Malta International Arts Festival – Grains of Sound… Piano & Sand Art

Malta International Arts Festival – Grains of Sound… Piano & Sand Art

PROGRAMME

Maurice Ravel                          Gaspar de la Nuit (1908)

I Ondine

                                                  II Le Gibet

                                                  III Scarbo

Modest Mussorgsky                Pictures at an Exhibition (1874)

I Promenade

                                                  II Gnomus (Gnome)

                                                  III Promenade

                                                  IV The Old Castle

                                                  V Promenade

                                                  VI Tuileries (Children Quarrelling after Games)

                                                  VII Bydlo

                                                  VIII Promenade

                                                  IX Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks

                                                  X “Samuel” Goldenberg and “Schmuÿle” (Two                                          Jews, Rich and Poor)

                                                  XI Promenade

                                                  XII The Marketplace at Limoges

                                                  XIII Catacombs (Sepulcrum romanum)

                                                  XIV Cum mortuis in lingua mortua

                                                  XV The Hut on Fowl’s Legs (Baba-Yaga)

                                                  XVI The Great Gate of Kiev

ARTISTS
Jacopo Petrucci – piano
Erica Abelardo – sand art

Photo by Erica Abelardo

General admission fee: €10
Concession fee: €10 (Children between 11-16 years, Senior Citizens 60+, persons with disability & students)
Age: 8+

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JACOPO PETRUCCI, PIANO – Biography

Jacopo Petrucci is a rising Italian pianist specialising in 20th and 21st-century repertoire. He studied at the Conservatorio “A. Casella,” Scuola di Musica di Fiesole and the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, establishing himself as a soloist and chamber musician. He has collaborated with ensembles like Ensemble Novecento and PMCE and performed at notable venues such as the “B. Cristofori” International Piano Festival and Accademia Filarmonica Romana. In the 2024-25 season, Petrucci will tour internationally with the performance Dancing Glass, visiting Italy, Estonia, and China. He has participated in masterclasses with Pierre-Laurent Aimard and attended lessons at the Mozarteum in Salzburg and the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy in Krakow.

ERICA ABELARDO, SAND ARTIST – Biography

Erica Abelardo is an Italian visual and sand artist from Abruzzo. Since 2011 she has been performing live Sand Art shows, creating intricate illustrations with sand on a light table that evolve in real time – blending visual art, storytelling and stage performance. Recognised as one of Italy’s leading Sand Art artists, she performs at festivals, theatres and institutional and corporate events both nationally and internationally. With a background in graphic design, photography and fashion Erica combines traditional and digital techniques to produce videos, commercials and multimedia works. Her work fuses craftsmanship with new media, transforming sand into a powerful medium for emotional and immersive storytelling.

Friday, 12 June 2026

8pm

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

General admission fee: €10
Concession fee: €10 (Children between 11-16 years, Senior Citizens 60+, persons with disability & students)

Age: 8+