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The Malta International Arts Festival 2023

22 May 2023 | Gattaldo

Summer in Malta is more than sea and sunshine - The Malta International Arts Festival with its music, theatre, visual arts, dance, opera, installations, films, community projects, interactive and participatory events, spices things up more. Here's a choice of events that caught our attention.

Arti - Full Immersion

Painting at Muza

This free event will introduce selected sculptures and paintings by Maltese artists through large scale projection. The artworks are captured with specialised lenses and videography techniques an aims to portray a new perspective of the artworks. It travels from 20th century to contemporary art accompanied by a music soundtrack to create a unique son et lumière experience celebrating Maltese art.

16 - 25 June - 8.00pm
City Gate, Valletta.
How to get there from Indulgence Divine.
You can also go via the Birgu to Valletta ferry.

Nicknamed the ‘Hendrix of the hurdy-gurdy’, Guilhem Desq, son of an instrument maker, reanimates the medieval instrument by playing a variety of genres on it, including traditional European folk, contemporary rock, and heavy metal, among others.

21 June - 8.00pm
Teatru Manoel, Valletta.
How to get there from Indulgence Divine.
You can also go via the Birgu to Valletta ferry.

Harbour Odyssey

The Fernandes

Theatre on the sea, precisely on the front deck of a 38 metre long two masted vessel – The Fernandes. The Grand Harbour will be the scenography of this theatrical narrative of historical anecdotes, while the boat cruises the waters.

19 - 22 June - 7.00pm
The Fernandes, Valletta Cruise Port, Valletta.
How to get there from Indulgence Divine.
You can also go via the Birgu to Valletta ferry.

Music in a Cistern

A cistern in Valletta

Percussionist and composer Luís Bittencourt (Portugal) presents a sound installation for vibraphone, glass tubes and dripping water inside a 17th century underground water cistern beneath the streets of Valletta. In collaboration with Heritage Malta.

23, 24 June - 08.00pm & 09.00pm
Underground Valletta (entrance from Great Siege Sq. by the Daphne Caruana Galizia memorial)
How to get there from Indulgence Divine.

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