Pianist Polina Osetinskaya.Pianist Polina Osetinskaya.

Music lovers have a chance to hear three internationally-acclaimed musicians in two distinct concerts being held as part of the Malta International Music Festival next week.

The programme on Monday will feature Julian Milkis on clarinet, Boris Andrianov on cello, and Polina Osetinskaya on piano in a concert entitled Contemporary Master Pieces, Piazzolla and more..., being held at the Sir Temi Zammit Hall, University of Malta at 7.30pm.

They will play Soledad and the Four Seasons of Buenos Aires – four tango compositions by Astor Piazzolla, Nino Rota’s Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano, and Ilya Dimov’s Tango Forever.

In addition, Julian, Boris and Polina will perform four compositions of Alexey Shor, who will be present at the concerts. Shor serves as the composer-in-residence for the renowned Salomé Chamber Orchestra and for the Salomé Music Festival at the Hamptons.

Cellist Boris Andrianov.Cellist Boris Andrianov.

Milkis and Osetinskaya will then present a different programme at St Paul’s Anglican Church, Valletta, on Wednesday, June 3, also at 7.30pm. Baroque to Jazz will feature works by Johann Adolph Hasse, Johann Sebastian Bach, Giya Kancheli, Dick Hyman, Ivan Dimov, Kurt Weill in addition to more compositions by Shor.

Organised by European Foundation for Support of Culture, these two special concerts are sponsored by Alexey Kononenko. They are being held as a sideline of the Malta International Music Festival and Competitions 2015.

This year’s festival attracted over 150 participants from 45 different countries including Malta, which took part in the masterclasses, concerts and music competitions for piano, strings and wind instruments.

• Seat reservations for Monday’s concert may be made by e-mail: info@eufsc.eu or by calling 7772 7222.

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