Ouka Leele’ utopian images

Ouka Leele, a prestigious Spanish female photographer with an art career dating back to the late 70’s, ranks among the landmark figures of Europe as a contemporary of the American female artist Cindy Sherman. She is also one of the participants of the new wave cultural movement La Movida, which began in Spain, especially in Madrid, during the 80s with the arrival of Democracy, and swept all over the European continent. The Maltese public will have the opportunity to see some of her landmark works in a show presented at the St. James Cavalier Center’s Main Hall from January 8 until February 7, 2010.
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Mario Borg Sillato’s solo in Valletta

Maltese artist Mario Borg Sillato has been experimenting with a technique which simulates graffiato with scratching on wood surfaces and inlays of paint. These ''engravings' normally celebrate human and animal life, often depicted in a chiaroscuro style. Visitors to Valletta, Malta, have the opportunity to see his work in an exhibition mounted at the St. James Cavalier Centre for Creativity from November 27 to January 3, 2010.
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Red carpet treatment in Valletta

Reputed to be Europe's third-oldest working theatre -and the oldest in the Commonwealth of Nations- the Teatru Manoel on Valletta’s Old Theatre Street (Triq it-Teatru l-Antik) is now Malta's National Theatre and home to the National Orchestra of Malta. The new season in the small, 623-seat venue of lavish architectural majesty offers a variety of concerts and recitals, drama and dance performances, as well as musicals and pantomime shows, from October 23, 2009, to May 11, 2010.
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Performers' Platform Concert Series

The St. James Cavalier Centre for Creativity in Valletta has a commitment to discovering, nurturing and promoting new talents and the Performers' Platform Concert Series gives up and coming musicians the opportunity to perform in a professional environment in the Music room at the centre to an appreciative audience. Lunchtime Wednesday Concerts feature an extraordinarily wide range of performers and repertoire, starting October 7 and running through May 2010.
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Lunchtime music breaks in Valletta

Take time out in the middle of your busy schedule or fit this in your leisurely holiday timetable. Valletta has lots o offer even when the hordes of summer tourists leave Malta. This October and November enjoy good classical music in the most charming environment of the beautiful church of St. Catherine of Italy in the heart of Valletta, where the fourth series of lunchtime concerts takes place, featuring an eclectic array of works and an exciting line up of performers.
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Choristers invade Malta

Choirs of different styles and levels of achievements as well as ensembles and music groups from all over the world will get together for four days on the beautiful island of Malta to compete in a unique contest that will surely captivate the international and national audiences. The third edition of the International Choir Competition and Festival of Malta runs from October 29 to November 2, 2009 and gives participants a unique opportunity to get to know people from countless nations, cultures and religions and experience unforgettable times as they sing and make music together in a peaceful competition.
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New York’s Met Opera in Malta

The New York Metropolitan Opera's experiment of merging film with live performance has created a new art form. The groundbreaking series of live, high-definition Saturday performance transmissions into movie theatres in more than 35 countries around the world has enjoyed box office success, reaching an estimated audience of more than 1.1 million viewers last year. In 2009-10, the Met offers its fourth season of international HD transmissions -this time with nine broadcasts. In Malta, you can watch live Met’s thrilling, world-class opera at Valletta’s St. James Cavalier Centre.
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Izzo’s empty spaces

Creating art out of absolute emptiness is what Maltese designer and artist Jean Karl Izzo does best and this is what he wants us to witness in his first solo show hosted at the Upper Galleries of the St James Cavalier Centre in Valletta. Izzo’s exhibition, titled Spazi, meaning Spaces, will be on show from November 6 to December 13, featuring works on canvas, board and paper with the use of paint and mixed media that reflect his ideas developed within the past four years.
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Clay joins artists from Cyprus and Malta

After four previous occasions where a group of Maltese ceramists exhibited jointly with another group of ceramists from Cyprus. in Mdina (2004) and Valletta (2008) and in Larnaka (2004 and 2007), another group exhibition of works by artists from the two Mediterranean islands is set to take place at the Upper Galleries of the St. James Cavalier Centre of Valletta, from September 12 to October 25.
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