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15 maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 6 NOVEMBER 2019 LISTINGS WHAT'S ON Theatre 11 NOVEMBER Iljieli fit-Teatru Series Following an extensively busy summer season, Pjazza Teatru Rjal continues to pro- vide refreshing and varied musical events also through the winter months. On No- vember 11, as part of the Iljieli fit-Teatru Series set in the inti- mate setting of the PTR Green Room, Malta Philharmonic Orchestra resident conduc- tor Michael Laus on the piano and MPO principal viola Na- dia Debono team up to offer a truly special evening featuring the two Sonatas for Viola and Piano by Johannes Brahms. Entrance for this event is free. Students and senior citizens may benefit from special dis- counts. The concerts start at 7.30pm. For more information visit www.pjazzateatrurjal.mt 16 NOVEMBER MCO Pop, Rock & Soul On 16 November , singers Nev- ille Refalo, Joe Piscopo, Mike Spiteri and Cheryl Balzan will join on stage PTR's own Malta Concert Orchestra. Fresh from spectacular concerts through- out 2018 (such as MCO Pop, Suċċessi Maltin, L-Għanja tal- Poplu | Festival tal-Kanzunetta Maltija and MCO Pink October Concert to mention but a few) the Malta Concert Orchestra – conducted by Maestro Joe Brown – will continue to im- press with its versatility this time with the best of Pop, Rock and Soul, featuring music by Pink Floyd, Michael Jackson, Joe Cocker, The Beatles, Tina Turner and more. This concert will be held in- doors at the Teatru Istitut Kat- toliku in Floriana. Students and senior citizens may benefit from special discounts for the November 16 concert. The con- certs start at 7:30pm. For more information visit www.pjaz- zateatrurjal.mt. Festivals 15-24 NOVEMBER ZiguZajg Festival The 9th edition of ŻiguŻajg Festival returns with a fantastic line-up of no less than twenty- one projects and nine creative forms! The selection has a nice balance of new Maltese works together with some of the best touring shows, including five commissions by foremost lo- cal artists, five co-productions with national public cultural organisations, and no less than eleven international projects from around the globe. The 2019 Festival programme ini- tiatives vary from a brand new promenade music theatre show which will also tour schools, to a daring contemporary circus act, award-winning films, an opera with loads of humour, a re-adaptation of an iconic lit- erature classic, and a number of outdoor happenings. Visit https://www.ziguzajg.org/ for more information. UNTIL 10 NOVEMBER The Malta Book Festival The Malta Book Festival is an annual cultural event held in Valletta, Malta. The Festival celebrates the wonder of books through a wide programme of family-friendly activities – including book launches and presentations, poetry and lit- erature readings, meetings with authors, dramatisations of liter- ary texts, and conferences and seminars. The festival also of- fers extensive networking op- portunities for professionals in the book world. This year round, one of the highlights of the Festival is the opening conference revolving around the literary genres of sci-fi and fantasy. The conference will be led by a number of local and overseas authors. Among them is Loranne Vella, the Brussels based author of Rokit (Mer- lin Publishers) and winner of the 2018 National Book Prize. The fesival will take place at the Mediterranean Conference Centre. For more information about the Malta Book Festi- val, visit https://ktieb.org.mt/ national-book-festival/ Music 14 NOVEMBER Operetta Highlights Bulgarian-born soprano An- driana Yordanova will grace the Refectory at Palazzo Falson to sing vivacious excerpts from some of the well-loved operet- tas that are entertaining, satiri- cal and witty. She will be singing delightful arias from the famous operettas 'Giuditta' 'The Merry Widow' and 'Paganini' all writ- ten by the composer Franz Lehár and other wonderful songs by celebrated composers such as Richard Straus and Robert Stolz, amongst others. Andriana Yor- danova will be accompanied by cellist Lucie Kucharova and vio- linist Philipp Orlov. The recital will be held on Thursday 14th November at 6.30pm. Entrance to the con- cert is at a suggested donation of 10 euro and patrons are in- vited to visit the museum at a discounted price. Seating is limited and booking is required by sending an email to baroc- comalta@gmail.com or book- ings@palazzofalson.com or call on 21454512. 9 NOVEMBER Disco Fever Tickets are now available on- line for the biggest boogie night of the year, Disco Fever, at the Gianpula Main Room on 9 No- vember – and it's all in aid of charity. Get set to channel your 1970s disco vibe at Malta's fa- vourite party destination, in a one-night-only event that will feature the world-famous Bee Gees tribute band, the Satur- day Night Bee Gees. Tickets to Disco Fever are available online now on www.ticketline.com.mt. The event will take on Saturday 9 November 2019, with doors opening at 8pm. Please note that, for licensing reasons, Gi- anpula Main Room operates a strict 'no under 17' policy. Other UNTIL 30 NOVEMBER The Human turned Divine On the occasion of the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Mdina Cathedral Museum, the Cathedral Museum Com- mission is presenting 'The Human turned Divine', an exhibition of important cruci- fixes spanning the 15th to the 21st centuries. The items on display, many of which are be- ing exhibited for the first time, come from private, public and ecclesiastical collections. The exhibition, curated by art historian Maria Cassar B.A. (Hons), M.A., will be accom- panied by a publication. The exhibition will be open during Museum hours from Mondays until the 30 November 2019. The Malta Book Festival MCO Pop, Rock & Soul