Conceived and founded in 2005 by composer Karl Fiorini, The Malta Spring Festival is an annual classical and contemporary music festival known for its innovative programming and commitment to new repertoire. The festival takes place in different venues in Valletta, capital city of Malta. Each year the Malta Spring Festival presents its listeners with a theme exploring the repertoire from the classicists to today, rarely or unheard in Malta, taking the audience on a journey of cultural, psychological and personal discovery. The Malta Spring Festival takes pride in carefully selecting an ambitious roster of artists as well as in placing a premium on challenge, innovation and class, showcasing the new with the not-so-old in unexpected juxtapositions of programming, at times verging on audience “unfriendly”, emotionally relentless, and mentally demanding repertoire. Running parallel to the evening concerts and recitals, an education strand of the Malta Spring Festival - Rising Stars Concert Series - welcomes up-and-coming local artists to hone their skills on the larger stage, encouraging them to think and compare less regionally, with the aim of providing these young artists in-the-making the necessary springboard to pursue their musical education abroad the shores of Malta.
Tuesday 19th April 8pm | Opening Concert | St Paul’s Anglican Cathedral | KorMALTA | Duration 90 minutes
Wednesday 20th April 12:30pm Rising Stars Lunchtime Concert 1 | Malta Society of Arts | Duration 45 minutes
Wednesday 20th April 8pm | Teatru Manoel | Charlene Farrugia Piano Recital
Thursday 21st April 12:30pm Rising Stars Lunchtime Concert 2 | Malta Society of Arts | Duration 45 minutes
Thursday 21st April 8pm | Museum of Archaeology | Klein String Trio | Duration 60 minutes
Thursday 22nd April 9:30 pm | Casino Maltese | Muse & Madness | Dance & Music | Duration 60 minutes
Friday 22nd April 12:30 Rising Stars Lunchtime Concert 3 | Malta Society of Arts | Duration 45 minutes
Friday 22nd April 8pm | Teatru Manoel | Alessia Bonnici & Messiaen Quartet Copenhagen | Duration 100 minutes
Saturday 23rd April 12:30 Rising Stars Lunchtime Concert 3 | Malta Society of Arts | Duration 60 minutes
Saturday 23rd April 8pm Closing Orchestral Concert | Teatru Manoel | Malta School of Music Percussion Ensemble & Novarte Ensemble | Duration 100 minutes