Victoria International Arts Festival

Victoria International Arts Festival Music / Arts The artistic director of the festival is Prof.

Launched in 1998, the Festival has gone beyond the fondest dreams of the organizers to the extent that for some years now, the Festival has established itself solidly as Maltaโ€™s longest-running high culture event with an ever-widening international dimension. The creation and inclusion of the Victoria International Arts Festival in the popular festa season in honour of St George, Protector of the

island of Gozo, was an innovation that confirmed St Georgeโ€™s basilicaโ€™s leading role in Gozoโ€™s cultural scene. Joseph Vella, composer, university lecturer and perhaps the most esteemed musical director in the Maltese islands.

VIAF 2024 was a resoundingly successful Festival thanks to a dream team that delivered platinum. The 'best-laid plans' a...
20/07/2024

VIAF 2024 was a resoundingly successful Festival thanks to a dream team that delivered platinum. The 'best-laid plans' and aspirations, with their myriad logistical issues, time management, coordination, syncrhonisation, could so easily be derailed unless you have a fab team in place. Not taking ourselves too seriously, together with a strong dose of Gozitan humour helps. And, VIAF was conceived and delivered by Mro Joseph Vella and his team as a strong and high-powered cultural platform sliding into the feast of St George, which is happening as we write this. That is the focus, the rest is detail. Long may it last!

Photos: Joe Attard

๐•๐ˆ๐€๐… ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ '๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ฎ๐‘ถ๐’๐‘ถ ๐‘ด๐‘ฐ๐‘น๐‘จ๐‘ช๐‘ณ๐‘ฌ' ๐ˆ๐ง ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐ซ๐จ ๐‰๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฉ๐ก ๐•๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐ฏ๐ข๐š๐Ÿ.๐จ๐ซ๐ .๐ฆ๐ญThe 27th edition of the Victoria International...
13/07/2024

๐•๐ˆ๐€๐… ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ '๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ฎ๐‘ถ๐’๐‘ถ ๐‘ด๐‘ฐ๐‘น๐‘จ๐‘ช๐‘ณ๐‘ฌ'
๐ˆ๐ง ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐ซ๐จ ๐‰๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฉ๐ก ๐•๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š
๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐ฏ๐ข๐š๐Ÿ.๐จ๐ซ๐ .๐ฆ๐ญ

The 27th edition of the Victoria International Arts Festival comes to a close this Monday, 15 July, at St Georgeโ€™s Basilica, at 20:00. It will feature an orchestral concert with the participation of the ๐Œ๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐š ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐œ ๐Ž๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š and Maltaโ€™s leading clarinetist ๐†๐จ๐๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ฒ ๐Œ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐, under the direction of ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ ๐–๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ก. The concert consists of Edward Elgarโ€™s Serenade for Strings in E Minor, followed by Joseph Vellaโ€™s Clarinet Concerto, which was premiered in 2011 by this yearโ€™s performing soloist himself, and ends with Mendelssohnโ€™s Symphony No. 4 in A Major. Entry is free.

12/07/2024

๐•๐ˆ๐€๐… ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ '๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ฎ๐‘ถ๐’๐‘ถ ๐‘ด๐‘ฐ๐‘น๐‘จ๐‘ช๐‘ณ๐‘ฌ'
๐ˆ๐ง ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐ซ๐จ ๐‰๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฉ๐ก ๐•๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š
๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐ฏ๐ข๐š๐Ÿ.๐จ๐ซ๐ .๐ฆ๐ญ

Tomorrow, Saturday, 13 July, the Victoria International Arts Festival presents a recital by ๐Š๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐Š๐จ๐ง๐ณ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ-๐ƒ๐ฎ๐จ, comprised of ๐‘๐ž๐ข๐ง๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ ๐€๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ž๐๐ž๐ซ (violoncello) and ๐ƒ๐š๐ ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ ๐‡๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ง (pianoforte). In this penultimate concert of this 27th edition of the Festival, the German duo will be performing Beethovenโ€™s Seven Variations in Eb Major on a theme from The Magic Flute, Mendelssohnโ€™s Song without words in D Major, Schumannโ€™s Drei Fantasiestรผcke, Lisztโ€™s Liebestraum, and Franckโ€™s Sonata in A Major. ๐“๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐโ€™๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ:๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ, and the venue is the Aula Mgr Giuseppe Farrugia at the back of St Georgeโ€™s Basilica.

Music / Arts

11/07/2024

๐•๐ˆ๐€๐… ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ '๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ฎ๐‘ถ๐’๐‘ถ ๐‘ด๐‘ฐ๐‘น๐‘จ๐‘ช๐‘ณ๐‘ฌ'
๐ˆ๐ง ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐ซ๐จ ๐‰๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฉ๐ก ๐•๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š
๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐ฏ๐ข๐š๐Ÿ.๐จ๐ซ๐ .๐ฆ๐ญ

Tomorrow, Friday, 12 July, the Victoria International Arts Festival presents a pianoforte recital by ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐š ๐„๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐š ๐…๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ ๐ข๐š who will be performing a highly eclectic programme of Dance Music by Chopin, Bartรณk, Granados, and Turina. Tomorrowโ€™s concert starts at 20:30 and is taking place at the Aula Mgr Giuseppe Farrugia. Admission is, as always, free.

Music / Arts

10/07/2024

๐•๐ˆ๐€๐… ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ '๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ฎ๐‘ถ๐’๐‘ถ ๐‘ด๐‘ฐ๐‘น๐‘จ๐‘ช๐‘ณ๐‘ฌ'
๐ˆ๐ง ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐ซ๐จ ๐‰๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฉ๐ก ๐•๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š
๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐ฏ๐ข๐š๐Ÿ.๐จ๐ซ๐ .๐ฆ๐ญ

Tomorrow, Thursday, 11 July, the Victoria International Arts Festival presents a piano accordion recital by ๐ƒ๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐ž ๐†๐š๐ฃ๐ข๐œ and ๐‘๐ฒ๐š๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ซ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ญ. The duo will perform Bachโ€™s ๐‘ƒ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ข๐‘‘๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐น๐‘ข๐‘”๐‘ข๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐ธ๐‘ ๐‘€๐‘Ž๐‘—๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ and Stravinskyโ€™s ๐‘ƒ๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘˜๐‘Ž. Tomorrowโ€™s venue is St Augustineโ€™s Church and concert starts at 20:00. Admission is, as always, free.

Music / Arts

๐•๐ˆ๐€๐… ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ '๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ฎ๐‘ถ๐’๐‘ถ ๐‘ด๐‘ฐ๐‘น๐‘จ๐‘ช๐‘ณ๐‘ฌ' ๐ˆ๐ง ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐ซ๐จ ๐‰๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฉ๐ก ๐•๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐ฏ๐ข๐š๐Ÿ.๐จ๐ซ๐ .๐ฆ๐ญTomorrow, Wednesday, 10 July, the Victoria Int...
09/07/2024

๐•๐ˆ๐€๐… ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ '๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ฎ๐‘ถ๐’๐‘ถ ๐‘ด๐‘ฐ๐‘น๐‘จ๐‘ช๐‘ณ๐‘ฌ'
๐ˆ๐ง ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐ซ๐จ ๐‰๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฉ๐ก ๐•๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š
๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐ฏ๐ข๐š๐Ÿ.๐จ๐ซ๐ .๐ฆ๐ญ

Tomorrow, Wednesday, 10 July, the Victoria International Arts Festival shifts back to the Aula Mgr Giuseppe Farrugia to present a recital by violin virtuoso ๐€๐ง๐๐ซ๐ž๐š ๐†๐š๐ฃ๐ข๐œ and pianist ๐€๐š๐ซ๐จ๐ง ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ซ. The Scottish duo will perform Schubertโ€™s ๐‘…๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘œ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐ต ๐‘€๐‘–๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ, Beethovenโ€™s ๐‘†๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘œ. 9 ๐‘–๐‘› ๐ด ๐‘€๐‘Ž๐‘—๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ, and Kreislerโ€™s ๐ฟ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘–๐‘‘ and ๐ฟ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ข๐‘‘.
๐ˆ๐Œ๐๐Ž๐‘๐“๐€๐๐“ ๐๐Ž๐“๐ˆ๐‚๐„: ๐“๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐโ€™๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ:๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ (๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ). Admission is, of course, free.

08/07/2024

Reference is made to the post uploaded earlier today. The concert that is being rescheduled is the one this Friday, 12 July, not as inadvertently mentioned as 12 June. Apologies for the oversight.

08/07/2024

VIAF 2024 'THE GOZO MIRACLE'
In Honour of Mro Joseph Vella
www.viaf.org.mt

ATTENTION TO ALL PATRONS:

Due to circumstances beyond our control, the concert scheduled for Friday 12 June (An Evening with Puccini) will now take place at a later time this year. Watch this space for details about that.

Instead, we are very proud to present Maria Elena Farrugia who will give a pianoforte recital concentrating on Dances and Dance Forms. This concert will see Maria Elena performing works by Chopin, Bartรณk, Granados and Turina. Brought in at the last minute, VIAF is profoundly grateful for the cooperation the team found from Maria Elena. Thank you!

Beginning her music studies at a young age, Maria-Elena showed a love for the instrument and a deep understanding of music from an early stage. She now holds a Masters of Music in Piano Performance from the RNCM -where she studied with Prof. Sally Ann MacLeod - a PGCE, and First Class Honours in her Bachelor of Music from University of Malta, where she was tutored by Prof. Michael Laus. Over the past 15 years, she participated in and won many local and international competitions, obtaining High Distinction in multiple Diplomas. In 2003, she won the EPTA (Malta) Competition which enabled her to attend lessons at the Liszt Academy in Budapest with one of the jury, Profs. Balazs Szokolay. The following year, she won 1st prize at the 12th Gianluca Campochiaro Competition (Pedara, Sicily). She also took part in the 6th Young Musicians Contest of the Malta Society of Arts, Manufacturing and Commerce where she placed 1st in her category. In 2011 she was 1st prize winner of the Bice Mizzi Vassallo Music Competition (Malta), resulting in a week of Masterclasses held at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, tutored by acclaimed pianist, Norma Fisher. In Manchester she performed as a soloist and with several duo and chamber ensembles, including the well-established Philetas Piano Trio.

She is highly sought after for engagements in Gozo, Malta and the UK, where she has worked with multiple professional artists such as Mezzo Soprano Jennifer Larmore. She has performed in Malta at the Presidential Palace, the Manoel Theatre, and in the Malta International Arts Festival Masterclasses, where she was tutored by internationally acclaimed pianists and professors Yuri Didenko, Vassily Scherbakov, Arkady Zenziper, Christoph Traxler and Alexander Zolotarev. Maria-Elena continues her work as a professional pianist, accompanying local international artists including tenor Joseph Calleja, whilst furthering her ongoing repetiteur training with soprano Juliette Bisazza. She is currently a full-time music teacher and staff pianist in Maltaโ€™s national music school, the Malta school of Music. Maria-Elena also does freelance work as a session pianist with local bands and ensembles in various genres - such as musical theatre, contemporary music and jazz.

Music / Arts

08/07/2024

๐•๐ˆ๐€๐… ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ '๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ฎ๐‘ถ๐’๐‘ถ ๐‘ด๐‘ฐ๐‘น๐‘จ๐‘ช๐‘ณ๐‘ฌ'
๐ˆ๐ง ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐ซ๐จ ๐‰๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฉ๐ก ๐•๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š
๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐ฏ๐ข๐š๐Ÿ.๐จ๐ซ๐ .๐ฆ๐ญ

Tomorrow, Tuesday 9 July, the Victoria International Arts Festival returns to the chapel of the Oratory Don Bosco to present a concert by ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ญ, comprised of ๐…๐ข๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š ๐‚๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ข (flute/alto flute), ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐š๐ซ๐š ๐“๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ข (oboe/cor anglais), ๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐จ ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐›๐จ (violin), ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐จ ๐†๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐š (viola), and ๐˜๐š๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐š๐ฏ ๐Œ๐ข๐ค๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ค๐ก๐จ (violoncello). The quintet will perform works by Bach, Cambini, and Sรผssmayr. Concert starts at 20:00, and admission is free.

Music / Arts

07/07/2024

๐•๐ˆ๐€๐… ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ '๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ฎ๐‘ถ๐’๐‘ถ ๐‘ด๐‘ฐ๐‘น๐‘จ๐‘ช๐‘ณ๐‘ฌ'
๐ˆ๐ง ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐ซ๐จ ๐‰๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฉ๐ก ๐•๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š
๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐ฏ๐ข๐š๐Ÿ.๐จ๐ซ๐ .๐ฆ๐ญ

Tomorrow, Monday 8 July, the Victoria International Arts Festival presents yet another saxophone quartet, this time all the way from the UK - the vibrant ๐€๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐œ ๐’๐š๐ฑ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ญ, featuring ๐€๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ง๐ฆ๐š๐ง (soprano saxophone), ๐’๐š๐ฆ ๐‚๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง (alto saxophone), ๐‰๐ž๐ง๐ง๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ ๐–๐š๐ญ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง (tenor saxophone), and ๐‘๐š๐œ๐ก๐š๐ž๐ฅ ๐Œ๐จ๐จ๐ซ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ (baritone saxophone). They will be performing works by Bach, Whitlock, Simmons, Gershwin, Ellington, Bruckner, Penman, and Gregory. Tomorrowโ€™s concert is taking place in the courtyard of the Bishopโ€™s Palace on Republic Street (opposite Teatru Astra) and starts at 20:00. Entry is free.

Music / Arts

05/07/2024

๐•๐ˆ๐€๐… ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ '๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ฎ๐‘ถ๐’๐‘ถ ๐‘ด๐‘ฐ๐‘น๐‘จ๐‘ช๐‘ณ๐‘ฌ'
๐ˆ๐ง ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐ซ๐จ ๐‰๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฉ๐ก ๐•๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š
๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐ฏ๐ข๐š๐Ÿ.๐จ๐ซ๐ .๐ฆ๐ญ

Tomorrow, Saturday 6 July, the Victoria International Arts Festival once again shifts to the Oratory Don Bosco Chapel for a recital by four of Maltaโ€™s leading saxophonists: ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ ๐€๐ญ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ (soprano saxophone), ๐’๐š๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฅ ๐Œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐š (alto saxophone), ๐‰๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฉ๐ก ๐•๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š (tenor saxophone), and ๐†๐จ๐๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ฒ ๐Œ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ (baritone saxophone). The saxophone quartet will perform works by River, Glazunov, Whitlock, and Gershwin. Concert starts at 20:00, and admission is free.

Music / Arts

๐•๐ˆ๐€๐… ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ '๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ฎ๐‘ถ๐’๐‘ถ ๐‘ด๐‘ฐ๐‘น๐‘จ๐‘ช๐‘ณ๐‘ฌ' ๐ˆ๐ง ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐ซ๐จ ๐‰๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฉ๐ก ๐•๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐ฏ๐ข๐š๐Ÿ.๐จ๐ซ๐ .๐ฆ๐ญTomorrow, Friday the 5th, the Victoria Interna...
04/07/2024

๐•๐ˆ๐€๐… ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ '๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ฎ๐‘ถ๐’๐‘ถ ๐‘ด๐‘ฐ๐‘น๐‘จ๐‘ช๐‘ณ๐‘ฌ'
๐ˆ๐ง ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐ซ๐จ ๐‰๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฉ๐ก ๐•๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š
๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐ฏ๐ข๐š๐Ÿ.๐จ๐ซ๐ .๐ฆ๐ญ

Tomorrow, Friday the 5th, the Victoria International Arts Festival returns to the Aula Mgr Giuseppe Farrugia to present a violin and pianoforte recital by ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ง๐š ๐™๐š๐งฬ๐ค๐จ and ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ข๐š ๐Œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ. The Polish-born duo will be performing works by Szymanowski, Wieniawski, Chopin, and Paderewski. Concert starts at 20:00, and admission is free.

03/07/2024

๐•๐ˆ๐€๐… ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ '๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ฎ๐‘ถ๐’๐‘ถ ๐‘ด๐‘ฐ๐‘น๐‘จ๐‘ช๐‘ณ๐‘ฌ'
๐ˆ๐ง ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐ซ๐จ ๐‰๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฉ๐ก ๐•๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š
๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐ฏ๐ข๐š๐Ÿ.๐จ๐ซ๐ .๐ฆ๐ญ

One Gozo-based string quartet that is making a name for itself and for our island both locally and internationally is ๐‚๐จ๐ซ๐๐ข๐š. Composed of musicians ๐ƒ๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐‹๐š๐ง๐  and ๐„๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐“๐จฬ๐ญ๐ก (violin), ๐‰๐š๐œ๐จ๐› ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข (viola), and ๐…๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ค ๐‚๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ข (violoncello), the quartet will be performing Beethovenโ€™s demanding ๐‘†๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘„๐‘ข๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘œ. 15 ๐‘–๐‘› ๐ด ๐‘€๐‘–๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ tomorrow, Thursday, the 4th of July, at 20:00, at the Church of St Francis.
As with all VIAF concerts, admission is free.

Music / Arts

๐•๐ˆ๐€๐… ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ '๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ฎ๐‘ถ๐’๐‘ถ ๐‘ด๐‘ฐ๐‘น๐‘จ๐‘ช๐‘ณ๐‘ฌ' ๐ˆ๐ง ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐ซ๐จ ๐‰๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฉ๐ก ๐•๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐ฏ๐ข๐š๐Ÿ.๐จ๐ซ๐ .๐ฆ๐ญTomorrow, Wednesday 3 July, the Victoria Inter...
02/07/2024

๐•๐ˆ๐€๐… ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ '๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ฎ๐‘ถ๐’๐‘ถ ๐‘ด๐‘ฐ๐‘น๐‘จ๐‘ช๐‘ณ๐‘ฌ'
๐ˆ๐ง ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐ซ๐จ ๐‰๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฉ๐ก ๐•๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š
๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐ฏ๐ข๐š๐Ÿ.๐จ๐ซ๐ .๐ฆ๐ญ

Tomorrow, Wednesday 3 July, the Victoria International Arts Festival presents another pianoforte duo, this time comprised of ๐‚๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐™๐ž๐ซ๐š๐Ÿ๐š and ๐“๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š ๐ƒ๐š๐ฐ๐ง ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ. The Williams Zerafa Duo will perform works by Casella, Fiorini, De Falla, Zahra, Satie and Ligetti.

Venue is once again the Aula Mgr Giuseppe Farrugia and concert starts at 20:00. Entry is, as always, free.

๐•๐ˆ๐€๐… ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ '๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ฎ๐‘ถ๐’๐‘ถ ๐‘ด๐‘ฐ๐‘น๐‘จ๐‘ช๐‘ณ๐‘ฌ' ๐ˆ๐ง ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐ซ๐จ ๐‰๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฉ๐ก ๐•๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐ฏ๐ข๐š๐Ÿ.๐จ๐ซ๐ .๐ฆ๐ญTomorrow, Tuesday the 2nd, the Victoria Intern...
01/07/2024

๐•๐ˆ๐€๐… ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ '๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ฎ๐‘ถ๐’๐‘ถ ๐‘ด๐‘ฐ๐‘น๐‘จ๐‘ช๐‘ณ๐‘ฌ'
๐ˆ๐ง ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐ซ๐จ ๐‰๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฉ๐ก ๐•๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š
๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐ฏ๐ข๐š๐Ÿ.๐จ๐ซ๐ .๐ฆ๐ญ

Tomorrow, Tuesday the 2nd, the Victoria International Arts Festival presents a concert by ๐„๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐„๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ, comprised of ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐š๐ซ๐š ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ณ๐ข on the viola, ๐‘๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐จ ๐Œ๐ž๐จ๐ง๐ข on the clarinet, and ๐€๐ง๐๐ซ๐ž๐š ๐’๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ซ๐ข on the pianoforte. The Italian trio will perform M. Bruchโ€™s ๐ธ๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ƒ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐ถ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ก, ๐‘‰๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘Ž, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ƒ๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘’, Joseph Vellaโ€™s ๐ถ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘–, and Mozartโ€™s ๐พ๐‘’๐‘”๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘ก ๐‘‡๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘œ.

Concert starts at 20:00, and the venue remains the Aula Mgr Giuseppe Farrugia. Admission is, as always, free.

๐•๐ˆ๐€๐… ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ '๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ฎ๐‘ถ๐’๐‘ถ ๐‘ด๐‘ฐ๐‘น๐‘จ๐‘ช๐‘ณ๐‘ฌ' ๐ˆ๐ง ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐ซ๐จ ๐‰๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฉ๐ก ๐•๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐ฏ๐ข๐š๐Ÿ.๐จ๐ซ๐ .๐ฆ๐ญTomorrow, Monday, the 1st of July, the yearly ...
30/06/2024

๐•๐ˆ๐€๐… ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ '๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ฎ๐‘ถ๐’๐‘ถ ๐‘ด๐‘ฐ๐‘น๐‘จ๐‘ช๐‘ณ๐‘ฌ'
๐ˆ๐ง ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐ซ๐จ ๐‰๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฉ๐ก ๐•๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š
๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐ฏ๐ข๐š๐Ÿ.๐จ๐ซ๐ .๐ฆ๐ญ

Tomorrow, Monday, the 1st of July, the yearly debutantsโ€™ concert will take place at the Aula Mgr Giuseppe Farrugia. This year, as in previous editions, four very promising, up-and-coming local talents โ€” a musician, a singer, and two actors โ€” will each give a brief performance. There will be ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž ๐€๐ญ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ on the clarinet (accompanied by Francis Camilleri on the pianoforte), performing works by Schumann, German, Lloyd Webber, and Ferguson, and bass ๐‰๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฉ๐ก ๐‚๐ฎ๐ญ๐š๐ฃ๐š๐ซ (accompanied by Maria Elena Farrugia), singing arias from works by Mozart, Bellini, Bach, Sgambati, Schubert, and Schumann. Young actors ๐†๐ข๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐จ ๐€๐ง๐ข๐œ๐ข ๐‚๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ข and ๐„๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐š ๐•๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š will deliver two soliloquies each.

As usual, concert starts at 20:00, and admission is free.

28/06/2024

๐•๐ˆ๐€๐… ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ '๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ฎ๐‘ถ๐’๐‘ถ ๐‘ด๐‘ฐ๐‘น๐‘จ๐‘ช๐‘ณ๐‘ฌ'
๐ˆ๐ง ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐ซ๐จ ๐‰๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฉ๐ก ๐•๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š
๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐ฏ๐ข๐š๐Ÿ.๐จ๐ซ๐ .๐ฆ๐ญ

As part of this 27th edition of the Victoria International Arts Festival, tomorrow, Saturday, the 29th of June, Maltese pianist ๐‰๐จ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ข will give a recital on the splendid 1776 Antunes model harpsichord housed at the Aula Mgr Giuseppe Farrugia, where she will perform works by Krebs, Bach, Handel, Azopardi, Hardel, and Rameau.

Concert starts at 20:00, and, as always, admission is free.

Music / Arts

27/06/2024

๐•๐ˆ๐€๐… ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ '๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ฎ๐‘ถ๐’๐‘ถ ๐‘ด๐‘ฐ๐‘น๐‘จ๐‘ช๐‘ณ๐‘ฌ'
๐ˆ๐ง ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐ซ๐จ ๐‰๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฉ๐ก ๐•๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š
๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐ฏ๐ข๐š๐Ÿ.๐จ๐ซ๐ .๐ฆ๐ญ

Tomorrow, Friday the 28th of June, the Victoria International Arts Festival is presenting a piano duo recital by ๐๐š๐ญ๐š๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐š ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐œ๐จ๐ฉ and ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐จ ๐‘๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ข. The Duo Chircop Rivoltini are definitely not new faces at the Festival, having performed since its earliest editions. Tomorrowโ€™s programme at the Aula Mgr Giuseppe Farrugia includes Goetz's ๐‘†๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘Ž ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ƒ๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘œ (๐น๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐ป๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘ ), Rachmaninov's ๐‘†๐‘–๐‘ฅ ๐‘€๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ข๐‘ฅ, and Corigliano's ๐บ๐‘Ž๐‘ง๐‘’๐‘๐‘œ ๐ท๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘๐‘’๐‘ .

Concert starts at 20:00, and entry is, as always, free.

Music / Arts

26/06/2024

๐•๐ˆ๐€๐… ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ '๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ฎ๐‘ถ๐’๐‘ถ ๐‘ด๐‘ฐ๐‘น๐‘จ๐‘ช๐‘ณ๐‘ฌ '
๐ˆ๐ง ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐ซ๐จ ๐‰๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฉ๐ก ๐•๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š
๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐ฏ๐ข๐š๐Ÿ.๐จ๐ซ๐ .๐ฆ๐ญ

Tomorrow, Thursday the 27th of June, we return to the Aula Mgr Giuseppe Farrugia at the back of St Georgeโ€™s Basilica to present a pianoforte recital by Gozitan pianist ๐…๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฌ ๐‚๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ข, who will perform Schubertโ€™s ๐‘†๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘Ž ๐‘–๐‘› ๐ด ๐‘€๐‘Ž๐‘—๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ, Vellaโ€™s ๐‘†๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘Ž, and Beethovenโ€™s demanding ๐‘†๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘œ. 14 ๐‘–๐‘› ๐ถ # ๐‘€๐‘–๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ.

Concert starts at 20:00, and entry is free.

Music / Arts

25/06/2024

๐•๐ˆ๐€๐… ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ '๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ฎ๐‘ถ๐’๐‘ถ ๐‘ด๐‘ฐ๐‘น๐‘จ๐‘ช๐‘ณ๐‘ฌ '
๐ˆ๐ง ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐ซ๐จ ๐‰๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฉ๐ก ๐•๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š
๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐ฏ๐ข๐š๐Ÿ.๐จ๐ซ๐ .๐ฆ๐ญ

Up next in this 27th edition of the Victoria International Arts Festival is the much-anticipated ๐๐ซ๐จ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ž ๐“๐ซ๐ข๐จ from Prague, comprised of ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ž ๐…๐ฎ๐ฑ๐จ๐ฏ๐šฬ (violin), ๐‰๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐Ÿ ๐Š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง (viola), and ๐‰๐ข๐ญ๐ค๐š ๐•๐ฅ๐š๐ฌฬŒ๐š๐ง๐ค๐จ๐ฏ๐šฬ (violoncello), who will give a concert tomorrow, Wednesday the 26th, performing Schubertโ€™s ๐‘†๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘‡๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘œ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐ต ๐‘€๐‘Ž๐‘—๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ, Dvoล™รกkโ€™s ๐‘€๐‘–๐‘›๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ , and Beethovenโ€™s ๐‘†๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘‡๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘œ. 3 ๐‘–๐‘› ๐บ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘—๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ.

For tomorrowโ€™s concert, which, as usual, starts at 20:00, we shift to the church of St Francis. Entry is, of course, free.

Music / Arts

24/06/2024

๐•๐ˆ๐€๐… ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ '๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ฎ๐‘ถ๐’๐‘ถ ๐‘ด๐‘ฐ๐‘น๐‘จ๐‘ช๐‘ณ๐‘ฌ '
๐ˆ๐ง ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐ซ๐จ ๐‰๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฉ๐ก ๐•๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š
๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐ฏ๐ข๐š๐Ÿ.๐จ๐ซ๐ .๐ฆ๐ญ

Tomorrow, Tuesday the 25th, at 20:00, the Victoria International Arts Festival presents a pianoforte recital by ๐ˆ๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐‚๐จ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐จ. The Italian pianist will be dedicating tomorrowโ€™s concert to Robert Schumann, performing his ๐พ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘Ž and transcriptions of Lieder including ๐‘ˆ๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ค๐‘ขฬˆ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘›โ€™๐‘  ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘’ ๐ต๐‘™๐‘ข๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›, ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘’ ๐‘˜๐‘™๐‘’๐‘–๐‘›๐‘’๐‘›, ๐ท๐‘ข ๐‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘–๐‘›๐‘’ ๐ต๐‘™๐‘ข๐‘š๐‘’, ๐‘Š๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘š๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘”, and the Twelve Symphonic Studies.

Once again, tomorrowโ€™s venue is the Aula Mgr Giuseppe Farrugia at the back of St Georgeโ€™s Basilica, and as with all VIAF concerts, entry is free.

Music / Arts

23/06/2024

๐•๐ˆ๐€๐… ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ '๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ฎ๐‘ถ๐’๐‘ถ ๐‘ด๐‘ฐ๐‘น๐‘จ๐‘ช๐‘ณ๐‘ฌ '
๐ˆ๐ง ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐ซ๐จ ๐‰๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฉ๐ก ๐•๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š
๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐ฏ๐ข๐š๐Ÿ.๐จ๐ซ๐ .๐ฆ๐ญ

Tomorrow, Monday the 23rd of June, at 20:00, the Victoria International Arts Festival presents a violin and pianoforte recital by Austrian duo ๐‚๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐จฬˆ๐œ๐ค and ๐‚๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐š ๐’๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ซ, who were with us last year as part of Accio Trio and also in previous editions of the Festival. For tomorrowโ€™s concert at the Aula Mgr Giuseppe Farrugia, they will be performing works by Mozart, Bonis, Pejaฤeviฤ, Boulanger, and Dvoล™รกk.

All VIAF concerts are free.

Music / Arts

22/06/2024
๐•๐ˆ๐€๐… ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ '๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ฎ๐‘ถ๐’๐‘ถ ๐‘ด๐‘ฐ๐‘น๐‘จ๐‘ช๐‘ณ๐‘ฌ '๐ˆ๐ง ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐ซ๐จ ๐‰๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฉ๐ก ๐•๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐ฏ๐ข๐š๐Ÿ.๐จ๐ซ๐ .๐ฆ๐ญTomorrow, Saturday 22 June, we conclude the fir...
21/06/2024

๐•๐ˆ๐€๐… ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ '๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ฎ๐‘ถ๐’๐‘ถ ๐‘ด๐‘ฐ๐‘น๐‘จ๐‘ช๐‘ณ๐‘ฌ '
๐ˆ๐ง ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐ซ๐จ ๐‰๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฉ๐ก ๐•๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š
๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐ฏ๐ข๐š๐Ÿ.๐จ๐ซ๐ .๐ฆ๐ญ

Tomorrow, Saturday 22 June, we conclude the first full week of this yearโ€™s edition of the Victoria International Arts Festival with a performance by a Pianoforte Quartet featuring none other than ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ง๐š ๐“๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐จ๐ฏ๐š, Professor of Pianoforte Performance at Salzburgโ€™s legendary Mozarteum, ๐…๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ž๐ก๐ฅ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ซ (Clarinet), ๐€๐ง๐ง๐ž ๐‡๐š๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฒ-๐๐š๐ ๐ฅ (Violin), and ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐š ๐’๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐š๐›๐š-๐†๐ฎฬˆ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ (Violoncello). The Austro-Bulgarian quartet will be performing Beethovenโ€™s Piano Trio in Bb Major, Ravelโ€™s Sonata for Violin and Violoncello, and Rablโ€™s Quartet for Clarinet, Violin, Violoncello, and Pianoforte.

Tomorrowโ€™s venue is the Aula Mgr Giuseppe Farrugia, and concert starts at 20:00. Entry is, as always, free.

๐•๐ˆ๐€๐… ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ '๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ฎ๐‘ถ๐’๐‘ถ ๐‘ด๐‘ฐ๐‘น๐‘จ๐‘ช๐‘ณ๐‘ฌ '๐ˆ๐ง ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐ซ๐จ ๐‰๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฉ๐ก ๐•๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐ฏ๐ข๐š๐Ÿ.๐จ๐ซ๐ .๐ฆ๐ญWeโ€™re already one week into this 27th edition o...
20/06/2024

๐•๐ˆ๐€๐… ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ '๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ฎ๐‘ถ๐’๐‘ถ ๐‘ด๐‘ฐ๐‘น๐‘จ๐‘ช๐‘ณ๐‘ฌ '
๐ˆ๐ง ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐ซ๐จ ๐‰๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฉ๐ก ๐•๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š
๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐ฏ๐ข๐š๐Ÿ.๐จ๐ซ๐ .๐ฆ๐ญ

Weโ€™re already one week into this 27th edition of the Victoria International Arts Festival! Tomorrow, Friday the 21st, at 20:00, we return to the Aula Mgr Giuseppe Farrugia at the back of St Georgeโ€™s Basilica to present a vocal recital by soprano ๐†๐ข๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐š ๐“๐ž๐จ๐๐จ๐ซ๐จ, who will be accompanied on the pianoforte by ๐Œ๐ข๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ž ๐…๐š๐ณ๐ข๐จ. During this Liederabend, the Italian duo will perform works by Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, and Mahler.

All VIAF concerts are free.

๐•๐ˆ๐€๐… ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ '๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ฎ๐‘ถ๐’๐‘ถ ๐‘ด๐‘ฐ๐‘น๐‘จ๐‘ช๐‘ณ๐‘ฌ '๐ˆ๐ง ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐ซ๐จ ๐‰๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฉ๐ก ๐•๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐ฏ๐ข๐š๐Ÿ.๐จ๐ซ๐ .๐ฆ๐ญTomorrow, Thursday 20 June, the Victoria Intern...
19/06/2024

๐•๐ˆ๐€๐… ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ '๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ฎ๐‘ถ๐’๐‘ถ ๐‘ด๐‘ฐ๐‘น๐‘จ๐‘ช๐‘ณ๐‘ฌ '
๐ˆ๐ง ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐ซ๐จ ๐‰๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฉ๐ก ๐•๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š
๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐ฏ๐ข๐š๐Ÿ.๐จ๐ซ๐ .๐ฆ๐ญ

Tomorrow, Thursday 20 June, the Victoria International Arts Festival shifts to the Oratory Don Bosco Chapel, where the ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ž๐š๐ง ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ญ, featuring Christopher Camilleri, Michael Cutajar, Jessica Ellul (Leader), and Dominic Scerri, directed by Mirko Musco, will pay tribute to contemporary Maltese composers. On tomorrowโ€™s programme: Freddie Mizzi, Michael Pirotta, Daniel Vella, Ray Sciberras, and last but certainly not least, VIAF co-founder and First Artistic Director Joseph Vella.

As usual, concert starts at 20:00 and entry is free.

18/06/2024

๐•๐ˆ๐€๐… ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ '๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ฎ๐‘ถ๐’๐‘ถ ๐‘ด๐‘ฐ๐‘น๐‘จ๐‘ช๐‘ณ๐‘ฌ '
๐ˆ๐ง ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐ซ๐จ ๐‰๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฉ๐ก ๐•๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š
๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐ฏ๐ข๐š๐Ÿ.๐จ๐ซ๐ .๐ฆ๐ญ

Tomorrow, Wednesday 19 June, is the time for the much-anticipated al fresco concert on the stunning rooftop of Il-ฤฆaฤกar Museum, where this year we will be presenting a performance by ๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’‚๐’”๐’”๐‘ป๐’–๐’ƒ๐’†๐’”, a 9-piece brass ensemble comprised of Jason Borg, Robert Buttigieg, Jason Camilleri, and Julian Hili (Trumpet), George Camilleri (Trombone/Bb Baritone), Daniel Gauci (Euphonium), Antoine Micallef (Tuba), Jeremy Curmi (Drumkit), and Mark Gauci (Trombone/Bb Baritone, Band Leader and Director). The varied programme is expected to include works by Louis Prima, George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Harald Kolasch, Astor Piazzolla, John Philip Sousa, and Barry Manilow, among others.

Concert starts at 20:00 and, as always, admission is free.

Music / Arts

17/06/2024

๐•๐ˆ๐€๐… ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ '๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ฎ๐‘ถ๐’๐‘ถ ๐‘ด๐‘ฐ๐‘น๐‘จ๐‘ช๐‘ณ๐‘ฌ '
๐ˆ๐ง ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐ซ๐จ ๐‰๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฉ๐ก ๐•๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š
๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐ฏ๐ข๐š๐Ÿ.๐จ๐ซ๐ .๐ฆ๐ญ

Tomorrow, Tuesday, the 18th of June, the Victoria International Arts Festival presents a recital by German mandolinist and multi-instrumentalist ๐€๐ฅ๐จ๐ง ๐’๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฅ, who will be performing works by Bach, Telemann, and one of his own compositions. Tomorrowโ€™s venue is the Church of St Augustine, and concert starts at 20:00. Entrance is, as always, free.

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VIAF 2024 'THE GOZO MIRACLE'In Honour of Mro Joseph Vellawww.viaf.org.mtTomorrow, Monday 17 June, Primrose Duo comprised...
16/06/2024

VIAF 2024 'THE GOZO MIRACLE'
In Honour of Mro Joseph Vella
www.viaf.org.mt

Tomorrow, Monday 17 June, Primrose Duo comprised of violists Pierre Henri Xuereb and Riuxin Nui, together with French pianist Pascal Mantin, will give a recital of works by Beethoven, Chopin and Schumann at the Aula Mgr G. Farrugia at 8pm. Entrance is free.

15/06/2024

VIAF 2024 'THE GOZO MIRACLE'
In Honour of Mro Joseph Vella
www.viaf.org.mt

After yesterday's wonderful opening concert of the 27th edition of VIAF, the Festival now embarks on a long pilgrimage of no fewer than 26 chamber concerts in every conceivable formation performing much-loved canonical works from mediaeval to contemporary by soloists, duos, trios, quartets and bigger ensembles including big bands, etc. Concerts are just one hour long and take place in a few of the most beautiful venues in Victoria. And, they're all free of charge. It doesn't get much better.

This evening, VIAF is presenting a Trio from Slovenia comprised of very famous clarinettist Joลพe Kotar, cellist Izak Hudnik who has just won a place with the prestigious Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam, and pianist Luca Ferrini. They will perform a recital of works by Beethoven, Amberg, and Nino Rota. The concert is at the Aula Mgr G. Farrugia and starts at 8pm.

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