The ROSA ENSEMBLE is with two concerts on the programme of the Malta Arts Festival 2009. On Sunday July 12 and Monday July 13 the young musicians will perform their new programme called The Anticantata. The location is Old Opera House Ruins in Valetta. The concerts are part of a 14 days festival programme with a variety of dance, music and theatre shows by international groups (1-24 July; http://www.maltaartsfestival.com/)
ROSA creates music and music theatre in a small electro/acoustic formation. The ensemble is inspired by literature, techno, visual arts, traditional and experimental, classical and popular music.
The writers of the music theatre installation The Anticantata ('The contra-song') were fascinated by the idea that you can stop the world, make it stand still. This idea formed the inspiration for the show. The Anticantata is an electro-acoustical collage performance in which music, images, dance and text in multiple languages are intertwined.
Originally the show was written for four musicians and a large amount of voices. In Malta it will be slightly adjusted to the audience. The most important story lines will be performed by Maltese actors. In that way a new version of The Anticantata will be created in a way that the Maltese audience will certainly enjoy watching it.
The Rosa Ensemble is not unknown to the Maltese audience. They recorded their latest CD in Malta and performed in the MITP in Valetta. They also worked together with Renzo Spiteri, percussionist and leader of the band Trania and director of Musicconnect, the intercultural music management. They performed together in Utrecht. http://www.rosaensemble.nl/
ROSA creates music and music theatre in a small electro/acoustic formation. The ensemble is inspired by literature, techno, visual arts, traditional and experimental, classical and popular music.
The writers of the music theatre installation The Anticantata ('The contra-song') were fascinated by the idea that you can stop the world, make it stand still. This idea formed the inspiration for the show. The Anticantata is an electro-acoustical collage performance in which music, images, dance and text in multiple languages are intertwined.
Originally the show was written for four musicians and a large amount of voices. In Malta it will be slightly adjusted to the audience. The most important story lines will be performed by Maltese actors. In that way a new version of The Anticantata will be created in a way that the Maltese audience will certainly enjoy watching it.
The Rosa Ensemble is not unknown to the Maltese audience. They recorded their latest CD in Malta and performed in the MITP in Valetta. They also worked together with Renzo Spiteri, percussionist and leader of the band Trania and director of Musicconnect, the intercultural music management. They performed together in Utrecht. http://www.rosaensemble.nl/
