For the third year the National Museum of Fine Arts and the City of Utrecht worked together to contribute to the Notte Bianca Festival. Sandro Debono, senior curator of the museum, and Gertrud van Dam, City of Utrecht, choose Cabrales, an amateur saxophone band that would certainly make a lot of noise. And that worked out fine! They played the especially rehearsed film music that many people recognized and enjoyed. This year we also had the possibility to use the current ministry of Tourism and Culture, the future seat of the museum. Many people gathered to listen to the music and see the enthusiasm of the musicians. They themselves were really thrilled to perform on such beautiful sites.
Apart from the festival a small delegation from Utrecht was in Malta for several meetings in the framework of European Capital of Culture 2108. One of them was about the possible research collaboration in the impact study for ECoC2018. A representative from the University of Utrecht, School of Governance presented the Utrecht monitoring and evaluation (M&E) method and exchanged on this with representatives from the University of Malta and team Valletta2018. In the meantime other meetings tok place in which the possibility was discussed to have an exhibition on the famous architect Rietveld in Malta, along with ideas to connect parties involved in serious gaming and ICT in Utrecht and Malta, and further cooperation with Utrecht Centraal Museum and Museum of Fine Arts. The Utrecht delegation attended, along with cultural key players, the reception that was organised by the Dutch ambassador. In this tight schedule this visit was again representative for the multiannual cooperation between Utrecht and Malta. Yet again to be continued.
