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39 THIS WEEK Austrian pianist Christoph Traxler performs with clarinettist Godfrey Mifsud TEATRU Manoel together with the Austrian Embassy are presenting a recital featuring the renowned Austrian pianist Christoph Traxler and Maltese clarinettist Godfrey Mifsud on Tuesday 1 October at 20:00 at the Manoel. The programme includes music by Szalowski, Brahms, Von Weber and Schumann. Christoph Traxler is one of the most versatile Austrian artists. He gave his orchestral debut with Schumann's A minor concerto in 2000 and moved to Vienna to study with Heinz Medjimorec and Stefan Arnold at the Vienna University of music and performing arts, where he also received his grand diploma in 2012 with highest honours. Traxler is the winner of both the Boesendorfer and the Herbert von Karajan scholarship as well as numerous national and international competitions including the International Johannes Brahms chamber music competition 2000, International chamber music festival Austria 2001 and 2003 as well as the Lions European piano competition Bucharest 2007 and the Brucknerbund competition for piano trio 2009. In 2010 the Vienna Beethoven society chose him for a scholarship for one year. Christoph is also holding a masterclass for advanced piano students on Monday 30th September. Godfrey Mifsud is considered to be one of Malta's most refined solo and chamber musicians. After winning various local competitions he made his public debut with the Malta National Orchestra in 1997. In 1999 he was featured as a young artist at the International ClarinetFest held in Ostend Belgium and performed as a guest artist at the Aberystwyth Musicfest. Since then Godfrey has performed as soloist with various orchestras including Orchestre Camerata Con Cor(d) e, Moscow State Symphony Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Berne Youth Symphony Orchestra, Christchurch Wind Orchestra in various countries including USA, UK, Italy, France, Tunis, Germany, Finland, Portugal, Belgium and the Czech Republic. Mifsud currently holds the post of clarinet tutor at the Johann Strauss School of Music in Valletta, Malta and is a tutor in Performance Studies at the University of Malta. The full programme includes Antoni Szalowski's Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano, Johannes Brahms's Clarinet Sonata No. 2 in E-flat major, op.120, Carl Maria Von Weber's Grand Duo Concertant Op.48 and Robert Schumann's Drei Fantasiestücke for clarinet and piano Op.73. For more information and booking: www.teatrumanoel.com.mt maltatoday, SUNDAY, 29 SEPTEMBER 2013 Christoph Traxler