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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, 20 June 2022
This Silver Jubilee edition of this prestigious festival is marching on in full swing and that is just as Joseph Vella, the late lamented founder of this festival would have wanted and to whom this festival is dedicated. If it were possible I would not miss a single event; but as it is rather diffi…
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Friday, 10 June 2022
Finally, the very sorely missed VIAF is back. With what a bang too! The last, full, pre-Covid editi…
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Saturday, 26 March 2022
Friday 10 June - Monday 11 July 2022
It's been a long road, the paths not always smooth but the …
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Monday, 12 July 2021
As all good things must come to an end, so did this year's edition of a very prestigious festival. …
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Friday, 9 July 2021
This was the festival's fifth consecutive live performance I followed last week and third at the Au…
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Thursday, 8 July 2021
An incredible momentum is driving highly accomplished performers in a crescendo of superb achieveme…
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Wednesday, 7 July 2021
Quoting from my diary, written late last night while still dazed and spellbound by the performance:…
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Tuesday, 6 July 2021
Just a reminder: the two protagonists above may share the same surname, but are not even remotely r…
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Monday, 5 July 2021
If used well all instruments, the human voice included are indeed beautiful. They come in various s…
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Saturday, 3 July 2021
Natascha Chircop and Marco Rivoltini are a highly accomplished and widely respected husband-and-wife duo who are among the few durable such duos in these islands. Apart from that, they are also practising soloists in their own right and are equally successful at that.
Their choice of programme u…
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