VIAF 2018 PROGRAMME IN HONOUR OF MRO JOSEPH VELLA
VICTORIA INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL 2018
Wednesday 6 June – Monday 9 July
21st edition
IN HONOUR OF MRO JOSEPH VELLA
Wednesday 6 June Inaugural Choral and Orchestral Concert | Miriam Cauchi (soprano)/Laudate Pueri Choir (director: George Joseph Frendo)/Malta Philharmonic Orchestra/Philip Walsh (conductor) – Malta/England (St George’s Basilica)
Thursday 7 June Pianoforte Recital | Gabriele Vianello – Italy (Aula Mgr. G. Farrugia)
Friday 8 June* Violoncello and Pianoforte Recital | Luc Tooten/Stéphane De May – Belgium (Aula Mgr. G. Farrugia)
Saturday 9 June Clarinet and Pianoforte Recital | Luca Ferrini/ Jose Kotar– Italy/Slovenia (Aula Mgr G. Farrugia)
A Week of Baroque Music
Sunday 10 June An Evening of Italian Baroque | Rahia Awalom/Gabriele Levi – Italy (Aula Mgr G. Farrugia)
‘An Eye in the Sky over Gozo’ – An Exhibition of Aerial Photography of Gozo and Comino | Daniel Cilia – Malta (Il-Ħaġar Heart of Gozo Museum)**
Monday 11 June An Evening of Venetian Baroque | Mateja Bajt (recorder)/Alessandro Sluga (violoncello)/Luca Ferrini (harpsichord) – Italy/Slovenia (Aula Mgr G. Farrugia)
Tuesday 12 June An Evening of French Baroque | O.J. Ruthven (harpsichord) – England (Aula Mgr G. Farrugia)
Wednesday 13 June Arianna Art Ensemble | Valeria Caponnetto, Victoria Melik, Raffaele Nicoletti (violin)/Andrea Rigano (violoncello)/ Alessandro Nasello (recorder/bassoon)/Paolo Rigano (lute)/Cinzia Guarino (harpsichord) – Sicily (St George’s Basilica)
Thursday 14 June CivicAntiqua Ensemble | Annalisa Pellegrini (soprano)/Roberto Colavalle (contraltista)/Gabriele Benigni, Valentina Nicolai (violin)/Adriano Ancarani (violoncello)/Elisabetta Ferri (harpsichord) – Italy (St George’s Basilica)
Friday 15 June Le Jardin Musical | Christine Antoine (violin/leader)/Katia Lagresle (violin)/Catherine Simon (viola)/Philippe Badin (violoncello)/Olivier Destéphany (double bass)/Pierre Perdigon (harpsichord)/Maêlle Vivarès (soprano)/Marie Favier (alto) – France (St George’s Basilica)
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Saturday 16 June Royal Conservatoire Brass | Kate Cooper, Mark James, Daniel Rollston, Rebecca Wilson (trumpet)/Robert Newth (horn)/Alan Adams, Lewis Bettles, Daniel Eddison, Jesus Gonzalez (trombone)/Andreas Theocharous (tuba)/John Logan (conductor) – Scotland (Roof-Top, Il-Ħaġar Heart of Gozo Museum)
Monday 18 June Vocal Recital | Francesca Aquilina (soprano)/Julia Miller (pianoforte) – Malta (Aula Mgr G. Farrugia
Tuesday 19 June Minguet Quartet | Ulrich Isfort, Annette Reisinger (violin)/Aroa Sorin (viola)/Matthias Diener (violoncello) – Germany (St George’s Basilica)
Wednesday 20 June The Composer Speaks Series | Mauro Farrugia – Malta (Aula Mgr G. Farrugia)
Debutants’ Concert | – Malta (Aula Mgr G. Farrugia)
Thursday 21 June Pianoforte Recital | Giovanni Bertolazzi – Italy (Aula Mgr G. Farrugia)
Friday 22 June Sicily Ensemble | Antonella Scalia (violin)/Alberto Fiorentino (double bass)/Giovanna Mirrione (pianoforte)/Giuseppe Adamo (guitar)/Daniele Collura (piano accordion)/Franco Foderà (leader/director) – Sicily (Exhibition Hall – Ministry for Gozo)
Saturday 23 June Piano Quartet | Klara Flieder (violin)/Thomas Selditz (viola)/Christophe Pantillon (violoncello)/Biliana Tzinlikova (pianoforte) – Austria (Aula Mgr G. Farrugia)
Sunday 24 June Martinů Quartet| Lubomir Hávlak, Libor Kanka (violin)/Zbynek Padourek (viola)/Jitka Vlašánková (violoncello) – Czech Republic (St George’s Basilica)
Monday 25 June Violin and Pianoforte Recital | Andrea Gajic/Sinae Lee – Scotland/Serbia/South Korea (Aula Mgr G. Farrugia)
Tuesday 26 June Piano Accordion Recital | Djordje Gajic – Serbia/Scotland (The Bishop’s Curia)
Wednesday 27 June Piano Quintet | John Norman Cushing, Mario Galea, Alan Haydock, Geoffrey Haydock (clarinet)/Penelope Smith (pianoforte) – England/Scotland/Malta (Aula Mgr G. Farrugia)
Thursday 28 June Violoncello and Pianoforte Recital | Daniel Veis/Helena Veisová – Czech Republic (Aula Mgr G. Farrugia)
Friday 29 June Pianoforte Duet | Natascha Chircop/Marco Rivoltini– Malta/Italy (Aula Mgr G. Farrugia)
Saturday 30 June Vocal Recital | Rosabelle Bianchi (soprano)/Julia Miller (pianoforte) – Malta (Exhibition Hall – Ministry for Gozo)
Sunday 1 July Cordes Marines | Agnès Pyka (violin)/Blandine Leydier (viola)/Armance Quéro (violoncello) – France (St Augustine Church)
Monday 2 July Saxophone and Pianoforte Recital | Sam Corkin/David Knotts – England (Exhibition Hall Ministry for Gozo)
Tuesday 3 July Pianoforte Recital | Olaf Andreas Strand – Norway (Aula Mgr G. Farrugia)
Wednesday 4 July Violin and Harp Recital | Maria Conrad/Caroline Calleja – Malta (St Francis Church)
Thursday 5 July Trio Vinea | Hannah Friedl (clarinet)/Klara Gruber (violoncello)/Anna-Lena Killinger (harp) – Austria (St Francis Church)
Friday 6 July Khorasan Quartet | Anastasia Eloise Stahlmann, Ben Richardson (violin)/Alexis Dawn Hutchinson (viola)/Shabnam Roya Gould (violoncello) – Germany/England (St Francis Church)
Saturday 7 July Transcontinentl | Christopher Robert Nichols (clarinet)/Marie-Christine Delbeau (pianoforte)/Tod Fitzpatrick (baritone)Jennifer Margaret Barker (composer/pianist)/Ofer Ben-Amots (composer) – Scotland/Malta/Israel/USA (Aula Mgr G. Farrugia)
Sunday 8 July Guitar Recital | Simon Schembri – Malta (St Francis Church)
Monday 9 July Closing Orchestral Concert | Carmine Lauri (violin)/Malta Philharmonic Orchestra/Philip Walsh (conductor) – Malta (St George’s Basilica)
Artistic Director: Joseph Vella
*This concert starts at 7.30pm.
**The inauguration of the exhibition by the Hon. Minister for Gozo, Dr Justyne Caruana, will be on Sunday morning, 11.45am. On this day, Mass for the repose of Mro Joseph Vella’s soul will be sung by the Laudate Pueri Choir at St George’s Basilica at 11am. Motets composed by Mro Joseph Vella for the choir will be sung.
All concerts and events are free of charge. Unless otherwise indicated, they start at 2000hrs.
A donation of 120euro enables patrons to have a reserved seat for all the concerts and events.
Master classes in Pianoforte (lower and upper grades), Violin (lower and upper grades), Woodwind, and Brass will be held in June, July, and September. Please see website viaf.org.mt for further details.