On Friday 4 February, at 20:00hrs, the Manoel Theatre is presenting the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra in a concert directed by Latvian conductor Andris Poga. The programme consists of the Tragic Overture, Op. 81, the Concerto N. 1 in A minor for cello and orchestra, Op.33 by Saint-Saëns with soloist Simon Abdilla Joslin and Beethoven’s Symphony N.3 in E flat Major, Op. 55 “Eroica”.
Andris Poga was born in 1980 and graduated from Riga’s Jazeps Vitols Academy of Music. He also studied philosophy at Riga University and in 2004 and 2005, at Vienna’s University of Music and Performing Arts studied conducting with Uroš Lajovic. He also took Master Classes with leading conductors Seiji Ozawa, Mariss Janssons and Leif Segerstam. Since 2007 he has regularly directed the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra in symphonic works by among others, Beethoven Mahler, Brahms, Hindemith, Weber, Berg, Richard Strauss and Messiaën.
Founder of the Konsonanse Chamber Orchestra, Andris Poga has toured Latvia with it and also abroad, among others, in Germany, Finland and Spain. He has released two CDs: Merry Christmas in 2007 and Windstream in 2008, with the Riga Professional Symphonic Band of which he has been music director and chief conductor since 2007.
Among various prestigious awards, Andris Poga was winner of the Latvia Great Music Award (2007) and last year won first prize in the Yevgeny Svetlanov International Conducting Competition in Montpellier. He has also conducted various French orchestras including the Orchestre Nationale de Bordeaux, the Orchestre Nationale de Montpellier and last year was assistant to Myung-Whun Chung for a concert by the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France.
Simon Abdilla Joslin is one of Malta’s leading cellists. He began his cello studies at the age of nine with Monica Attard Miggiani and three years later he was placed first in the Young Musician of the Year Competition (Malta). He furthered hi studies abroad when he won a scholarship and went to Trinity College London where he studied under Derek Aviss and Arthur Davison. He also studied at the Conservatorio Santa Cecilia of Rome with Salvatore Degirolamo and Jorge Schultiz, first cellist of Rome’s Teatro dell’Opera. Simon Abdilla Joslin also took Master Classes with Daneil Veis, Julia Lichten and Stefan Popov. He has appeared very frequently both as soloist as well as in chamber music recitals in Malta, England, France, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, the Vatican City, Greece, Italy, Tunisia, Egypt and the USA. Besides as soloist he has premiered works by Maltese composers such as Charles Camilleri and Joseph Vella.
On various occasions Simon Abdilla Joslin has been invited to perform with the National Orchestra of Malta, the Ochestra del Mediterraneo, the Accademia Musicale Siciliana, the Upper Austria Youth Orchestra and I Filarmonici di Bologna at such prestigious venues among which are the Manoel Theatre, the Mediterranean Conference Centre, the UN HQ in New York, the Sala Mozart (Bologna), Teatro Politeama Garibaldi and Teatro Massimo in Palermo. He has recorded for both radio and television and is responsible for cello tuition at Malta’s main music institution, the Johann Strauss School of Music. He plays a fine French cello, an Honoré Derazay, c.1860.
Of Tragedy and Heroism
Of Tragedy and Heroism
6 +
Genre
Concert
Run time
2h 0min
Genre
Concert
Run time
2h 0min
On Friday 4 February, at 20:00hrs, the Manoel Theatre is presenting the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra in a concert directed by Latvian conductor Andris Poga. The programme consists of the Tragic Overture, Op. 81, the Concerto N. 1 in A minor for cello and orchestra, Op.33 by Saint-Saëns with soloist Simon Abdilla Joslin and Beethoven’s Symphony N.3 in E flat Major, Op. 55 “Eroica”.
Andris Poga was born in 1980 and graduated from Riga’s Jazeps Vitols Academy of Music. He also studied philosophy at Riga University and in 2004 and 2005, at Vienna’s University of Music and Performing Arts studied conducting with Uroš Lajovic. He also took Master Classes with leading conductors Seiji Ozawa, Mariss Janssons and Leif Segerstam. Since 2007 he has regularly directed the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra in symphonic works by among others, Beethoven Mahler, Brahms, Hindemith, Weber, Berg, Richard Strauss and Messiaën.
Founder of the Konsonanse Chamber Orchestra, Andris Poga has toured Latvia with it and also abroad, among others, in Germany, Finland and Spain. He has released two CDs: Merry Christmas in 2007 and Windstream in 2008, with the Riga Professional Symphonic Band of which he has been music director and chief conductor since 2007.
Among various prestigious awards, Andris Poga was winner of the Latvia Great Music Award (2007) and last year won first prize in the Yevgeny Svetlanov International Conducting Competition in Montpellier. He has also conducted various French orchestras including the Orchestre Nationale de Bordeaux, the Orchestre Nationale de Montpellier and last year was assistant to Myung-Whun Chung for a concert by the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France.
Simon Abdilla Joslin is one of Malta’s leading cellists. He began his cello studies at the age of nine with Monica Attard Miggiani and three years later he was placed first in the Young Musician of the Year Competition (Malta). He furthered hi studies abroad when he won a scholarship and went to Trinity College London where he studied under Derek Aviss and Arthur Davison. He also studied at the Conservatorio Santa Cecilia of Rome with Salvatore Degirolamo and Jorge Schultiz, first cellist of Rome’s Teatro dell’Opera. Simon Abdilla Joslin also took Master Classes with Daneil Veis, Julia Lichten and Stefan Popov. He has appeared very frequently both as soloist as well as in chamber music recitals in Malta, England, France, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, the Vatican City, Greece, Italy, Tunisia, Egypt and the USA. Besides as soloist he has premiered works by Maltese composers such as Charles Camilleri and Joseph Vella.
On various occasions Simon Abdilla Joslin has been invited to perform with the National Orchestra of Malta, the Ochestra del Mediterraneo, the Accademia Musicale Siciliana, the Upper Austria Youth Orchestra and I Filarmonici di Bologna at such prestigious venues among which are the Manoel Theatre, the Mediterranean Conference Centre, the UN HQ in New York, the Sala Mozart (Bologna), Teatro Politeama Garibaldi and Teatro Massimo in Palermo. He has recorded for both radio and television and is responsible for cello tuition at Malta’s main music institution, the Johann Strauss School of Music. He plays a fine French cello, an Honoré Derazay, c.1860.
Andris Poga was born in 1980 and graduated from Riga’s Jazeps Vitols Academy of Music. He also studied philosophy at Riga University and in 2004 and 2005, at Vienna’s University of Music and Performing Arts studied conducting with Uroš Lajovic. He also took Master Classes with leading conductors Seiji Ozawa, Mariss Janssons and Leif Segerstam. Since 2007 he has regularly directed the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra in symphonic works by among others, Beethoven Mahler, Brahms, Hindemith, Weber, Berg, Richard Strauss and Messiaën.
Founder of the Konsonanse Chamber Orchestra, Andris Poga has toured Latvia with it and also abroad, among others, in Germany, Finland and Spain. He has released two CDs: Merry Christmas in 2007 and Windstream in 2008, with the Riga Professional Symphonic Band of which he has been music director and chief conductor since 2007.
Among various prestigious awards, Andris Poga was winner of the Latvia Great Music Award (2007) and last year won first prize in the Yevgeny Svetlanov International Conducting Competition in Montpellier. He has also conducted various French orchestras including the Orchestre Nationale de Bordeaux, the Orchestre Nationale de Montpellier and last year was assistant to Myung-Whun Chung for a concert by the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France.
Simon Abdilla Joslin is one of Malta’s leading cellists. He began his cello studies at the age of nine with Monica Attard Miggiani and three years later he was placed first in the Young Musician of the Year Competition (Malta). He furthered hi studies abroad when he won a scholarship and went to Trinity College London where he studied under Derek Aviss and Arthur Davison. He also studied at the Conservatorio Santa Cecilia of Rome with Salvatore Degirolamo and Jorge Schultiz, first cellist of Rome’s Teatro dell’Opera. Simon Abdilla Joslin also took Master Classes with Daneil Veis, Julia Lichten and Stefan Popov. He has appeared very frequently both as soloist as well as in chamber music recitals in Malta, England, France, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, the Vatican City, Greece, Italy, Tunisia, Egypt and the USA. Besides as soloist he has premiered works by Maltese composers such as Charles Camilleri and Joseph Vella.
On various occasions Simon Abdilla Joslin has been invited to perform with the National Orchestra of Malta, the Ochestra del Mediterraneo, the Accademia Musicale Siciliana, the Upper Austria Youth Orchestra and I Filarmonici di Bologna at such prestigious venues among which are the Manoel Theatre, the Mediterranean Conference Centre, the UN HQ in New York, the Sala Mozart (Bologna), Teatro Politeama Garibaldi and Teatro Massimo in Palermo. He has recorded for both radio and television and is responsible for cello tuition at Malta’s main music institution, the Johann Strauss School of Music. He plays a fine French cello, an Honoré Derazay, c.1860.
Info
Rating
6 Years & Over
Production year
2010
Producer
Teatru Manoel
Venue
Teatru Manoel
In Theatres
04/02/2011