VICTORIA INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL 2015 – PROGRAMME OF EVENTS
VICTORIA INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL 2015
10 June – 13 July
18th edition
Wednesday 10 June Inaugural Orchestral Concert | Pierre Louis Attard (violin)/Britt Arend (harp)/Miriam Cauchi (soprano)/Malta Philharmonic Orchestra (leader: Marcelline Agius)/Joseph Vella (conductor) – Malta/Belgium (St George’s Basilica)
Thursday 11 June Pianoforte Recital | Gabriele Vianello – Italy (Aula Mgr G. Farrugia)
Friday 12 June ‘Music Videos – for Classical Music! (Who said only pop and country music can have fun?)’ | Jennifer Margaret Barker (composer)/John Anthony Palmer (cameraman/editor) – England/Scotland/USA (Aula Mgr G. Farrugia)*
INNER IMPULSES: PAINTINGS 2014 – 2015 | Mark Sagona – Malta (Il-Ħaġar Heart of Gozo)**
Saturday 13 June Blumenthal Duo | Luba Benediktovitch (flute)/Daniel Blumenthal (pianoforte) – Belarus/Germany (Aula Mgr G. Farrugia)
Monday 15 June Kalamus Clarinet Trio and Xu Jie | Rodolfo La Banca, Massimiliano Limonetti, Angelo Litrico (clarinet)/Xu Jie (mezzo soprano) – Italy/China (St George’s Basilica)
Tuesday 16 June Pianoforte Recital | Young-Choon Park – South Korea (Aula Mgr G. Farrugia)
Wednesday 17 June Clarinet Recital | Simon Reitmaier – Austria (Aula Mgr G. Farrugia
Thursday 18 June Oboe and Pianoforte Recital | Marika Lombardi (oboe)/Nathalie Dang (pianoforte) – France (Aula Mgr G. Farrugia)
Friday 19 June Royal Conservatoire Brass | Ben Hirons, Stephanie Mitchell, Calum Tonner, Henrietta Wake (trumpet)/Andrew McLean (horn)/Richard Leonard, Daniel Pickering, Ismael Sanchez Jimenez, Joe Walters (trombone)/Rachel Brown (tuba)/John Logan (conductor) – Scotland (Il-Ħaġar Heart of Gozo – Roof-Top)
Saturday 20 June Organ Recital | Benedict Lewis Smith – England (St George’s Basilica)
Sunday 21 June Pianoforte Duet | Gisèle Grima/Erica Gialanzè – Malta (Aula Mgr G. Farrugia)
Four Days of Baroque Music
Monday 22 June Duo barocco | Gianpiero Cristaldi (trumpet)/Gianluca Libertucci (organ) – Italy (St George’s Basilica)
Tuesday 23 June Musica Poetica London Concert 1 | Claudia Norz (violin)/Kate Conway (viola da gamba)/Oliver John Ruthven (harpsichord) – England (Aula Mgr G. Farrugia)
Wednesday 24 June Musica Poetica London Concert 2 | Chris Webb (bass)/Claudia Norz (violin)/Kate Conway (viola da gamba)/Oliver John Ruthven (harpsichord) – England (St George’s Basilica)
Thursday 25 June Trio Avium | Ros Bandt (recorder)/Ruth Wilkinson (recorder/viola da gamba)/Cynthia O’Brien (violin) – Australia (St Francis Church)
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Friday 26 June The Composer Speaks | Ruben Zahra – Malta (Aula Mgr G. Farrugia)
Debutants’ Concert | Stephanie Curmi, Anna Rapa (pianoforte)/Kathryn Mizzi (violin) – Malta (Aula Mgr G. Farrugia)
Saturday 27 June Martinů Quartet | Lubomir Havlak, Libor Kanka (violin)/Zbynek Padourek (viola)/Jitka Vlasanková (violoncello) – Czech Republic (St George’s Basilica)
Sunday 28 June Attard-Zerafa Duo | Philip Attard (saxophone)/Christine Zerafa (pianoforte) – Malta (Aula Mgr G. Farrugia)
Monday 29 June Pianoforte Recital | David Campignon – France (Aula Mgr G. Farrugia)
Tuesday 30 June Aldante Duo and Hélène Dautry | Pierre Henri Xuereb (viola)/Vincent Beer-Demander (mandolin)/Hélène Dautry (violoncello) – France (Bishop’s Curia)
Wednesday 1 July Vocal Recital | Marvic Monreal (mezzo soprano)/Christine Zerafa (pianoforte) – Malta (Aula Mgr G. Farrugia)
Thursday 2 July Guitar Recital | Tormund Blikra Vea – Norway (St James Church)
Friday 3 July Violoncello and Pianoforte Recital | Daniel Veis (violoncello)/Helena Veisová (pianoforte) – Czech Republic (Aula Mgr G. Farrugia)
Saturday 4 July Sheffield Music Academy Chamber Ensemble | Elliott Bailey, Amy Chang, Melissa Doody, Tom Hetherington, Amy Kent, Eleanor Lorenz, Anna Lusty, Isobel McGarry, Sarah Razlin, Clare R-Z, Aimee White/Roberto Meoni (tutor: clarinet)/Martin Cropper (tutor: violin) – England/Italy (St Augustine Church)
Sunday 5 July Trombonet Quartet | Trond Sagbakken, Malene Fosli Flataker (trumpet)/Pernille Alsos, Marie Noekleby Hansen (trombone) – Norway (St Augustine Church)
Monday 6 July Trio Ostade | Magdalena Kraus (violin/viola)/Alexander Falzberger (clarinet)/Elias Gillesberger (pianoforte) – Upper Austria (Aula Mgr G. Farrugia)
Tuesday 7 July Classic Trio | Geoffrey Haydock (clarinet)/Alexander Volpov (violoncello)/Penelope Smith (pianoforte) – Scotland/Russia (Aula Mgr G. Farrugia)
Wednesday 8 July Status Piano Quartet | Jaso Sasaki (violin)/Barbora Hilpo (viola)/Saara Iida-Vilhelmiina Laine (violoncello)/Marko Hilpo (pianoforte) – Finland/Czech Republic/Japan (Aula Mgr G. Farrugia)
Thursday 9 July Oden Ensemble | Céline Nessi (flute)/Olivier Rousset (oboe)/Christophe Vella (percussion) – France (Aula Mgr G. Farrugia)
Friday 10 July OPALIA – Treasures of Victoria’s HeART | Jewellery Exhibition by Opalia – Italy (Il-Ħaġar Heart of Gozo)***
Saturday 11 July Siglo de Oro and Sam Corkin | Hannah Ely, Ruth Marie Kelly McElvanney (soprano)/Rebekah Emma Jones (alto)/Christopher Michael Barry Fitzgerald-Lombard (tenor)/Joshua Timothy Edwards, Benjamin Alexander McKee (bass)/Samuel Frederick Corkin (saxophone)/Patrick Edgar Frankliin Allies (conductor) – England (St George’s Basilica)
Sunday 12 July Schola Polifonica Romana | Roberto Colavalle (director) – Italy (Exhibition Hall, Ministry for Gozo)
Monday 13 July Closing Choral and Orchestral Concert | Andrea Gajic (violin)/Laudate Pueri Choir (director: George Joseph Frendo)/Malta Philharmonic Orchestra (leader: Marcelline Agius)/Joseph Vella (conductor) – Serbia/Malta (St George’s Basilica)
Artistic Director: Joseph Vella
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All concerts and events are free of charge. Unless otherwise indicated, they start at 2000hrs.
*The concert on Friday 12th June starts at 1930hrs.
**The Art exhibition by Mark Sagona will be inaugurated at 2030hrs. It will run daily at Il-Ħaġar, Heart of Gozo Museum, between Saturday 13 June till Friday 10 July at Il-Ħaġar, Heart of Gozo Museum, from 0900hrs to 1700hrs, and between Saturday 11 July and Sunday 19 July from 0900hrs to 2200hrs.
***The Jewellery exhibition by OPALIA will be inaugurated at 2030hrs. The exhibition will run daily at Il-Ħaġar, Heart of Gozo Museum, between Saturday 11 July and Sunday 19 July from 0900hrs to 2200hrs.
Photos courtesy of Sam Cefai.
