Organist Gianluca Libertucci with trumpeter Gianpiero Cristaldi.Organist Gianluca Libertucci with trumpeter Gianpiero Cristaldi.

Vatican organist Gianluca Libertucci, together with the Metropolitan opera soprano Olga Makarina, Gianpiero Cristaldi (trumpet) and Joseph Lia (baritone), will open this year’s two- week long Malta International Organ Festival.

The festival will take place in various churches, cathedrals and basilicas between Thursday and December 7.

The opening concert, taking place at St Paul’s Anglican Pro-Cathedral in Valletta will feature works by Purcell, Vivaldi, Scarlatti, Bach, Handel and Mendelssohn.

Other concerts will take place at the Mdina Cathedral, St Helen Basilica, Birkirkara, Naxxar, Sliema, Għaxaq and St Augustine (Valletta) parish churches and at Sannat, Xagħara and Victoria parishes in Gozo.

For more information and booking visit www.MaltaInternationalOrganFesival.com or www.ticketline.com.mt.

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