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2021

Rebranded to ‘InClassica’ and packed with moments of technical virtuosity and sublime musicality, the festival's 2021 edition looks set to build on the successes of the past, while looking forward to a bright and  creative future.

InClassica features performances by some of the best musicians of our time, among them legendary pianists Denis Matsuev, Yekwon Sunwoo, Fazil Say, Rudolf Buchbinder and Behzod Abduraimov, violinists Maxim Vengerov, Daniel Lozakovich, Gil Shaham and Daniel Hope, cellists Mischa Maisky and Steven Isserlis, soprano Fatma Said and clarinettist Andreas Ottensamer. With the participation of thirty-seven internationally-renowned soloists, seven noted symphony orchestras and eleven celebrated conductors across the festival's thirty concerts, InClassica 2021 will present great symphonic works of the past, rarely performed masterpieces and the oeuvre of the event's Composer-In-Residence, Alexey Shor. With its prestigious profile and imaginative programme, InClassica Festival looks to the future whilst marking the achievements of the past, uniting people across the globe in appreciation and celebration of classical music.

2018

Coinciding with the year when Valetta was the European Capital of Culture, in 2018, the Malta International Music Festival re-invented itself with a spectacular Piano Competition that beat records.

In a series of preliminary eleven competitions organized in musical capitals of Europe and Asia, it offered more than 700 participants the chance to show their talent in front of a distinguished jury. After these competitions, held in ten different countries with a previously unseen effort, the 55 best young pianists were brought to Valletta. In the Maltese capital they received masterclasses, competed against each other and played in front of a live audience. The Festival featured such classical music stars as Maxim Vengerov, Grigory Sokolov, Salvatore Accardo, Nicolai Lugansky, Andreas Ottensamer and many others.

2017

InClassica Music Festival by Medici.tv

The medici.tv team attended the event to film the final round of the Malta International Piano Competition, Master-Classes with leading professors together with the grandiose 18 days Festival with the participation of the internationally acclaimed stars. The recording was broadcasted on the official medici.tv website.

2016

Looking back, the 2016 edition of the Malta International Music Festival can be considered the turning point of the festival’s history.

Counting with the participation of international stars and the organization of competitions, the festival underlined the social commitment of the European Foundation for Support of Culture. Driven by the conviction that the improvement of musical education and tuition is crucial for the future of culture, the festival created unique opportunities for young artist to perform and make invaluable experiences.

2011

The history of the Malta International Music Festival is a story of success!

Launched in 2011, it started, first on a small scale, as a local festival centring on the potential of Maltese culture. In spite of being a primarily local event, featuring Maltese musicians, composers and rising stars, the quality of the programme soon attracted the attention of globally acclaimed musicians and international media.

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“We are interested in running only high-level events that leave an indelible impression on our audience and expanding the range of exquisite entertainment.”

SAMIT (Show Art Music International Tours) Event Group is a young events company that has quickly risen to become one of the premier, fastest-growing show production and management groups in the Middle East. Made up of an ambitious and driven team of talented professionals from all over the world with a wide variety of experience in this sector, the group specializes in the field of arts and culture, with a particular focus on bringing some of the biggest cultural events in the world to the Middle East, as well as producing and organizing their own projects in this sector. 

Having taken on the mission to expand the reach of our global cultural heritage, while also broadening its appreciation to all corners of the Middle East, SAMIT regularly collaborates with a host of world-renowned musicians, conductors, composers, and other artists from all areas, incorporating both the stars of today as well as the up-and-coming talents that shall form the upper echelons of tomorrow. Through its carefully-cultivated relationships with some of the biggest names in the industry, as well as a series of distinguished institutions, venues, and festivals from around the globe, SAMIT aids these artists in launching a new stage of their careers in this vibrant and exciting region whose vast potential still remains relatively untapped.

Since its inception, SAMIT has already made good on this promise, embarking upon a large number of projects including music festivals, international orchestra tours, concerts, exhibitions, and other events, organized both through its own in-house projects, as well as through a series of collaborations with a diverse group of international cultural organizations. Moreover, in tandem with its global partners, SAMIT has also taken up the remit of expanding cultural development through increased educational opportunities, hosting various cultural academies, workshops, masterclasses, lectures, and seminars to help train and foster the development of tomorrow’s world.

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“We are interested in running only high-level events that leave an indelible impression on our audience and expanding the range of exquisite entertainment.”

SAMIT (Show Art Music International Tours) Event Group is a young events company that has quickly risen to become one of the premier, fastest-growing show production and management groups in the Middle East. Made up of an ambitious and driven team of talented professionals from all over the world with a wide variety of experience in this sector, the group specializes in the field of arts and culture, with a particular focus on bringing some of the biggest cultural events in the world to the Middle East, as well as producing and organizing their own projects in this sector.

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COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE

ALEXEY SHOR

COMPOSER

BIOGRAPHY

Alexey Shor was born in Kiev in 1970, immigrated to Israel in 1991, and now lives primarily in the USA.

His compositions have been performed at some of the most prestigious concert halls, including Wiener Musikverein, Berlin Philharmonie, Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center (Washington DC), Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory, Mariinsky Theatre (St. Petersburg), Kremlin Palace (Moscow), The Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Gasteig (Munich), Wigmore Hall (London), Teatro Argentina (Rome) and many others. Concerts with his music have been broadcast on MediciTV, Mezzo and Euronews. Mr Shor’s music has been showcased on Fox Business News and the websites of Bloomberg News, the New Yorker, Yahoo and the Huffington Post. The Overture to his ballet “Crystal Palace” was performed at the 40th Gramophone Classical Music Awards ceremony in London. In 2018 he has been awarded an honorary professorship at the Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan.

Mr. Shor’s scores are published by Breitkopf & Hartel and P.Jurgenson.

CDs with his compositions have been issued by Warner Classics, DECCA, SONY Classics, Delos, Berlin Classics, and Melodiya.

Mr. Shor is the Composer-In-Residence for the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra Academie and Armenian State Symphony Orchestra. 

Many internationally acclaimed artists have performed Mr Shor’s music, including (in alphabetical order) Behzod Abduraimov, Salvatore Accardo, Ray Chen, Steven Isserlis, Evgeny Kissin, Denis Kozukhin, Shlomo Mintz, Mikhail Pletnev, Gil Shaham, Yeol Eum Son, Yekwon Sunwoo, Maxim Vengerov, Nikolaj Znaider and many others.

He also holds a Ph.D. in mathematics.