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💫Night and Day 💫 concerts, Malta and Gozo, June 2026
In June 2026, Julia premiered her new concert programme titled Night and Day which featured nocturnes by Maria Szymanowska, Louise Farrenc, Fanny Hensel and Amy Beach alongside colourful and gospel-inspired Piano Sonata in E Minor by Florence B. Price, and Spiritual Suite by Margaret Bonds. The concerts took place in Bla-Kliem in Senglea and in…
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My three-year doctoral journey
At the moment of writing this post, my graduation was almost 3 months ago and I am officially a Doctor of Music in Performance. It has been a really long journey, even though one can say it was “only” three years, as I did the doctorate full-time as opposed to part-time, which can take up…
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Debut in Rome – Folgori della musica, September 2025 (Rome, Italy)
In September 2025, Julia made her debut in Rome in a solo piano recital as part of the Concerti del Tempietto during the Festival Musicale delle Nazioni – Notti Romane al Teatro di Marcello. The backdrop of the venue was the historic Teatro di Marcello, which created a beautiful atmosphere under the Roman starry night.…
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Her Voice: Celebrating women composers and their inspirations, June 2025 (Malta)
The recital presented a programme that intertwined music by Amy Beach and Valborg Aulin with works by Franz Schubert/Liszt and Fryderyk Chopin. At the heart of the concert were the compositions of Beach and Aulin, whose piano writing and performance challenges formed the focus of Julia’s doctoral research. Their works were performed in Malta for…
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University of Malta Research Expo 2024
In May 2024, during the University of Malta Research Expo 2024, I presented a poster about the analysis of the musical piece from the performers’ perspective based on Amy Beach’s Ballade in D flat major op. 6.
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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…
