The Malta Philharmonic Orchestra Concert Series kicks off with a concert at the Manoel Theatre next week.

The concert will be conducted by internationally acclaimed French conductor Jean Marc Burfin, featuring Maltese pianist Charlene Farrugia.

Praised by musicians, audiences, and music critics as an “enfant terrible of Maltese piano”, Farrugia is one of the best pianists to have ever emerged from Malta.

At the age of 13, she was the youngest soloist to ever perform with the National Orchestra of Malta at the Manoel. Since then, she has been a regular soloist with the orchestra, her most recent performance being Sergei Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 4, which she performed under the baton of Brian Schembri to excellent press reviews.

Burfin is the artistic and musical director of the Lisbon Academy Metropolitan Orchestra and lecturer at the National Superior Orchestra Academy of Lisbon. Finalist of the Besançon International Competition and winner of the Moscow Radio-Television Symphonic Orchestra prize, Burfin has conducted prestigious orchestras such as the Orchestra of Paris, the Concerts Colonne Orchestra, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Brandenburg and the St Petersburg Capella Orchestra, among others.

• The concert is being held on Friday, October 31, at 8pm. There are discounted seats for students and kartanzjan holders, with a pre-concert talk at 7.15pm, free for ticket holders. Tickets may be obtained by phone on 2124 6389, by sending an e-mail to bookings@teatrumanoel.com.mt or online at www.teatrumanoel.com.mt.

For more information visit www.maltaorchestra.com.

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