This November, Festivals Malta will be presenting the sixth edition of the Three Palaces Festival, a festival which has been growing and engaging new audiences.

Dominic GaleaDominic Galea

This year’s edition will be focusing on attracting a younger generation of audiences, with one of its main highlights being an opera aimed specifically for children, entitled Il-Qtates ta’ max-Xatt, which will be held at the Maritime Museum.

Based on a book written by Clare Azzopardi, and adapted as a score by talented, young composer Euchar Gravina, under the direction of Denise Mulholland, this opera will also have special performances targeting younger age groups.

Youth contribution in this festival will also include Charlene Farrugia, who is considered as the enfant terrible of the Maltese piano and an internationally renowned artiste in her own right. Her contribution to this year’s edition of this festival will be a solo performance. 

Ian Ellul, violinst and member of the Malta Youth Orchestra, and soprano Michaela Agius are also two other emerging youth exponents at this festival who will be teaming up for a presentation of popular and less popular works at the Malta Society of Arts in Valletta. 

Charlene FarrugiaCharlene Farrugia

The National Archeology Museum will host Maltese soprano Claire Debono, a graduate from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, who will be accompanied by pianist Gary Matthewman, as well as a concert by O Duo, who have kept a very youthful zest through their marimba and percussive presentations and, moreover, their experiences abroad over the past two decades. 

The National Archeology Museum will also host The Stockholm Philharmonic Wind Quintet, as well as Phantasm, an award-winning consort of viols, and Les Musiciens de Louvre, considered by The Guardian as one of the best orchestras in the world, as well as veteran, multi-talented musician Dominic Galea, who will be leading a jazz trio for this occasion.  

The festival will also be hosting the Koncz String Trio which pertains to the much revered Vienna and Berlin Philharmonic Orchestras. Their performance, which relates to its deep association with the history and tradition of European classical music, will further add to this festival’s own rich historical background. 

The Three Palaces Festival is the main autumn event organised by Festivals Malta and will run between Friday and November 11. For more information and to book tickets, visit the festival’s official website – www.3palacesfestival.com.

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From right: O Duo, Ian Ellul and Clare Ghigo.From right: O Duo, Ian Ellul and Clare Ghigo.

From right: Michaela Agius, Gerhard Marschner - Koncz String Trio and Claire Debono.From right: Michaela Agius, Gerhard Marschner - Koncz String Trio and Claire Debono.

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