Category: <span>VIAF 2021</span>
Victoria International Arts Festival (VIAF) is Malta’s longest-running Festival of its kind. Taking place over an uninterrupted period of five weeks, all concerts and cultural events are free of charge. It’s been dubbed ‘Gozo’s miracle’ and ‘a quiet revolution’. Be part of it!
Monday, 12 July 2021
As all good things must come to an end, so did this year's edition of a very prestigious festival. The setting was the splendid Baroque basilica of St. George. It was an ideal ambience in which the music sounded so much at home. That was not only regarding the austerely beautiful music by Palestrin…
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Friday, 9 July 2021
This was the festival's fifth consecutive live performance I followed last week and third at the Au…
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Thursday, 8 July 2021
An incredible momentum is driving highly accomplished performers in a crescendo of superb achieveme…
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Wednesday, 7 July 2021
Quoting from my diary, written late last night while still dazed and spellbound by the performance:…
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Tuesday, 6 July 2021
Just a reminder: the two protagonists above may share the same surname, but are not even remotely r…
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Monday, 5 July 2021
If used well all instruments, the human voice included are indeed beautiful. They come in various s…
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Saturday, 3 July 2021
Natascha Chircop and Marco Rivoltini are a highly accomplished and widely respected husband-and-wif…
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Saturday, 26 June 2021
Joanne Camilleri is to my mind one of our most diligent and extremely well-prepared performers. Whi…
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Tuesday, 22 June 2021
The beauty of music is that it has no borders. It brings together artists from different countries …
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Monday, 21 June 2021
This was the first of two live VIAF events this week, open to the audience seated at safe distances, as required by official rules. A combination of several factors resulted in a truly pleasant and relaxing performance.
The church is an architectural gem; it has very good acoustics; it has a fin…
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