Karl Fiorini’s Piano Sonatas: A Lecture Recital by Christine Zerafa

Karl Fiorini’s Piano Sonatas – A Lecture Recital by Christine Zerafa

In this lecture recital, pianist Christine Zerafa performs Karl Fiorini’s two piano sonatas, which date from 2017 and 2021. The audience will have the opportunity to experience and understand these works from a structural and performance practice perspective through a series of demonstrations and brief explanations delivered by the pianist. This will be followed by a concert performance of the two sonatas in their entirety. This is the first event of a series of three concerts/lecture recitals as part of a performance research project funded by Arts Council Malta, which focuses on Karl Fiorini’s solo piano works.

Programme:

Karl Fiorini – Sonata no. 1 (2017)
Karl Fiorini – Sonata no. 2 (2021)

Tickets:
– General Admission: €15
– Concessions: €10

Booking:
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Christine Zerafa, Pianist – Biography

Described by critics as “a musician with a warm and very communicative personality” (The Times of Malta) and praised for her “sensual, silky tone and virtuoso command” (The Evening Standard, London), pianist Christine Zerafa has performed in notable international venues and festivals including the Royal Festival Hall, Wigmore Hall, Cadogan Hall, Oxford Lieder Festival and Cheltenham Festival, amongst others. Most recently she was made an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music (RAM), an honour awarded in recognition of her significant contribution to the music profession.

Christine has been recipient of various awards including the Bice Mizzi National Competition, the Royal Northern College of Music Clifton Helliwell Prize, the RAM Scott Huxley prize for piano accompaniment, the Schumann Lieder pianist prize, as well as the Eric Brough Prize and the John B McEwen Prize during her studies. Christine was twice selected as a Park Lane Group Artist and she was also an award winner on the Tunnell Trust Artist Chamber Music Scheme.

Christine gained a Master of Music in solo performance from the Royal Northern College of Music where she studied with Norma Fisher and Paul Janes, after which she moved on to study with Andrea Lucchesini at the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole in Florence. She then read for a Master of Music degree in piano accompaniment, which she completed with distinction at the Royal Academy of Music under the tuition of Michael Dussek, Malcolm Martineau and Ian Brown. She also completed her PhD at the Royal Academy of Music. Christine is currently based in Malta, where she enjoys a busy schedule as a concert pianist, researcher and educator.

Karl Fiorini, Composer – Biography

Karl is a composer, pianist, and festival director. He read for a Master’s in Music Composition at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, and obtained his Doctorate from the Royal College of Music, London. His output of more than 50 works, ranging from solo to chamber music, to music for film, theatre, and dance, and large symphonic compositions, is regularly performed throughout Europe, and he is much in demand as a composer.

His compositions have been released on record by Divine Art Recordings and Grand Piano Naxos. He is the Artistic Director of the Malta Festival of Ideas and the Malta Spring Festival, an annual event that celebrates the realms of classical and contemporary music, showcasing a captivating blend of talent across various genres by renowned artists, providing a platform for rising stars to shine, and also featuring concerts by performers with special needs.

He works and lives in Paris.

Tuesday 29 October 2024

8pm

Concert Hall of the Malta Society of Arts,
Palazzo de La Salle,
219, Republic Street,
Valletta