Debut of the Kiraly Ensemble: Maria Blanco and fr

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by di-ve.com

Sunday, 12 September, 2004

At the end of its summer recess, the Manoel Theatre will be reopening its doors to the public with two consecutive concerts to be held at the Sala Isouard on Wednesday 15th and Thursday 16 September at 8.00pm.

The protagonists on this occasion will be The Kiraly Ensemble, an excitingly new group consisting of four young musicians from different countries who came together at the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest where they have worked together as a chamber ensemble throughout the past scholastic year with various Hungarian professors, including renowned pianists and members of the famous Bartok String Quartet. Although the Kiraly Ensemble have performed in Budapest on various occasions, their performances in Malta will mark their official debut as an ensemble. Their main sponsors are Tata Motors and Vivaldi Hotel Operations Ltd.

Two very attractive programmes have been selected by the Kiraly Ensemble for their two consecutive performances at the Sala Isouard : Handel, Prokofiev, Sarasate and Mozart will feature on the 15th, while Bach, Camilleri, Faure' and Brahms have been chosen for the 16th.

Composed of Brazilian Roberta Arruda (violin), Japanese Aine Suzuki (violin/viola), German Timo Reikowski (violoncello) and Maltese Maria Blanco (piano), the Ensemble will be joined by Roberta Attard (violin) for the piano quintet formation in their interpretation of Charles Camilleri's "Requiem for the Massacred".

Tickets for the concerts by the Kiraly Ensemble at the Sala Isouard are to be sold at Lm5, with block tickets for both concerts at Lm8. Student tickets are to be sold at a special price of Lm3.50. Tickets may be obtained from the booking office at the Manoel Theatre on tel. 21 246389, fax 21 237340, e-mail [email protected] and on line booking www.teatrumanoel.com

Transport will be organized from hotel to concert venue and back at a charge of LM1.

The Kiraly Ensemble will also be performing a selection of the pieces they will have played at the Sala Isouard, in the Music Room at St James Cavalier on the 18th September; they will be holding an Inprogress workshop at Action Base Theatre, Naxxar on the 13th.

For more information on concerts, booking and transport, kindly call 9942 0744.