Modern Composers
International Music Festival
Joseph Vella:
Joseph Vella:
“As you know, unlike any other form of artistic expression, music does not ‘live’ until it is performed.”
The Composer in a 2012 interview with the Malta Independent
Qigang Chen
Qigang Chen
“His compositions display real inventiveness, very great talent and a total assimilation of Chinese thinking to European musical concepts.”
Olivier Messiaen
Georgs Pelecis
Georgs Pelecis
“Music is written for one or two main reasons:either to make some intellectual address to the listener,or for the sake of music itself. I feel closer to the second.All my creative inspiration comes from music, the nation of euphony as an embodiment or reflection of the ideal. Aspiration to that ideal is the most important theme of my work.”
www.music.lv
Alexander Tchaikovsky
Alexander Tchaikovsky
“One of the most highly respected composers at work in contemporary Russia.”
Toccata Music
Karl Jenkins
Karl Jenkins
“As a composer he recognises no boundaries – musical, commercial,geographical or cultural. His is a way of thinking and composing that is perfectly in tune with the spirit of the times.”
Classic FM
Tigran Mansurian
Tigran Mansurian
“Today Mansurian is recognized across the world for the integrity of his art: Delicately beautiful, touchingly humane and compassionate without a hint of pathos, with its architectural unity and pithy eloquence subtly intimating its creator’s inner strength.”
Culture Spot LA
Giya Kancheli
Giya Kancheli
“Kancheli’s scores, deeply spiritual in nature, are filled with haunting aural images, varied colours and textures, sharp contrasts and shattering climaxes. His music draws inspiration from Georgian Folklore and sings with a heartfelt, yet refined emotion.”
Bruce Duffie
Krzysztof Penderecki
Krzysztof Penderecki
“When I conduct my own compositions I can try and guide each part of the piece to the ideal,which I created in my head when I composed it ( …) Only I know how long each part of the part should last, how quickly it should develop.”
Johnny Greenwood, Radiohead
Alexey Shor
Alexey Shor
“In some ways I write for an audience of one which is me. I imagine myself in a concert hall and think ‘ If I heard this would I enjoy it? Would I ever want to hear it again?’ If the answer to all those questions is yes, then maybe this piece has a future.”
Maltatoday

About Modern Composers

The Modern Composers International Music Festival started in 2016 and continued in 2018 and 2019, alongside the prestigious collaborations of the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO) and the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra (ASSO) and prestigious soloists, performing works from some of the most esteemed modern composers.

The European Foundation for Support of Culture (EUFSC) and its President Konstantin Ishkhanov are the main organisers of this project, which represents the consolidation of an incredible artistic journey that started five years ago and brings classical music to the highest levels of excellence and gives fundamental relevance to culture.

Konstantin Ishkhanov
President
of European Foundation
for Support of Culture

“The Modern Composers International Music Festival represents a great project for classical music and culture all around the world. It started in 2016 and continued in 2018 and 2019, joining forces with the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO) and the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra (ASSO). The European Foundation for Support of Culture and I are proud to be able to collaborate with these prestigious ensembles with joy and optimism towards the world of arts and culture, which brings unique values and opportunities to all of us classical music lovers”..

History of ‘Modern Composers’

Inaugural edition · 2016

The Modern Composers International Music Festival, previously known as Festival of Modern Composers, took place for the first time in Malta between the 6th and 9th of October 2016 at the Robert Samut Hall in Floriana, Malta, with Maltese composer and conductor Joseph Vella as Composer-In-Residence and the European Foundation for Support of Culture (EUFSC) and the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO) as organisers. The festival featured competitions between young performers, judged by jury members, and day time concerts.

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2018 Edition

The 2nd edition of Modern Composers International Music Festival happened two years later, in 2018, as part of the prestigious InClassica International Music Festival, previously known as Malta International Music Festival, involving competitions between young musicians, a large number of masterclasses held by some of the most esteemed classical music professors and pedagogues and concerts by some of the greatest soloists and conductors.

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2019 Edition

In 2019, the EUFSC announced the 3rd edition of Modern Composers International Music Festival, known in that year as Contemporary Classics Composers’ Festival, in collaboration with the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra (ASSO) and the Armenian Ministry of Education, Science, Culture, and Sports.

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Contact Us

EUFSC
European Foundation for Support of Culture

Office 6, Westin Dragonara Resort,
Dragonara Road, St Julians, Malta

+35627877705

info@eufsc.eu