In February members of the Rosa Ensemble visited Malta to meet several people there from various organisations. The purpose for this trip was to find out if a cultural exchange was possible for Rosa. There were several interesting organisations and interesting contacts. We met for example Renzo Spiteri a musician and composer. Daniel Cross, the artistic leader of Rosa, and Renzo talked about their music and continued talking when Daniel was back home. As a result Renzo Spiteri will come to Utrecht in September to work on a composition together with Daniel and to perform in Theater Kikker in Utrecht the 25th of September 2008 in the “Rosa in Kikker-week”. In this week the Rosa Ensemble takes over Theater Kikker for four days and you can enjoy the music of the Rosa Ensemble including the premier of the new performance BigLifeHi.
In December the Rosa Ensemble will visit Malta and play with Renzo Spiteri the piece they composed in MITP in Valetta on December 5th. After this piece the Rosa Ensemble will play their new concert BigLifeHi. On the days before the 5th the Rosa Ensemble will record their new album in Malta in the Temple Studios in Mellieha. The Rosa Ensemble is looking forward to this Maltese exchange! We hope it is a first step for doing a larger project in Malta in 2009 or 2010.
