This weekend, Gozo hosts 3 days of concerts and a competition for the Malta International Organ Festival.

Starting Thursday, this 6th edition of the festival promises something to interest all lovers of art and classical music, with artistic Director Joseph Lia

The festival brings together world renowned, top-notch musicians with some of the greatest music written for the organ, performed in chapels, churches, basilicas and cathedrals that showcase some of the Maltese Islands’ most stunning architectural and artistic heritage.

To keep up to date with information on the Festival, as well as details of the concerts in Malta, please see the website here.

The full Gozo programme can be seen below:

Thursday 28th & Friday 29th November – 9:30am till 4:00pm

Malta International Organ and Organ & Voice Competition

Rotunda of St John the Baptist, Xewkija, Gozo

Thursday 28th November – 7:15pm

Solo Organ Concert

Jan Van Mol (Belgium) – Organ

Cathedral of the Assunta, Victoria, Gozo – free

Friday 29th November – 7:15pm

Organ & Voice Concert

Presentation of Results of I Malta International Organ and Organ & Voice Competition

Daniel Zaretsky (Russia) – Organ, Maria Lyudko (Russia) – Soprano, Joseph Lia (Malta), Baritone and Competition Winners

Rotunda of St John the Baptist, Xewkija, Gozo – free

Saturday 30th November – 7.30pm

Organ Inauguration Concert – Organ & Trumpet Franco Cefai (Gozo) – Organ & Jason Camilleri (Gozo) – Trumpet

St Anthony of Padova Church, Ghajnsielem, Gozo – free

Photo: The pipe-organ in the Rotunda of St John the Baptist, Xewkija

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