Tuesday 3 December 2019

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Lunchtime concert

Date of Concert: Tuesday 3 December 2019 at 12:30pm
Name :    Classic Guitar by guitarist Bernard Catania
Venue:                St Catherine of Italy Church, Valletta

St. Catherine of Italy church will host once again the popular lunchtime concerts organised by Barocco Events.  This week the talented classical guitarist Bernard Catania will be giving a recital where one can enjoy and admire  the ability of this artist at adapting to a wide range of techniques and styles from baroque to Spanish, Latin-American and contemporary classical guitar music. 

He will be performing works by Heitor Villa-Lobos, Augustin Barrios, Miguel Llobet, Gaspar Sanz, Isaac Albeniz, Francisco Tarrega, Antonio Lauro and the popular Cavatina by Stanley Myers (Theme from the Deer Hunter).

Bernard Catania

Bernard Catania (b.1983) started to play guitar at the age of 9.  He attended his first guitar lessons at St Monica School, Mosta and at the National School of Music in Valletta. From 1998, he started classical guitar lessons with the Maltese classical guitarist Tony Pace, which studies ended in the year 2005 when he obtained the ALCM Diploma in Classical Guitar from the London College of Music.  In the same year he started lessons in music theory, harmony and composition with Mro. Ronnie Debattista. In the year 2007, Bernard obtained the A(Mus)LCM Diploma in Theory of Music from the London College of Music. Bernard also took part in master-classes held by the internationally acclaimed classical guitarists Carlos Bonell and Simon Schembri.

Bernard has been a music teacher at St. Michael secondary school, Qormi and also taught guitar at the Malta Society of Arts, Palazzo De La Salle and the National School of Music in Valletta.  Today, Bernard teaches a select few guitar students, with particular emphasis on the classical guitar technique and repertoire. In the past two years Bernard has been giving regular solo classical guitar recitals at the Carmelite Priory in Mdina and has also collaborated with Maltese flautist Robert Calleja in playing works for classical guitar and flute.  His solo classical guitar repertoire includes pieces from the renaissance, baroque and classical periods together with works of Spanish and Latin American composers.

One can obtain the tickets prior to this Lunchtime concert from the venue itself or by email: baroccomalta@gmail.com or phone 79680952. For more detail about upcoming events, one can visit barocco-malta.com.

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