“Gozo’s main classical music festival” returns, this year focusing on the theme “Women in Society”.
Gaulitana will present an eclectic mix of events in multifarious styles – orchestral, chamber, recitals, vocal, featuring international and local artists and ensembles. Held in various locations around Gozo (with some events in Malta), the festival incorporates multiple creative arts, from literature, to acting, cinema and live-painting, whilst presenting multiple genres (jazz, pop, musicals and folk music).
The festival concludes with the OPERA+ Weekend (5-7 April), three days of cultural bonanza highlighted by the production of Puccini’s Manon Lescaut. The opera returns to the Maltese stage after an absence of 20 years, starring Miriam Gauci – Gaulitana’s Honorary Patron - in the title role.
It will also host an exhibition on Giacomo Puccini.
- FEMALE MUSES - 10 Marzo h. 19.30 Nuovo Trio Parsifal Piano Trio Ministry of Gozo Hall
The Italian all-female trio presents a concert of works by female composers, including Melanie Bonis and Lily Boulanger together with works by Astor Piazzolla, the leading tango composer. - NEOLITHIC STEEL - 15 March h. 19.30. Steelwind Chamber Saxophone Quartet. Ggantija Temples, Xaghra
A unique concert-experience present the Saxophone Quartet in Gozo’s prime historic gem. The ensemble will perform works from their homeland, Italy, together with a number of minimalist pieces by Nyman and Glass, amongst others.Complimentary tickets for Ggantija events can be obtained from Ggantija Interpretation Centre/Gozo Museum of Archaeology(Cittadella). Entry can ONLY be granted on presentation of a ticket.
- A MUSICAL JOURNEY - 16 March h. 19.30. 18th to 21st Century Music GIUSEPPE FRICELLI & DARIA ALESHINA Piano Duo - Italy/Russia
Ministry for Gozo Hall, Victoria
The piano duo returns to the festival with a lunchtime concert including works for 4-hands by Mozart, Beethoven and Moszkowski. - THE SINGING VIOLIN - 16 March h. 19.30 DINO DE PALMA Violin CLAUDIA D’IPPOLITO Piano – Italy Ministry for Gozo Hall, Victoria
A concert featuring the Italian duo in renditions of Grieg’s Sonata No. 3 together with Paganini’s Variazione sul Mose' di Rossini, amongst other works. - CAPRICCIO NOTTURNO - 23 March h. 19.30. DAVIDE ALOGNA Violin GIUSEPPE GRECO Piano – Italy Ministry for Gozo Hall, Victoria
Warner Classics artist Davide Alogna mesmerizes audiences with Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata, together with virtuosic pieces, including the well-known Introduction et Rondò Capriccioso by Saint Saens. - SOY CONTENTO Y VOS SERVIDA - 24 March h. 19.30 CONTROARCO CONSORT Renaissance Ensemble BALTAZAR ZÚÑIGA Tenor – Italy/Mexico St Augustine Church, Victoria
This period ensemble’s main focus is Renaissance entertainment music of the 16th century. For this programme, the performers – acclaimed artists who recorded with many prestigious names in Early Music – present features in the works of Juan del Encina, as this year is the 550th anniversary from his birth.
ALL EVENTS ARE FREE, TO RESERVE A PLACE KINDLY SEND AN E-MAIL TO: gaulitanafestival@gmail.com
Gaulitana is supported by the Gozo Cultural Support Programme of Arts Council Malta in collaboration with the Ministry for Gozo
