Guitarra de Tierras Imaginarias is a music concert that offers an exquisite journey into the fascinating world of the classical guitar. The evening begins with an opening performance from local band TACT, blending classical and jazz elements into an intriguing combination of introspective music. The concert will also feature Mro Carlos Eduardo Bojarski, an accomplished Argentinean musician of international repute with an interest in contemporary sounds. He is known for his i

Gaulitanus Choir is proud to announce the 11th edition of Gaulitana: A Festival of Music. Running from 25 February until 2 April, 2017, “Gozo’s main classical festival” will feature a multifarious programme of events in various genres and styles. The highlight will be Puccini’s opera Madama Butterfly, being held at the Teatru tal-Opra Aurora on April 1. The full-scale production will present Malta’s internationally acclaimed soprano Miriam Gauci in the lead role. Colin Attard

Here's a little something that arrived in my mailbox a few days ago. It's not exactly a local product, but there is a connection by way of a certain Daniel Talma, whose name will certainly ring familiar with a good number of Maltese bands and artists who have stepped into a recording studio. Some years ago Talma, who is based locally, had also launched the ambitious BeMixed project with ex-Fellowfish drummer Christophe Ladret. That project eventually folded in 2013, but it d

With the primary aim of nurturing Malta's musical identity, the Malta Youth Orchestra (MYO) has taken the initiative to set up a new project. The new endeavour will be offically rolled out with a launch concert, MYO Butterfly Project – The Beginnings that will feature a variety music genres, all sharing a core common factor that is rooted in Maltese mjusic. Among the several guest artists, Kafena, Nadine Axisa, Corazón Mizzi, and Joe Roscoe will be performing their own compo

Preparations are in full swing for the second in Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar’s ‘Concerts in the Garden’, when the acclaimed Spanish tenors Trio Bellagio will be regaling us with old and new favourites on Saturday, September 26, 2015. The Trio Bellagio has a wide following in Europe and the Americas, and for the past two years the Trio have been guest stars on Spanish national TV’s New Year’s Eve gala show. Singing a wide variety of music, from classical Italian, to Latino, Fr

Top Maltese tenor Cliff Zammit Stevens will be performing live at Pjazza Teatru Rjal on Friday, September 4, with this concert being the seventh edition of his annual summer concert. Among the several musical pieces to be featured in the programmes, one finds works by Puccini, Tchaikovsky, Monteverdi, Donizetti, Verdi, and Rodgers & Hammerstein, amongst others. The performance will also feature guest soprano Hannah Sandison, who will be performing duets with the Maltese ar

A few years back, pianist Clifford Borg had approached me with a mock-up of a double album he was planning to release. It was an ambitious project to undertake for a budding musician with just one album to his name, but an exciting one too. For various reasons, he eventually abandoned the idea of a two-CD release, opting instead to put the records out separately. The first of these was Origin, a collection of Borg’s original classical compositions released in 2008. The album