Bir Miftuħ lnternational Music Festival 2016 continues next Saturday

● A classical guitar recital by Liat Cohen

By general request after last year’s resounding success, Liat Cohen on Classic Guitar will once more mesmerise the Bir Miftuħ aficionados with a concert of fascinating music consisting of: Leyenda Asturias - Albeniz Passacaglia – Rodrigo La Maja de Goya - Granados Capricho Arabe, La Traviata Tarrega Valse Venezuela - Lauro Usher Valse - Koshkin Brasilerinho – Abreu

This performance is made possible thanks to the kind support of the Ambassador of Israel, HE Oren David.

Liat Cohen is considered to be one of the most important guitarists in the world today. She is the first classical guitarist ever to receive the Nadia and Lili Boulanger Prize awarded by the Fondation de France. She has played at the Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels, Circulo de Bellas Artes in Madrid, Salle Cortot in Paris, the National Theatre of Costa Rica, the Opera National de Montpellier, the Musée des Invalids in Paris, the Palais des Congrès de Lyon, the Jerusalem Theatre in Tel Aviv and the Palazzo Bernini in Rome.She has performed with leading orchestras and at festivals in the U.S.A., Australia, South America, Turkey, Sweden and Israel, many performances being broadcasted live on national television and radio. Cohen is ‘a true virtuoso guitarist, continuing the tradition of Andrés Segovia’. She has been dubbed ‘the princess of the classical guitar’ and Guitar Magazine called her ‘a virtuoso of poignant, delicate sound’. She has been highly acclaimed for her impeccable technique, her deftness and her resourcefulness.

Concert starts at 20.00 hrs. at the Chapel of Sant Marija ta’ Bir Miftuħ, Gudja (opposite the airport) Tickets €20 per person include refreshments after the performance in the medieval chapel grounds.

This concert is the last of this year's the Bir Miftuh Music Festival, this year in its 20th edition.

A donation of €20 is being kindly requested for the concert followed by refreshments. info@dinlarthelwa.org – www.dinlarthelwa.org 21225952