Arditti Quartet in Concert

The Malta Arts Festival is proud to welcome on its concert platform The Arditti Quartet, undoubtedly one of the most important chamber ensembles of all times. The Arditti Quartet enjoys a worldwide reputation for their spirited and technically refined interpretations of contemporary and earlier 20th century music. Several hundred string quartets and other chamber works have been written for the ensemble since its foundation by first violinist Irvine Arditti in 1974. These works have left a permanent mark on 20th century repertoire and have given the Arditti Quartet a firm place in music history. World premieres of quartets by composers such as Birtwistle, Cage, Carter, Dillon, Ferneyhough, Gubaidulina, Harvey, Hosokawa, Kagel, Kurtag, Lachenmann, Ligeti, Nancarrow, Reynolds, Rihm, Scelsi, Stockhausen and Xenakis show the wide range of music in the Arditti Quartet repertoire.

During the Malta Arts Festival The Arditti Quartet will be performing Beethoven’s notoriously difficult Große Fugue and Bartok’s 4th String Quartet. The programme also includes works by Mediterranean contemporary composers Luis de Pablo, Pascal Dusapin and Iannis Xenakis

The Arditti Quartet:
Irvine Arditti, Ashot Sarkissjan - Violins, Ralf Ehlers - Viola , Lucas Fels - Cello
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Arditti Quartet in Concert

Saturday 11th July
President’s Palace Courtyard, Valletta
Time: 21:30
Admission: €15

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Photo: Philippe Gontier

Triana 41010 – Puerto Flamenco

PUERTO FLAMENCO are back on the stage of the Malta Arts Festival with a brand new production Triana 41010, after a busy year of touring Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Their most ambitious creative adventure to date, Triana 41010 draws a vital spark from the legendary bohemian suburb of Seville (and the company’s postal address). Triana, the cradle of flamenco, toreros and all things Andalusian, has also been a home for the company directors Francesca Grima and Andrej Vujicic for the past 10 years, and now they wish to pay it a tribute. A feast for the senses, the production swings madly from relentless artful merrymaking to awe-inspiring solemnity, abstracting the colourful feasts, incense-laden religious pilgrimages and a day-to-day vitality so particular to this enchanting corner of the world.


The cast includes the members of the award winning EDUARDO TRASSIERRA TRIO, which is touring Spain and Europe with its unique new-tendencies-blend of contemporary flamenco, together with Malta’s international flamenco personality FRANCESCA GRIMA and JESUS HERRERA winner of the highest flamenco awards “la Perla de Cadiz” and “la Union”.

The event, supported by the Spanish Embassy, will take place over two nights, 5thand 6th of July 2009 at the attractive venue of the ARGOTTI GARDENS in Floriana as part of the Malta Arts Festival.

Dates: 5th, 6th July
Venue: Argotti Gardens – Floriana, Malta

Time 21:00

Admission: €15

Photo: Jeremy de Maria

Photo: Jeremy de Maria