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28.04.2018

Announcement: THE ROMANTIC VIOLIN

The violinist-Neapolitan Salvatore Accardo is a man of marked individuality. His brilliant talent and very special south-Italian charisma have a nearly hypnotising effect on those around him. Accardo always goes against the stream and does it at his own pace. At the age of 3 he smoothly played the violin and at 67 became a […]

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27.04.2018

Announcement : 27 April Concert, THE LEGEND BACK IN MALTA!

Grigory Sokolov has gained an almost mythical status amongst music-lovers throughout the world. He is considered by many today to be the greatest living pianist. During his concerts, he completely transforms the instrument with his unrivalled touch. Sokolov’s prodigious talent was recognized in 1966 when at 16, he became the youngest musician ever to receive […]

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26.04.2018

26 April Press-conference: The Musician More than the Instrument

Alan Chircop, Artistic Director of the European Foundation for the Support of Culture and of the Malta International Music Festival organised by the Foundation, returned to meet the Press the day after the memorable performance by Maxim Vengerov at the Mediterranean Conference Centre to introduce the soloist of the day’s concert, violinist Ray Chen. A […]

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25.04.2018

25 April Concert: Maxim Vengerov’s debut at the Malta International Music Festival

In great musicians’ lives one always finds a kind of secret story, which, on the one hand, predicts their fate, and on the other confirms their closest proximity with music. The great teacher of Maxim Vengerov, his spiritual mentor, Mstislav Rostropovich, on one of his early photos seen sleeping in his father’s cello case. As […]

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24.04.2018

24 April Press-conference

This morning’s meeting with the Press was honoured by the presence of violinist Maxim Vengerov, one of the top violinists in today’s music world.  Alan Chircop introduced Mr Vengerov and spoke about the great expectations of Malta’s music public for the concert. The following day Mr Vengerov would be performing Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto, one of […]

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23.04.2018

23 April Press-conference

Alan Chircop opened the day’s proceedings by welcoming those present and introducing the artists who were with him on the podium: soprano Ljuba Kazarnovskaya and the members of the» Harmony» quintet who would be accompanying her during the concert the following day as well as pianist Nareh Arghamanyan, who will present present a program, dedicated […]

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23.04.2018

23 April Concert: TRAVEL NOTEBOOK

Journeys… At all times attractive they are! How many great masterpieces of literature and art were created under the impression of meeting with something brand new and unexplored. In the midst of the Festival, the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra and Sergey Smbatyan had a “sea voyage” to the fabulous “musical extravaganza” of Rimsky-Korsakov, and then, […]

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23.04.2018

Announcement: TRAVEL NOTEBOOK PIANO CONCERTO

Denis Kozhukhin comes to Malta for the first time and presents a very poetic piano concerto, a kind of musical diary called “Travel Notebook” by Maltese composer Alexey Shor. “It is always extremely interesting to play a piece which consists of musical reflections of certain places in the composer’s mind. I played some pieces from […]

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22.04.2018

22 April Concert: “Images of the Great Siege”

  Well, it happened, finally: at the 6th edition of the Malta International Music Festival we attended the world premiere of Alexey Shor’s symphonic cycle “Images from the Great Siege”, dedicated to the heroic defense of the island in 1565, when the Ottoman Empire unsuccessfully tried to defeat the Knights of St. John. SVETLANA VELLA, […]

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22.04.2018

22 April Press-conference: An Epic Orchestra for an Epic Composition

Half way through the VI Malta International Music Festival Alan Chircop, Artistic Director of the European Foundation for the Support of Culture, organising the Festival and Artistic Director of the Festival, welcomed the audience and introduced the evening’s concert. The main work of the concert is a new composition by Alexey Shor “Images of the […]

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22.04.2018

Announcement: 22 April Concert “Images of the Great Siege”

    Mediterranean Conference Center will witness the performance of the cycle about the island’s heroic defence which two orchestras will play – the State Symphony orchestra of Armenia and the Malta Philharmonic orchestra under the baton of Sergei Smbatyan. Its legendary images echo the impressive pages of another magnificent piece – Spartacus by Aram Khachatyrian – the […]

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21.04.2018

21 April Press-conference: Nostalgia for One’s Home Land

  Alan Chircop, artistic director of the European Foundation for the Support of Culture and of the on-going VI Malta International Music Festival organised by the Foundation, welcomed members present and presented violist David Aaron Carpenter, soloist for the day, conductor Sergey Stadler who will be on the podium during the evening’s concert, Alexey Shor, […]

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21.04.2018

21 April Concert: THE WELL TEMPERED CHANSON

Tchaikovsky and… the mysterious Bach-ish light of Alexei Shor’s works “Sleeping beauty”, the most perfect ballet in history, was a new form for Russian music and choreographic action. Being in the prime of his creative powers, the great composer wrote not just ballet music – under the influence of another genius, Marius Petipa, a completely […]

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21.04.2018

Announcement: THE WELL TEMPERED CHANSON

    A really unusual concert included music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and a composition by contemporary composer Alexey Shor on the Russian chanson theme — variations of the famous gangster song Murka and no less famous Fried Chicken. “This is going to be a concert built on contrast”, said  the outstanding violinist and conductor […]

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20.04.2018

20 April Press-conference: Birthday party for Sergey Rachmaninoff

Alan Chircop, artistic director of the Foundation for the Support of Culture, opened the press conference by introducing the day’s concerts which , apart from the concert at the MCC forming part of the Malta International Music Festival, currently being held under the aegis of the European Foundation for the Support of Culture, included an […]

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20.04.2018

20 April Concert: Rachmaninoff

  Just for one evening the European capital of culture, Valletta, moved to Rachmaninoff’s semantic field. Nikolai Lugansky — a pianist who should have not been with us in the “given circumstances” of our times — performed Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini. Every time at Lugansky’s concerts you discover yourself in a new situation […]

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20.04.2018

Announcement: RACHMANINOFF

  The Malta International Music Festival offers a special concert dedicated to Sergei Rachmaninoff’s 145th anniversary, a concert whose romantic hero will be Nikolai Lugansky, the most exquisite Russian pianist of extraordinary depth and versatility described by Gramophone as “the most trailblazing and meteoric performer of all.” The MIMF will hear Lugansky perform Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody […]

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19.04.2018

19 April Press-conferense

Wednesday, the fourth day of the Malta International Music Festival, currently being organised by the European Foundation for the Support of Culture, also saw the launch of Armenia Cultural Days which are taking place between the 18th and the 30th April. These include 10 concerts by Armenian and Maltese performers of music composed by Armenian […]

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2018-04-26
19.04.2018

Concert 19: Extravaganza in Floriana: Vivaldi the Baroque knight and other seasons

  Ladies first — this is the custom of the knights. Since all of us are in the concert hall — in ex-Methodist Church of the Maltese town of Floriana, — this knightly allusions can not be avoided. Therefore, let’s start with ladies, that is with an uncommon pianist Julia Zilberquit, who performed two Concerti […]

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19.04.2018

Announcement: Concerto Extravaganza

  Concerto Extravaganza, featuring well-known russian-born pianist, Julia Zilberquit, to be premiered in Malta with the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra under the baton of internationally acclaimed conductor and virtuoso violinist Dmitry Sitkovetsky. The concert includes transcriptions of the music by Vivaldi made by Bach and contemporary composer Alexey Shor. “The Four Seasons by Vivaldi have […]

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18.04.2018

18 April KHACHATURIAN concert

The concert dedicated to the 115th anniversary of Aram Khachaturian was a great success.  The music evening was opened with a speech by Ms Victoria Baghdasaryan, Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia in Italy and Malta who greeted the audience and Hon. Dr Owen Bonnici, Malta’s Minister of culture. The audience gathered in the Republic […]

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18.04.2018

Announcement: KHACHATURIAN concert, 18 April

The concert is dedicated to the 115 th anniversary of Aram Khachaturian Aiman Mussakhajayeva Violin Sergey Smbatyan Conductor Malta Philharmonic Orchestra Venue: Republic hall, Mediterranean Conference Center The violinist and president of the Kazakh National University of Arts Aiman Mussakajayeva may be dubbed the ambassador of Aram Khachaturian’s music — the composer himself gave her […]

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18.04.2018

Press-conference, 18 April

Wednesday, the fourth day of the Malta International Music Festival, currently being organised by the European Foundation for the Support of Culture, also saw the launch of Armenia Cultural Days which are taking place between the 18th and the 30th April. These include 10 concerts by Armenian and Maltese performers of music composed by Armenian […]

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17.04.2018

Announcement: The concert dedicated to the music of Giya Kancheli

The concert dedicated to the music of Giya Kancheli Andrea Cortesi Violin Giorgi Zagareli Viola Sergey Smbatyan Conductor Armenian State Symphony Orchestra Venue: Republic hall, Mediterranean Conference Center The most famous Georgian composer on earth — oh, no, the most mysterious and unworldly composer on the planet, — Giya Kancheli has for over half a century been forecasting the […]

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2018-04-18 (10)
17.04.2018

Concert: The mystical worlds of Gia Kancheli

In Valletta, European capital of culture, on the occasion of the Malta International Music Festival, was held a concert dedicated to the works of Gia Kancheli. His music is made of moments, hints and pauses. It is unspeakable, unspoken, transcendent. Its abysmal insights are hidden behind sweetest melodies vanishing in the thin air, felliniesque absurdity […]

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17.04.2018

Press-conference, 17 April

Tuesday’s meeting with the press was honoured by the presence of Georgian composer Giya Kancheli to whom the evening’s concert is dedicated. Born in Georgia Kancheli now lives in Amsterdam. His long career as a composer has passed through two basic phases: a time when under the Soviet regime his music was restricted and hardly […]

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16.04.2018

Announcement : GALA CONCERT on the 16th

The Soloists of the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra & Armenian State Symphony Orchestra Brit Arend Harp Etienne Cutajar Horn Rebecca Hall Flute Carmine Lauri Violin Sergey Smbatyan Conductor 16 APRIL 20:00 Venue: Republic hall, Mediterranean Conference Center The Malta International Music Festival’s second day will be led by one of the top European ensembles — the State Symphony orchestra of Armenia, resident […]

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16.04.2018

Announcement: Unique Piano International Competition on Malta!

The Malta International Piano Competition starts on April 16, in Valletta — Europe’s official capital of culture 2018. Looking for new names and promoting young talents is one of the crucial tasks of this musical forum. This year, organizers launched an unprecedented campaign: 11 piano competitions were held in various cities across Eurasia. Looking back, […]

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2018-04-17
16.04.2018

Press-conference: The Malta International Piano Competition 2018 was launched

    The Malta International Piano Competition 2018 organised by the European Foundation for Support of Culture started on April 16th and was launched during a press conference held on the same day. This round is the climax of a number of competitions held since July 2017 which took place in Russia (Moscow), China (Shanghai), […]

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15.04.2018

MIMF opening press-conference

On Sunday 15th April 2018 the European Foundation for Support of Culture launched and presented to the Press the 6th edition of the Malta International Music Festival at the Pavilion Suite of the Westin Hotel in Dragonara. Alan Chircop, artistic director of the Foundation, noted that this Festival had over the years grown into the […]

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15.04.2018

Concert : Cosmopolitan Trio Vienna

6th edition of the Malta International Music Festival commenced with the Cosmopolitan Trio Vienna concert at Robert Samut Hall. The 2-weeks classical music marathon started with a concert of the well-known musicians from Austria, India and Korea — violinist Elisabeth Kropfitsch, pianist Marialena Fernandez and cellist Meehae Ryo — performed lovely works of Haydn, Beethoven […]

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