Gozitan conductor Pierre Louis Attard will lead the closing concert of the sixth edition of the Vivaldi Festival in Venice on Tuesday, 28 July 2026, conducting a special performance commemorating the 285th anniversary of the death of Antonio Vivaldi. The concert takes place on the exact date of the composer's death in Vienna in 1741, bringing this year's festival to a close in the city most closely associated with his life and musical legacy.

Held in the historic Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo, the concert will feature two of Vivaldi's most celebrated sacred works: the Gloria in D major, RV 589, for soloists, choir and orchestra, and Beatus Vir in B-flat major, RV 598, for soloists, choir, strings and basso continuo. The programme will also include  Giacomo Antonio Perti's Dixit Dominus and Vivaldi's instrumental work, the Sonata "Al Santo Sepolcro", RV 130.

Attard will conduct the Vivaldi Festival Orchestra and the Insieme Vocale Elastico Choir, prepared by Chorus Master Fabrizio Fucile, in what marks his second appearance at the Vivaldi Festival. He first performed at the festival in 2023 as solo violinist and now returns to Venice to conduct its prestigious closing concert.

The engagement represents another significant international milestone for the Maltese musician, who is establishing a growing reputation as both a violinist and conductor. Earlier this year, he made his conducting debut abroad, leading an all-Bach string orchestra programme in Italy organised by the Associazione Musicale Diapason APS.

The closing concert of this year's Vivaldi Festival, under the artistic direction of Enrico Castiglione, is presented in collaboration with Gaulitana: A Festival of Music, continuing the artistic partnership between Castiglione and the Gozitan international music festival.