{"id":3011,"date":"2014-05-02T12:26:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-02T12:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viaf.org.mt\/?p=3011"},"modified":"2021-05-19T12:29:29","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T12:29:29","slug":"viaf-artistic-director-joseph-vella-back-from-saint-dizier-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/viaf.org.mt\/viaf-artistic-director-joseph-vella-back-from-saint-dizier-france\/","title":{"rendered":"VIAF Artistic Director Joseph Vella back from Saint Dizier, France"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Joseph Vella, Artistic Director of the\u00a0<em>Victoria International Arts Festival<\/em>, is back from Saint Dizier, France, where he was honoured as composer-in-residence of the week-long\u00a0<em>Academie Festival -Le Printemps de la musique<\/em>, which was held between 21st and 27th April. Seven of Joseph Vella\u2019s works were performed, by soloists, duos, quartets and a full string ensemble. The highlight of Joseph Vella\u2019s experience at this Festival was the world premiere of his \u2018Sighs and Whispers\u2019 op. 123, which was performed by world-class musicians Fabrice Pierre (harp) and Patrick Gallois (flutist\/conductor).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During his stay in Saint Dizier, Joseph Vella further confirmed himself as a leading composer of a very respected and extraordinarily high calibre, who has been commissioned new works by musicians whose names and performances have resonated in the major concert venues the world over. He made new acquaintances and re-connected with \u2018old\u2019 ones, a few of whom are also taking part in this year\u2019s edition of the\u00a0<em>Victoria International Arts Festival. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\u00a0<em>Victoria International Arts Festival<\/em>\u00a0is honoured and humbled to have Joseph Vella as its Artistic Director. With him at the helm success is guaranteed and the profile of the\u00a0<em>Festival\u00a0<\/em>is brought on a par with other major Festivals of its kind and calibre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joseph Vella, Artistic Director of the\u00a0Victoria International Arts Festival, is back from Saint Dizier, France, where he was honoured as composer-in-residence of the week-long\u00a0Academie Festival -Le Printemps de la musique, which was held between 21st and 27th April. Seven of Joseph Vella\u2019s works were performed, by soloists, duos, quartets and a full string ensemble. The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/viaf.org.mt\/viaf-artistic-director-joseph-vella-back-from-saint-dizier-france\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[53],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/viaf.org.mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3011"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/viaf.org.mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/viaf.org.mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viaf.org.mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viaf.org.mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/viaf.org.mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3011\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/viaf.org.mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viaf.org.mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viaf.org.mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}