Mro. Joseph Vella`s music will be performed in yet another prestigious venue, this time the Opéra national du Rhin, in Strasbourg, France. The Strasbourg Opera House, located in the city centre of Strasbourg, has been classified as a historical monument since 1921. Acclaimed tenor Joseph... Read More

One of Malta’s leading choirs, the St Paul Choral Society, is embarking on its Belgium Tour 2025 with different concerts scheduled in the main Belgian historic cities of Bruges, Antwerp, Ghent, and Brussels. On Sunday 31st August, the choir will be singing Mro Joseph Vella`s 'English Mass'... Read More

The Victoria International Arts Festival (VIAF) is a yearly, established cultural platform being Malta’s longest-running Festival of its kind. Mro. Joseph Vella was VIAF`s first Artistic Director, occupying this position up to his passing in 2018. Over the years, he and his team built sound... Read More

Mro. Joseph Vella passed away on February 25th 2018. Family Vella intends honouring the seventh anniversary since his demise by launching the first phase of its music digitisation initiative, as a fitting tribute to his legacy. Preparations are in hand to digitally transform Mro. Vella`s CD... Read More

Established pianist Francis Camilleri is focusing his doctoral studies at the University of Malta on Mro. Joseph Vella's piano works. As part of his doctoral programme, Francis already performed in April 2024 a solo recital at the Teatru Manoel consisting of three works by Vella, that is... Read More

Three concerts featuring Maestro Vella`s music are planned in the coming weeks, as Summer progressively gives way to Autumn. 'Sarabanda', Maestro Vella`s ever popular Opus 73 for strings, will be performed on the 15th September 2024 at the Dominican Church in Rabat Malta, at 19:00hrs. Vella`s... Read More

The Victoria International Arts Festival 2024 (VIAF 2024), held yearly in honour of Maestro Joseph Vella, kicks off with an inaugural concert to be held on Friday 14th June at St. George`s Basilica, Victoria Gozo, at 8pm. The event will consist of Mro Vella's acclaimed 'Rebbieħa', a 12... Read More

What an incredible weekend of Joseph Vella related emotions! The Soċjetà Filarmonika La Stella recognized the need to invest in the future by building a modern hall at the Astra Theatre that will be used for the musical needs (rehearsals, recordings etc) of the Society, but not only. It is... Read More

Maestro Vella`s opera Valeriana was premiered on Saturday, May 4th 2024 at the evocative Astra Theatre in Gozo, where Maestro Vella spent nearly 50 years as musical director, conducting countless operas too. Family Vella would like to thank Festivals Malta for their collaboration, in... Read More

Maestro Vella`s elder son, Alan, penned an interesting article on 'The Times of Malta's edition of the 23rd April 2024, linking his childhood memories concerning Puccini`s Turandot (whilst studying for his theory of music exam) to his own father`s opera ‘Valeriana’. The article, entitled ‘... Read More