The seventh edition of the Malta International Music Festival organised by the European Foundation for Support of Culture and the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra, will once again present a prestigious classical music festival, featuring high calibre names and legendary personalities from within the international classical music world, to follow suit on the custom and reputation which the festival has acquired throughout the past years.

MIMF 2019 is being held between today and May 10, presenting a rich and varied programme, including solo recitals, chamber concerts and grand orchestral concerts at the Mediterranean Conference Centre, Valletta and Robert Samut Hall, Floriana.

Special guest artists include Russia’s Bolshoi Theatre lead soloist Anna Aglatova (soprano), Tchaikovsky Competition Winner Andrei Ionită (cello), Queen Elizabeth Winner Ji Young Lim (violin), the legendary piano Duo Paratore, the world famous Trio Wanderer, Deutsche Gramophone Artists Ingolf Wunder (piano) and Meehae Ryo (cello), internationally acclaimed Russian born prize-winning pianists Elena Bashkirova, Julia Zilberquit and Philipp Kopachevsky, renowned virtuoso violinists Maria Solozobova, Haik Kazazyan and Katya Tsukanova, and Maltese tenor Cliff Zammit Stevens among others.

The festival’s guest orchestra – the State Orchestra ‘Academy of Soloists’ of Kazakhstan will perform three concerts directed by renowned conductors Gianluca Marciano, Conrad van Alphen and their resident conductor Mikhail Kirchhoff; while the festival’s resident orchestra – the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra, will perform three orchestral concerts under the baton of international conductors Dmitry Yablonsky, Miran Vaupotić and Sergey Smbatyan.

For the first time, the festival will also dedicate a concert to showcase two young upcoming artists – pianist Laetitia Amodia and violinist Stefan Calleja as soloists with the Malta Youth Orchestra directed by Peter Stark.

Tickets may be obtained from www.showshappening.com. A limited number of complimentary tickets will be available for students, pensioners, and adults accompanying youngsters under 18 years of age.

Requests to be sent to booking@maltafest.eu. For more information visit www.maltafest.eu.

Opening concert

The opening concert of the festival is being held at Robert Samut Hall in Floriana, featuring the internationally renowned Kazakhstan State Orchestra, Academy of Soloists, directed by Italian conductor Gianluca Marciano in their first concert performance in Malta since their establishment in 1991.

The programme gives us the opportunity to experience two accomplished, award-winning violinists, Hayk Kaza Zyan and Katya Tsukanova, as soloists in Bach’s Concerto for two violins and Tchaikovsky’s Serenade Melancolique.

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