Gaulitana: A Festival of Music 2025
Unravel the Stories pressed in Ink to be Heard!
Sat 05/4
IN HARMONY: 19th CENTURY MUSIC PRINTING IN MALTA
Exhibition
(Open until 04 May, Viewing Hours: 09:00hrs – 17:00hrs)
ANNA BORG CARDONA │ JOSEPH CALLEJA Curators
Cittadella Cultural Centre, Victoria
(Launch Event included performances by Jessica Ellul & Pierre Louis Attard)
The exhibition at Gaulitana 2025 showcases a number of rare examples of music covers printed locally by the Brocktorff family of artists. Tapping the multi-dimensionality of Gaulitana, this offers a unique opportunity to view these artefacts curated together in one location, hence appreciating further their social context.
Curated by Anna Borg Cardona and Joseph Calleja, the event follows on the exhibition Folk Music in Gozo presented in 2023, as the festival seeks to kindle a deeper understanding of cultural heritage and traditions.
Open for the duration of the month-long cultural bonanza, the launch event was complemented by the performance of solo Maltese works in the presence of Hon Clint Camilleri, Minister for Gozo & Planning.
Sun 06/4
A VELLA-ATTARD SACRED OPENING
NICOLA SAID Soprano
GAULITANUS CHOIR
GAULITANUS STRING ORCHESTRA & ENSEMBLE
COLIN ATTARD Conductor – Malta
St Francis Church, Victoria
The Opening Concert at Gaulitana features soloists Anna Azzopardi, Althea Troisi and Annabelle Zammit (who stepped in at the last minute) together with the Gaulitanus Choir and the Gaulitanus String Orchestra & Percussion Ensemble.
The evening presented a number of compositions by the Vella-Attard family, namely Ganni Vella, Joseph Vella, Colin Attard and Pierre Louis Attard as well as the premiere of the late Stephen Attard’s final artistic contribution, a revised edition of Quddiesa Madonna Ta’ Pinu (originally composed in 2008).
Mon 07/4
ECHOES FROM SPAIN: GOYESCAS
SALVADOR SÁNCHEZ Piano – Spain
Kempinski Hotel San Lawrenz
The first solo recital featured Salvador Sánchez, renowned for his interpretations of Spanish composers bringing a unique sensitivity to the nuances of the music.
The pianist performed Goyescas, a piano suite by Granados inspired by the paintings of Francisco de Goya set in the romantic albeit tragic 18th century Spain.
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