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Alexey Shor

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Alexey Vladimorovich Kononenko (born 1970) is an American composer. He is the Composer-in-Residence for the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra and an associate composer at the Yehudi Menuhin School. In 2018 he was awarded an honorary professorship at the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory. Early life and mathematics career Alexey Vladimorovich Shor was born on 20 May 1970 in the Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine). In 1991, he left the Soviet Union for Israel with his parents. Subsequently, he moved to the US for his graduate studies and obtained a PhD in mathematics in 1996. He worked as a mathematician until 2016 (in geometry and dynamical systems). From 1999 until 2016 he worked for the Long Island hedge fund Renaissance Technologies. Shor is a citizen of Israel, US, St. Kitts and Nevis, and Malta. His works have been published by several publishers and showcased in many venues. The overture to his ballet “Crystal Palace” was performed at the 40th Gramophone Classical Music Awards event in London. In 2019, a documentary about Alexey Shor was showcased on Medici.tv. An investigation by German Van Magazine showed that Shor built an extensive promotional ecosystem to promote his music, incl

Carmelo Pace

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Maestro Chev. Carmelo Pace (August 17, 1906 – May 20, 1993) was a Maltese composer, and a professor of music theory and harmony. Born in Valletta, Malta on August 17, 1906, Pace was the eldest of three children. His parents were Anthony Pace and Maria Carmela née Ciappara. Education In his childhood, Pace’s family lived in an apartment on Strada Mercanti, Valletta, which they shared with his maternal uncle, Vincenzo Ciappara. Ciappara was himself a musician of some repute, and he was Pace’s earliest tutor. Pace attended Saint Augustine College in Valletta, where he became very active in the student choir. During frequent visits to his father’s workplace at the Commerce movie theatre on Strada Reale in Valletta, Pace became enamoured of the impromptu style of live musical accompaniment played by the resident quartet during screenings of silent films. He soon became a regular player at the movie theatre. Following an introduction by his uncle, Pace took up the violin under the tutelage of Prof. Carlo Fiamingo, and studied harmony, counterpoint, orchestration and composition with Vincenzo Ciappara, Antonio Genova and Thomas Mayne. In 1931, he received a Diploma in Musical Instruction

Charles Camilleri

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Charles Camilleri (7 September 1931 – 3 January 2009) was a Maltese composer. Early life Camilleri was born in Ħamrun on 7 September 1931 He received initial piano tuition and grounding in the rudiments of music from his father, and also played the accordion. In 1959, he studied under John Weinzweig at the University of Toronto for four years. Whilst in Toronto, he had contact with Stravinsky around the time of April 1962. Career Camilleri moved from his early influences by Maltese folk music to a musical form “in which nothing is fixed and his compositions evolve from themselves with a sense of fluency and inevitability”. He composed over 100 works for orchestra, chamber ensemble, voice and solo instruments. During the 1970s he gained international attention. Camilleri’s work has since been performed throughout the world and his research of folk music and improvisation, the influences of the sounds of Africa and Asia, together with the academic study of European music, helped him create a “universal” style. Camilleri himself identified four key influences in his world music: According to the Historical Dictionary of Malta, Camilleri is the most internationally recognized of major

Lon Kirkop

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Marlon Chircop (born 5 August 1991), better known by his artist name Lon Kirkop, is a Maltese novelist, playwright, singer-songwriter and visual artist. He has received numerous accolades throughout his career, including two national book prizes: one in the Drama category for Fil-Ħajja li Jmiss u Drammi Oħra tat-Triq, and the Prize for Best Emerging Author. In 2020, he won The Literary Contest Of Novels For Youth 2020, organised by the National Book Council and Aġenzija Żgħażagħ, for his debut novel Mitt Elf Isem Ieħor: HappyVeganGirlJules. Additionally, he also won the prestigious Maltese song contest L-Għanja tal-Poplu as a composer and lyricist with the song Fil-Kexxun. Biography Kirkop was born on 5 August 1991, in Malta. His love affair with art, literature and theatre dates to his childhood. Today he managed to find a way to incorporate all his passions into his continuously developing multidisciplinary work. Kirkop studied at MCAST’s Creative Arts Institute and graduated with a B.A.(Hons) in fine arts, in 2017. In 2022, he graduated with an M.A. in printmaking at Cambridge School of Arts, UK. In 2018, he had his first solo visual art show at La Bottega Art Bistro in Valletta

Reuben Pace

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Reuben Pace (born in 1974) is a Maltese composer. Life Reuben Pace was educated at University of Malta as well as Bangor University, where he received his PhD in 2012. One of his teachers was Charles Camilleri. During his studies he began working with the technique of morphing and out of that developed his individual style of composing. Pace’s works are interpreted by internationally famous orchestras and ensembles. On 26 January 2017 his Concertino for guitar, harpsichord and orchestra was premiered at Manoel Theatre under the slogan Inspired by Baroque with the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Michelle Castelletti as well as the soloists Johanna Beisteiner (guitar) and Joanne Camilleri (harpsichord). This was the first world premiere in the history of the Valletta International Baroque Festival. In 2015 Pace’s music was presented at the festival Mdina Biennale. Some of his compositions were also played by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Duke Quartet. Reuben Pace produced and wrote the music for Blat: The Island Fortress, the first opera film in Maltese history (released in 2022). List of works (incomplete) * 2010: Missa Brevis for Solo soprano, solo ten