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WEDNESDAY 21 JULY
20:30 - 21:55 (85 mins)
Etnika Live in Concert - Lura
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Spearheading the revival of Maltese Roots music since 1999, ETNIKA is renowned both locally and internationally for its high-quality artistic and creative projects, challenging and broadening the concepts of local culture through innovation and integration. It has a two-decade track record of creating awareness and pride in the local music and performing arts traditions, whilst helping inspire a cultural change by creating original crossover projects, combining other musical genres as well as similar roots music traditions from the mediterranean basin. The latest repertoire features a more introspective look into Malta’s rapidly changing identity, mining for gems of collective and individual expression based on some aspect of the traditional Maltese music, whether it may be lyrics from the 1930´s recordings, a traditional ghana song, folk rhymes or a popular tune, re-imagined and arranged in a semi-acoustic format.
Over the years the band toured extensively as cultural ambassadors for Malta in international folk and world music festivals including the prestigious Montreux Jazz Festival, Sydney Opera House, London, Rome, Berlin, Washington, Athens and many more.
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THURSDAY 22 JULY
20:30 - 22:05 (95 mins)
249: Il-Kobor tal-Umiltà ta' Prof. Oliver Friggieri & Swing Nuages: Vintage Gypsy Swing Jazz
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249: The Humble Greatness of Prof. Oliver Friggieri by Gabriel Lia
3 numbers. 4 walls. One office.
The theatrical performance ‘249’ brings us into the office of Prof. Oliver Friggieri, his second home, as we experience everything from the perspective of the four walls. It was an office always bustling with people, mostly students coming in and out. Every person who has entered the office has stayed longer than expected and never came out empty-handed. The office has seen the Professor serve his vocational role as a teacher to prepare students for the exam of life; it has seen him be a friend who listens in every circumstance and it has also witnessed the love of a father who was always ready to comfort and be of solace. In this same office, Oliver has provided consolation to many hearts and souls.
Swing Nuages: Vintage Gypsy Swing Jazz by Diccon Cooper
Swing Nuages is a fun-loving swing and jazz manouche band, born from a season of jam sessions in summer 2014. Swing Nuages perform uptempo and retro music inspired by the style of Django Reinhardt, who popularised the 'hot' jazz genre in the 1930s. The band play a repertoire of songs synonymous with Reinhardt, as well as other standard tunes adapted to the swinging style. In 2015 Swing Nuages was awarded 1st place in the Indi Unplugged Competition, and have since performed at the 2015, 2016 and 2017 editions of the Farson’s Great Beer Festival, the Marsovin Wine Festivals of 2017, 2018, and 2019, and the Bubble Festival in 2019.
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FRIDAY 23 JULY
20:30 - 21:30 (60 mins)
Lost Voices - Ilhna Mitlufa
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L-Ilhna Mitlufa is a trio of musicians, who have recently got together inspired by traditional and popular chant songs featured in the Lost Voices collection. Excited by the idea of reinterpretation of traditional repertoire, the trio have selected a series of songs from the collection and are proposing new arrangements on ghana and other popular styles found in the collection.
Accompanied by a series of short stories and anecdotes, the performance features a selection of varied music styles featured in the 1930s recordings. From more lyrical serenades and waltzes, to upbeat foxtrots, humorous makkjetti and ghana tal-fatt, the ensemble presents a unique repertoire blending the old with new perspectives and flavours.
Through performance L-Ilhna Mitlufa musicians investigate ways of performing traditional ghana, instigating the need to look deeper into our vocal tradition, whilst proposing new musical arrangements on tradition, new poetic contexts and new ways of being together in song.
THE MUSICIANS:
Mariele Zammit - voice,
Andrew Alamango - voice and guitar,
Alex Vella Gregory -voice and keys.
Guest: Mikiel Cumbo ‘L-Izgej’
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SATURDAY 24 JULY
20:30 - 22:00 (90 mins)
Ira Losco Unplugged intimate Women in Music Concert feat. special guests
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After a long hiatus from performing- not out of choice but due to COVID of course! - Ira Losco and her band will be performing an intimate unplugged concert at this year’s highly anticipated APS summer festival. The concert will also include special guests Destiny, Michela and Bloodline who will be joining Ira Losco on stage in the 4th edition of “ Women in music” . Due to current restrictions a limited audience will be able to enjoy the show which will include Ira Losco’s biggest hits to date, stripped down to match the intimate setting.
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SUNDAY 25 JULY
20:30 - 21:30 (60 mins)
Carmen by MOVEO Dance Company
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Moveo Dance Company, presents a contemporary dance performance telling the story of the world famous Carmen, choreographed by Artistic Director Dorian Mallia. From the original version to this Contemporary rendition, content has been adapted, but the main thrust has been retained with the anti-heroine at the centre of a mix of emotive characters.
Carmen is a performance with a mixture of true love, smuggling, and murder, all interpreted through the characters of this timeless opera, and to the most enchanting music of Bizet’s composition. This performance is sure to capture the story which first captured audiences’ imagination over 150 years ago. Audiences can appreciate the original features and music whilst feeling for the characters and understanding the pull between desire and duty, the freedom of love and the demands it makes of us. It is a modern take on a classic production which is sure to appeal audiences of all ages.
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MONDAY 26 JULY
20:30 - 21:30 (60 mins)
Carmen by MOVEO Dance Company
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Moveo Dance Company, presents a contemporary dance performance telling the story of the world famous Carmen, choreographed by Artistic Director Dorian Mallia. From the original version to this Contemporary rendition, content has been adapted, but the main thrust has been retained with the anti-heroine at the centre of a mix of emotive characters.
Carmen is a performance with a mixture of true love, smuggling, and murder, all interpreted through the characters of this timeless opera, and to the most enchanting music of Bizet’s composition. This performance is sure to capture the story which first captured audiences’ imagination over 150 years ago. Audiences can appreciate the original features and music whilst feeling for the characters and understanding the pull between desire and duty, the freedom of love and the demands it makes of us. It is a modern take on a classic production which is sure to appeal audiences of all ages.
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TUESDAY 27 JULY
20:30 - 22:05 (95 mins)
A night of World Music: Galea String Quartet & Pasión Tango
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A night of World Music: Galea String Quartet
If you're a music lover you're sure to enjoy this show! A mix of virtuosic popular classical and folk music performed by Malta's leading string players with an international performance career. The show includes music such as Monti's Czardas, Rodríguez's La Cumparsita and Bizet's overture from the opera Carmen.
Pasión Tango - Argentinean Tango Show
A collective of six international artists from Argentina, Scotland, and Italy bring the passion, sensuality, and intimacy of Argentinean Tango to the APS Summer Festival stage. A show of tango music, songs, and dance that will take you on a journey through the many forms Tango has taken since its origins in the port town of Buenos Aires, from the most intimate close embrace of the milongas (tango dancing salons), to the vertiginous acrobatic moves of contemporary Tango Escenario (tango for the stage) and including a special honour to the 100 th Anniversary of Argentinean Composer Astor Piazzola, Pasión Tango promises to delight your senses.
Piano: Jeremy Coleman
Clarinettist & Electronics: Martin Della Vecchia
Voice: Paula Guzzanti
Tango Dancers: Carlos Cisneros, Angelo Grimaldi, Paula Guzzanti
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WEDNESDAY 28 JULY
20:30 - 22:05 (95 mins)
Brikkuni Live feat. Ultralow Music Collective
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Sensing the general public's yearn for merriment, Brikkuni will be steering clear of the melancholia which characterized their live sets over the past 3 or 4 years to deliver an energetic 1 hour set chock full of fan favorites.
A pre-set from Ultralow Music Collective featuring Michael Azzopardi, Cheryl Camilleri, Kym, Princess Wonderful and Noah Fabri is set to prep the mood for Brikkuni’s set.
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THURSDAY 29 JULY
20:30 - 21:35 (65 mins)
Dance and Music Fusion – School of Performing Arts UM
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An evening of Music and Dance showcasing performance work from the School of Performing Arts of the University of Malta. Students and Lecturers will offer a blend of live music, screen dance and live contemporary dance.
The first part of the show will feature flutist Nicole Spiteri playing a series of solo and accompanied chamber music. Four third-year students from the Department of Dance Studies will join forces on the stage to close the first part of the evening. An intermezzo of six 1-minute screendance pieces will open the second part, followed by two newly commissioned dance pieces by dance lecturer Paula Guzzanti and Dance Studies alumni Alicja Sosnia. Both pieces highlight social issues such as control, social alienation, and the housing crisis.
First Act
Sonata for Solo Flute in A minor, Wq. 132, H 562 by C P E Bach (Flutist Nicole Spiteri)
Sonatina for Flute and Piano, Op. 100 by Antonin Dvorák (Flutist Nicole S. accompanist Jeremy Coleman)
Density by Emmanuel Pahud (Flutist Nicole S. with UM Dance graduates)
Second Act
When Love Fails (choreography by Paula Guzzanti, dancers from SPA)
Six 1-minute screendance pieces (created by dance students from SPA)
Ctrl (choreography by Alicja Sosnia, dancers from SPA)
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FRIDAY 30 JULY
20:30 - 22:45 (135 mins)
DJUN and Brodu Live in Concert
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Djun are a Maltese language pop group that combines ear friendly tunes with poetic lyrics and a musical sense of adventure. The band was formed in 2017 and immediately became a favourite among the local alternative rock scene. In 2019, Djun released their debut album "Il-Hlas", a collection of songs focusing on the theme of “endings”. Following the release of "Il-Hlas" the band continued to write new original material, and will shortly be releasing some of this material in the form of an “EP” called “Kometi”. “Kometi” marks a significant departure for Djun in terms of theme and sound for the band; the EP is a more upbeat record focusing on the theme of the high and lows of love. During the concert Djun will play a mixture of old and new songs from "Il-Hlas" and “Kometi”, with some of the songs off “Kometi” being performed live for the first time.
Brodu will be playing songs from their first three albums and also two songs from their upcoming split LP with Djun. Expect lots of out of tune singing, groove and melodies, all performed with lots of passion.
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SATURDAY 31 JULY
20:30 - 21:55 (85 mins)
Alexandra Alden & Band: Album Preview
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Alexandra Alden is a singer-songwriter and musician who marries the ephemeral with the personal through her songs. Having been launched to local fame with her contribution as a jury member on the hit TV show, 'The XFactor', Alden has become known for her bold statements, gentle demeanor and insightful musings into the creative and artistic worlds, which fuel her own musical creations.
Her debut EP 'The Curious Child' spawned two number one hits, whilst her following album 'Wild Honey', which was an ode to nature and the parallels between love, relationships and our environment framed in the context of the Maltese landscape, gained recognition overseas through her tours around the Netherlands and Scandinavia, winning multiple awards. Now, fresh out of lockdown and with an upcoming album planned for release this November, Alden has already previewed her new songs together with her band on national Dutch daytime TV, North Sea Round Town Festival and at Studio Trad in Belgium. The first single released this June, titled 'Helium’ sets the tone for even more new music to come.
Situated between two homes herself, and having been isolated from travelling back and forth for a long time, Alexandra has embedded this within her creative process. The lyrics, the images and the creative collaborations which have developed with the album all speak of the intricately webbed life that the artist now lives, balancing between The Netherlands and Malta. For this special event, Alden will be previewing her forthcoming album, 'Leads to Love', for the exclusive audience of APS Summer Festival.
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SUNDAY 1 AUGUST (80 mins)
20:30 - 21:50
Comedy Knights: The Comedy Knights Laugh Off
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One Night. Three Stand Up Comedians. One Winner. Join the The Comedy Knights for their first edition of the CK Laugh off where Chris Dingli, Malcolm Galea and James Ryder will battle it out in a fierce comedy competition which will have only one winner! This one night only event hosted by Colin Fitz will surely be a night not to be missed!
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