The Malta Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Joseph Vella, the Festival’s Artistic director, will inaugurate the 17th edition of the Victoria International Arts Festival on Wednesday the 11th of June.
This year the festival will run from the 11th of June until the 14th of July. The programme for the festival is available here [1].
The festival welcomes back violinist Dejan Bogdanovich who, this year, will be performing Wieniawski’s virtuoso 2nd violin concerto.
The inaugural concert is taking place at St George’s Basilica, starting at 7.30pm,the public are kindly requested to be seated 15 minutes before.
The Programme for the concert is as follows:
Smetana Ultava
Wieniavski Violin Concerto no 2 in D minor op 22 soloist – Dejan Bogdanovic
Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux from Nutcracker
Dvorak Symphony no 8 in G major op 88, B 163
The Malta Philharmonic Orchestra: Leader Marcelline Agius and Conductor Joseph Vella.
1 Comment To "Victoria International Arts Festival: Inaugural concert with the MPO"
#1 Comment By Colin Copeland On June 2, 2014 @ 4:28 pm
Sorry to miss as not starting holiday this year until 5th August such a shame