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PINOCCHIO TORNA a VILLA GARZONI
This is the title of one of the Italian newspapers announcing yet another performance of my work "Pinocchio in Musica". The concert took place on Sunday 1 September in the beautiful gardens of Villa Garzoni in the 'birth place ' of Pinocchio, namely the town of Collodi. The performance is the... Read More
Victoria International Arts Festival
The Victoria International Arts Festival ended on the 15th July with a choral/orchestral concert at St George's Basilica. The main work on the programme was the premiere performance of The Hyland Mass a new work I composed on a commission by Christopher Hyland of New York. Taking part were... Read More
Performance in Russia
On the 16th June, two of my works were given an airing in Moscow. The concert, which was held at the RACHMANINOV HALL, included my song in Maltese Li Kieku Kont for Baritone and Piano and also my Psalm 89 for Baritone and chamber orchestra. They were interpreted by Joseph Lia, the Maltese... Read More
PINOCCHIO……………Again!
On the 19th of May, my work 'Pinocchio in Musica' was once again performed in Italy, this time in Pistoia. Last year I had conducted the world premier of this piece right in Pinocchio's hometown- the town of Collodi. This time the performance took place in the cloister of Santa Lucia del... Read More
3rd International Competition – ‘Premio Mozart’
The 3rd International Competition - Premio Mozart- was held in Quinto Vicentino, Provincia di Vicenza from the 2nd to the 5th of May. Instrumental categories for the competition included piano, violin, cello, flute, clarinet, guitar and chamber music. For all of these categories I was asked by... Read More
MPO Community Concerts
In the series of 'reaching out' concerts organized by the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra, two programmes will be played in Birzebbuga (Parish Church) and in Victoria Gozo (Cathedral) on the 2nd and 3rd May respectively. The orchestra, leader Marcelline Agius, will be conducted by Josef... Read More
Music in St Petersburg
A concert featuring Maltese baritone, Joseph Lia, and Russian organist, Irina Rozanova was performed in St Petersburg at the Evangelical-Lutheran Cathedral of St Mary on April 20. Among the works performed were two of my compositions, namely Psalm 89 for Baritone and Organ and Fanatsia for... Read More
INNU lil San Filippu ta’ Aggira
This work was commissioned by the Committee of the Banda 12th May of Zebbug. The composition, scored for Tenor Solo to the accompaniment of a Wind Band, is based on a sonnet, by the same title, by National Poet Dun Karm Psaila. The work will be premiered on the 25th of May at Zebbug. The Banda... Read More
Baroque Music … and more
In the concert series 'Baroque Music ... and more', presented by the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra, I conducted a concert of seventeenth-century Maltese music at Robert Samut Hall on 20 and 21 March 2013. These old Maltese motets are extant at the Mdina Archives which I edited in the early... Read More
MISSA op 133
I have just finished working on this new MASS , scored for SATB (Solo), SATB (Choir) and Orchestra. The Mass, which is my opus 133, has as a subtitle in honoris ROMANI PONTIFICI BENEDICTI XVI. The Manuscript is dated 05/03/13 and is dedicated to HL the Bishop of Gozo, Mario Grech.
This Mass... Read More