata in A flat major, Op.110 and Sonata in F minor, Op.57 Appassionata.
Tickets can be purchased online from www.teatrumanoel.com.mt, by email at [email protected] or by phoning on 2124 6389.