International String Orchestra Festival in Malta
13/04/2009 to 17/04/2009
The third International String Orchestra Festival, taking place in Malta from 13th to 17th April 2009, will be packed with musical activities ranging from solo recitals to outstanding orchestral concerts. The repertoire includes familiar works from Haydn, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Shostakovich and, Stravinsky to contemporary compositions by Dutch and Maltese composers.
Artistes of the highest calibre such as conductor Brian Schembri, violin virtuosos Carmine Lauri and Emanuel Salvador, pianist Simon Hester and, the Rotterdam Ensemble described as “one of the best chamber orchestras emerging in the Netherlands” with its principal conductor, Roberto Beltran, are gathering in Malta to give seven concerts which must not be missed.