Din l-Art Ħelwa launched the 26th edition of the International Music Festival at the charming medieval church of Santa Marija Ta' Bir Miftuħ in Gudja.
Saturday 12 April at 7.30pm
Violoncello and Piano Performance by the Karlsruhe Concert Duo - Reinhard Armleder - Violoncello and Dagmar Hartmann - Piano. The Duo will play works by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Bartholdy, Schumann, Rossini, Ravel and Piazzolla.
BIO: The Karlsruhe Concert Duo, founded in 1999, has achieved great success over the years. The Duo-Reinhard Armleder and Dagmar Hartmann is in very high demand and has performed in more than ninety countries around the world. The musicians are regularly highly lauded for fascinating their audiences by the depth of their interpretations, their brilliant technique and their imaginative choice of programmes.
This concert is made possible by The German Maltese Circle and the Goethe Institute.
Friday 25 April at 7.30pm
Vocal and harp performance by soprano Gillian Zammit, singers from the Opera Nova Project; mezzo soprano Nicole Vassallo, tenor Jester Rosales and harpist Anne Marie Camilleri Podesta'. Artists will play works by Massenet, Debussy, Berlioz, Gounod and Fauré.
BIO: Gillian Zammit is a gifted and highly accomplished Maltese soprano. She is much esteemed as a recital singer and as an exponent of Baroque music, performing regularly in the Valletta International Baroque Festival, the Utrecht Early Music Festival in Holland and many other prestigious festivals in Europe.
Anne Marie Camilleri Podesta' is a renowned Maltese harpist. At sixteen she became a member of the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra and has consistently performed with it. She has played with the European Symphonieta, the European Chamber Orchestra, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and other famous orchestras.
The Opera Nova Project was founded by Gillian Zammit and Denise Mulholland with the aim of providing a holistic high level of musical education to exceptionally talented young local voice students and to create a local and international platform for these students.
This concert is being held thanks to the valuable support of the Embassy of France and the Alliance Française de Malte-Méditerranée.
Friday 2 May at 7.30pm
A String Quartet Performance featuring Inmaculada Muñoz Salgüero (violin), Agnieska Kuzma (violin), Ester García Salas (viola) and Desireé Calleja (cello). The musicians perform works by Turina, Toldrà and Albéniz.
BIO: Inmaculada Muñoz Salgüero, Agnieska Kuzma, Ester García Salas and Desireé Calleja are highly talented and accomplished musicians. All of them are members of the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra and have also performed with various prominent orchestras around Europe.
This concert has been made possible with the support of the Embassy of Spain.
Saturday 10 May at 7.30pm
A performance by the Re:Orchestra of Rotterdam Ensemble composed of
Mro Roberto Beltrán-Zavala (artistic director), Nicolai Bernstein (violin), Sarah Spiteri (violin), Hara van Amersfoort (viola), Wijnand Hulst - Violon (cello), Jessica Scerri Ellul (clarinet), Jenny Melville (oboe), Gillian Zammit - (soprano) and Clare Ghigo (mezzo soprano).
Their programme features works by Schubert, R. Strauss, Haendel, Mahler and Karl Fiorini.
BIO: The Re:Orchestra of Rotterdam Ensemble has been described by the European specialised press as a superb and passionate Ensemble. The musicians are active in some of Europe's foremost orchestras, and they deliver exceptional performances at renowned festivals and concert halls across Europe.
This concert is being generously sponsored by Dr. John Vassallo and Dr. Marianne Knoll
Refreshments will be served in the church grounds after each performance and have been kindly sponsored by PwC Malta and Marsovin Ltd.
Reservations
Tickets are available from [email protected] and at the church door before each performance and are against a donation of €25 per person including refreshments after the performance in the church grounds. Block bookings are against a donation of €95 for four concerts, €70 for three concerts and €46 for two concerts.
Remittances for bookings can be settled as follows:
By cheque payable to Din l-Art Ħelwa, with an accompanying note to the Organising Committee, Bir Miftuh International Music Festival, 133 Melita Street, Valletta, or by y bank transfers effected to one of the following bank accounts:
HSBC MT76MMEB44336000000033181181001
BOV MT51VALL22013000000040021787427
APS MT02APSB7702400089201089201001
It is very important that your deposit includes your name.
For further information kindly contact Din l-Art Ħelwa on Tel nos 21220358/21225952 or email: [email protected]