Category: VIAF 2025
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, 30 June 2025
Three works featured in this stunning concert.
The first and shortest was by Arvo Pärt (b.1935). The second and longest was by César Franck (1822-90), and the third was by Ernest Chausson (1855-99), midway in length between the previous two.
The styles and sound world of the three are differe…
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Saturday, 28 June 2025
John Logan and his mixed, merry band of brass players were back at the VIAF. They were warmly welco…
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Friday, 27 June 2025
This is a very compact, well-knit family chamber ensemble. Sisters Natascha and Tatjana Chircop per…
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Thursday, 26 June 2025
They share a surname but are completely unrelated. What they also shared is a passion for music and…
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Wednesday, 25 June 2025
The most common string trio line-up is for violin, viola and violoncello. In this concert's case th…
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Tuesday, 24 June 2025
This 11th concert was another well-attended one featuring a young,energetic duo founded in 2018, ba…
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Saturday, 21 June 2025
Austria continues being an active and very cosmopolitan hub where among other cities Vienna, Salzbu…
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Friday, 20 June 2025
This was the 28th VIAF edition's 8th event which made VIAF history because of the unusual chamber t…
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Thursday, 19 June 2025
This was this edition's seventh concert which was an all-French presentation. All three composers w…
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Tuesday, 17 June 2025
This was the 5th event in this current edition and by the look of it considering past and later goodies on the programme it stands the chance of having been one of this year's highlights.
The title refers to the manner in which this concert was presented. The all-Bach programme involved a plucke…
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