Victoria International Arts Festival 2016

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Wednesday 8 June – Monday 11 July

19^th edition

Wednesday 8 June                             Inaugural Orchestral Concert | Godfrey Mifsud (clarinet)/Maria Frendo (soprano)/Malta Philharmonic Orchestra (leader: Marcelline Agius)/Joseph Vella (conductor) – Malta (St George’s Basilica)

Thursday 9 June                                  Duo Aldante and Gregory Daltin | Pierre Henri Xuereb (viola)/Vincent Beer-Demander (mandolin)/Gregory Daltin (accordion) – France (Aula Mgr G. Farrugia)

Friday 10 June*                                   Pianoforte Recital | Young Choon-Park – South Korea (Aula Mgr G. Farrugia)

Exhibition** | Siege Maps: Keeping Memory Safe/Bernardine Scicluna, Curator at the National Museum of Fine Arts – MUŻA, Heritage Malta – Malta (Il-Ħaġar Heart of Gozo)

Saturday 11 June                                The Oxbridge Organ Duo | Benedict William Lewis-Smith/Julian Mark Collings – England (St George’s Basilica)

Sunday 12 June                                  Cosmos Wind Ensemble | Rebecca Hall (flute)/John McDonough (oboe)/Godfrey Mifsud (clarinet)/Ulrike Buhlmann (bassoon)/José García Gutiérrez (horn) – Canada/England/Malta/Germany/Spain (St Augustine Church)

Monday 13 June                                  Pianoforte Recital | Biliana Tzinlikova – Austria/Bulgaria (Aula Mgr G. Farrugia)

Tuesday 14 June                                 Clarinet and Pianoforte Recital | Jože Kotar/Luca Ferrini – Slovenia/Italy (Aula Mgr G. Farrugia)

Wednesday 15 June                           Ensemble 4.1 | Jörg Schneider (oboe)/Alexander Glücksmann (clarinet)/Christoph Knitt (bassoon)/Sebastian Schindler (horn)/Thomas Hoppe (pianoforte) – Germany (Aula Mgr G. Farrugia)

Thursday 16 June                               Alke Quartet | Soh-Yon Kim/Henry Chandler (violin)/Benjamin Charles Harrison (viola)/Karen Louise French (violoncello) – South Korea/England/New Zealand (St Francis Church)

Friday 17 June                                     Anemos Quintet | Filippo Mazzoli (flute)/Marika Lombardi (oboe)/Nicola Zuccalà (clarinet)/Ivan Calestani (bassoon)/Albin Lebossé (horn) – Italy/France (St George’s Basilica)

Saturday 18 June                                Argotti Ensemble | Maria Conrad/Nemanja Ljubinkovich (violin)/ José García Gutiérrez (horn)/Gisèle Grima (pianoforte) – Malta/Serbia/Spain (Aula Mgr G. Farrugia)

Five Days of Baroque Music

Monday 20 June                                  Vocal and Pianoforte Recital | Valeria La Grotta (soprano)/Attilio Cantore (pianoforte) – Italy (Aula Mgr G. Farrugia)

Magdalene College (Cambridge) Chapel Choir*** | Jonathan Hellyer Jones (Precentor & College Organist) – England (St George’s Basilica)

Tuesday 21 June                                 Le Jardin Musical Ensemble | Christine Antoine (violin/leader)/Katia Lagresle (violin)/Catherine Simon (viola)/Olivier Destéphany (double bass)/Vincent Beer-Demander (mandolin)/Pierre Perdignon (harpsichord) – France (St George’s Basilica)

Wednesday 22 June                           Harpsichord Recital | Ramona Zammit – Malta (Aula Mgr G. Farrugia)

Thursday 23 June                               Musica Poetica London | Christopher Webb (bass)/Kate Conway (viola da gamba)/Oliver John Ruthven (harpsichord) – England (Aula Mgr G. Farrugia)

Friday 24 June                                     Pianoforte Recital | Joanne Camilleri – Malta (Aula Mgr G. Farrugia)

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Saturday 25 June                                Royal Conservatoire Brass | Mark James, Jacob Rosenberg, Lloyd Griffin, Kate Cooper (trumpet)/Hayley Tonner (horn)/Ismael Sanchez, Daniel Pickering, Daniel Eddison (trombone)/Josiah Walters (bass trombone)/Callum Reid (tuba)/John Logan (conductor) – Scotland (Il-Ħaġar Heart of Gozo – Roof-Top)

Inauguration of Reconditioned Square Piano**** | Francis James Camilleri – Malta (Il-Ħaġar Heart of Gozo)

Sunday 26 June                                  Vocal Recital | Claire Massa (mezzo-soprano)/Joanne Camilleri (pianoforte) – Malta (Aula Mgr G. Farrugia)

Monday 27 June                                  Aqua d’or Saxophone Quartet | Annie Elise Lundgreen (soprano saxophone)/Ayse Oezbal (alto saxophone)/Simen Kristoffer Hubschle (tenor saxophone)/Vegard Alstad Rukke (baritone saxophone) – Norway (Cittadella)

Tuesday 28 June                                 Gerhard Quartet | Lluís Castan, Judit Bardolet (violin)/Miquel Jordà (viola)/Jesús Miralles (violoncello) – Spain (St George’s Basilica)

Wednesday 29 June                           The Composer Speaks | Albert Pace – Malta (Aula Mgr G. Farrugia)

Debutants’ Concert | Valentina Rapa (saxophone)/Karl Luke Schembri (male alto)/Daphne Delicata (pianoforte) – Malta (Aula Mgr G. Farrugia)

Thursday 30 June                               Pianoforte Recital | Chiu Yu Chen – Taiwan (Aula Mgr G. Farrugia)

Friday 1 July                                         Martinů Quartet | Lubomir Havlak, Libor Kanka (violin)/Zbynek Padourek (viola)/Jitka Vlasanková (violoncello) – Czech Republic (St George’s Basilica)

Saturday 2 July                                    Status Piano Quintet | Jaso Sasaki, Sini Maaria Virtanen (violin)/Barbora Hilpo (viola)/Saara Iida-Vilhelmiina Laine (violoncello)/Marko Hilpo (pianoforte) – Japan/Czech Republic/Finland (Aula Mgr G. Farrugia)

Sunday 3 July                                      Pianoforte Duet | Natascha Chircop/Marco Rivoltini – Malta/Italy (Aula Mgr G. Farrugia)

Monday 4 July                                      Trio 2016plus | Viktoria Kurina (violin)/Hrvoje Hresc (violoncello)/Anastasija Govorova (pianoforte) – Upper Austria (Aula Mgr G. Farrugia)

Tuesday 5 July                                     A Shakespeare Celebration | Gillian Zammit (soprano)/Lucia Micallef (pianoforte)/Maria Frendo (commentary) – Malta (Aula Mgr G. Farrugia)

Wednesday 6 July                               Marylebone Trio | Jemma Lyndall Bausor (oboe)/Helen James (clarinet)/Alexandra Louise Davidson (bassoon) – England (Bishop’s Curia)

Thursday 7 July                                   Violoncello and Pianoforte Recital | Daniel Veis (violoncello)/Helena Veisová (pianoforte) – Czech Republic (Aula Mgr G. Farrugia)

Friday 8 July                                         Accordion Recital | Djordje Gajic – Serbia (St Augustine Church)

Saturday 9 July                                    Caraid Trì | Emily Ruth Mitchel (soprano)/Sarah Louise Burnet (flute)/Jennifer Margaret Barker (pianoforte/composer) – Scotland/USA (Aula Mgr G. Farrugia)

Sunday 10 July                                    Saxophone and Pianoforte Recital | Samuel Frederick Corkin/Timothy Francis End – England (Exhibition Hall, Ministry for Gozo)

Monday 11 July                                   Closing Orchestral Concert | Andrea Gajic (violin)/Malta Philharmonic Orchestra (leader: Marcelline Agius)/Joseph Vella (conductor) – Serbia/Malta (St George’s Basilica)

Artistic Director: Joseph Vella

• All concerts and events are free of charge. Unless otherwise indicated, they start at 2000hrs.
• A donation of 100 Euro enables patrons to have a reserved seat for all concerts and events.
• Master classes in Pianoforte (lower and upper grades), Violin (lower and upper grades), and Brass will be held in June, July, and September. Please see website viaf.org.mt for further details.
• *The concert on Friday 10 June starts at 1930hrs.
• **The exhibition ‘Siege Maps: Keeping Memory Safe’ will be inaugurated at 2030hrs. It will run daily at Il-Ħaġar, Heart of Gozo Museum, between Friday 10 June and Sunday 17 July from 0900hrs to 1700hrs.
• ***This concert will be a lunchtime one, commencing at noon.
• ****The inauguration of the reconditioned square piano will be at 10.30am.