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Academic Research
During my DMus studies I am conducting research on women composers from the late 19th century, namely USA-born Amy Beach and Swedish Valborg Aulin. It explores the unique piano styles and performance challenges in four pieces by two women composers from the late-Romantic era. Both were accomplished pianists and composers, living on opposite sides of…
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June Blossoms, 2023 (Malta)
Four women musicians joined forces to present the Maltese public a concert of Romantic classical music with a difference. The music that was presented included the songs of two women composers: the American Amy Beach and the Swede Valborg Aulin, also a contemporary of Beach. The songs were performed by renowned soprano Andriana Yordanova with…
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Valletta-Varsavja-Vienna: Bringing three musical cultures together, 2022 (Poland and Malta)
Valletta-Varsavja-Vienna: Bringing together three musical cultures, where Malta-based Polish pianist Julia Miller, Polish-based Apertus Quartet and Maltese composer Karl Fiorini created an original musical performance ranging through three different eras – from the classical to the contemporary – within three different musical cultures. The project included a Malta premiere of Polish romantic composer Moniuszko’s String…
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Julia Miller Plays series, 2019 (Malta)
In 2019 Julia held a series of piano recitals in The Green Room of Pjazza Teatru Rjal in Valletta. Those concerts were mostly concentrated on Romantic music from the repertoire of Franz Schubert or Frederick Chopin but also introduced Maltese audiences to compositions by Polish composers like Witold Lutosławski, Karol Szymanowski or Ignacy Jan Paderewski.
