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The Malta Spring Festival returns next week

As the festival unfolds, Rachel Gauci's debut Piano Recital at the Teatru Manoel on the 5th of April, will feature works by Olivier Messiaen and Franz Liszt.  The 6th of April performance by the Ensemble Télémaque from Marseille will focus on the Mediterranean region's musical heritage that thrives regardless of the diverse cultural and linguistic landscapes along its shores.  Here we shall be listening to the music of three contemporary mediterranean composers from Corsica, Sardinia and Malta followed by Luciano Berio's acclaimed Folk Songs.

On the 9th and 10th of April with Rising Stars Concerts I and II, highlighting exceptional young talents from the Malta School of Music in saxophone quartet, piano performances, and the School of Music Little Big band. On the 11th of April at Casino Maltese Alba dal Collo, choreographer, dancer, singer has created a dance performance evocative of hope in the light of recent worldwide events.

Friday 12th April will explore ?uz?è Camilleri's researched 'Anecdotes of Maltese Early Jazz' weaving together live music with film, offering the audience a bonding of music and visuals. Concluding the festival with grandeur on the 13th of April at Teatru Manoel, the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Anne Marie Granau, will perform masterpieces by Carl Nielsen, Franz Liszt and Igor Stravinsky, featuring acclaimed pianist Dinara Klinton and tenor Alan Sciberras while marking Giacomo Puccini's 100th year of his demise.

This article was published by the Malta Independent, click here to view.