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3 CULTURE maltatoday | SUNDAY • 26 JULY 2026 Special Candlelight edition celebrating beloved Disney love songs in Malta DISNEY Concerts and Fever, the world's leading tech platform for discovering culture and live entertainment, present Candle- light®: Disney Love Songs, a spe- cial series of concerts that brings some of the most iconic film mel- odies to life in a classical format, all within a breathtaking candlelit setting. The Phoenicia Malta will pro- vide the perfect backdrop for this magical experience, offering au- diences a unique opportunity to rediscover some of Disney's most iconic songs and heartfelt melo- dies that celebrate love, friend- ship, family, and connection. The program will transport au- diences through generations of Disney storytelling, from beloved animated classics to modern fa- vorites. Throughout the evening, a local string quartet will per- form iconic songs from beloved Disney soundtracks including "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" (The Lion King), "A Whole New World"(Aladdin), and "I See the Light" (Tangled), alongside such moving songs as "You'll Be In My Heart" (Tarzan), "Remem- ber Me" (Coco), "Dos Oruguitas" (Encanto), "When She Loved Me" (Toy Story 2), and many oth- er favorites from a wide variety of Walt Disney and Pixar [or Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios] film titles. Candlelight: Disney Love Songs Venue: The Phoenicia Malta Dates and times: 12/09/2026 19:00, 21:00 27/09/2026 19:00, 21:00 From: €36.00 Tickets can be purchased at: https://feverup.com/m/684162 For more information about Candlelight and assets of the ex- perience access here. About Fever Fever is the world's leading tech platform for discovering culture and live entertainment, inspiring over 300 million people last year to discover the best experienc- es in over 40 countries. With a mission to democratise access to culture and entertainment in real life, Fever inspires users to enjoy unique experiences and events —from immersive exhibitions and sports to interactive theatri- cal performances, concerts, and festivals— while empowering its partners with data and technol- ogy to develop and expand new experiences worldwide. About Disney Concerts: Disney Concerts is the concert production and licensing division of Disney Music Group, the mu- sic arm of The Walt Disney Com- pany. Disney Concerts produces concerts and tours, and licenses Disney music and visual content to symphony orchestras, chorus- es and presenters on a worldwide basis. Disney Concerts' concert packages include a variety of formats, such as "live-to-pic- ture" film concerts, and themed instrumental and vocal compi- lation concerts that range from instrumental-only symphonic performances to multimedia pro- ductions featuring live vocalists and choirs. Showcasing concerts from the largest movie franchises in the world and the most iconic studios in entertainment –Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Marvel Stu- dios, Lucasfilm, Pixar Animation Studios, 20th Century Studios and National Geographic – Dis- ney Concerts delivers world-class specialty entertainment, from bespoke performances to block- buster hits, classics to seasonal favorites, in many of the world's leading venues. Current and up- coming titles include the Star Wars Film Concert Series, Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, Infinity Saga Concert Experience, Black Panther, Moa- na, Frozen, The Lion King, Coco, Waiting to Exhale, Disney Prin- cess: The Concert, The Muppet Christmas Carol, Toy Story, Ed- ward Scissorhands, Home Alone 2, and the hit Worlds Collide Concert Tour. For more infor- mation visit www.disneycon- certs.com. Gozitan conductor Pierre Louis Attard to lead Vivaldi Festival finale in Venice GOZITAN conductor Pierre Louis Attard will lead the clos- ing concert of the sixth edition of the Vivaldi Festival in Ven- ice 28 July 2026, conducting a special performance commem- orating the 285th anniversary of the death of Antonio Vivaldi. The concert takes place on the exact date of the compos- er's death in Vienna in 1741, bringing this year's festival to a close in the city most closely associated with his life and mu- sical legacy. Held in the historic Basili- ca dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo, the concert will feature two of Vivaldi's most celebrated sa- cred works: the Gloria in D ma- jor, RV 589, for soloists, choir and orchestra, and Beatus Vir in B-flat major, RV 598, for soloists, choir, strings and basso continuo. The pro- gramme will also include Giacomo Antonio Perti's Dixit Dominus and Vival- di's instrumental work, the Sonata "Al Santo Sepol- cro", RV 130. Attard will conduct the Vivaldi Festival Orchestra and the Insieme Vocale Elastico Choir, prepared by Chorus Master Fabrizio Fucile, in what marks his second appearance at the Vivaldi Festival. He first performed at the festival in 2023 as solo violinist and now returns to Venice to conduct its prestigious closing concert. The engagement represents another significant interna- tional milestone for the Mal- tese musician, who is estab- lishing a growing reputation as both a violinist and conductor. Earlier this year, he made his conducting debut abroad, lead- ing an all-Bach string orchestra programme in Italy organised by the Associazione Musicale Diapason APS. The closing concert of this year's Vivaldi Festival, under the artistic direction of Enrico Castiglione, is presented in collaboration with Gaulitana: A Festival of Music, contin- uing the artistic partnership between Castiglione and the Gozitan international music festival. Gozitan conductor Pierre Louis Attard