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XIV maltatoday, SUNDAY, 5 APRIL 2015 This Week Virtù Ferries This weeks winner is JOHN PORTELLI collected his two tickets from Virtù Ferries MaltaToday and Virtù Ferries have teamed up to take one lucky winner and a companion every week to Sicily, with two tickets to be won every week in our photography competition. Already been on holiday? Good: we're sending you back if your best photograph from your holidays and travels makes the cut. That's right: send us a good quality image of your holidays and we'll send the best one to the gateway of Italy with Virtù Ferries. Malta - Sicily Express Ferries For more information visit www.virtuferries.com or contact by telephone 23491000 RULES OF THE COMPETITION maltatoday Conditions apply: 1. Tickets for each week's competition can only be won by one person who submits one entry of a high-res image with description. Entrants with more than one entry WILL NOT be considered. Entrants must send a description of photo. 2. 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Entrants are kindly reminded not to send in personal family pictures that might be unrelated to theme subjects unless expressly requested. If sending a photo by post, address it to: 'MaltaToday photo competition', Mediatoday, Vjal ir- Rihan, San Gwann, SGN9016 Please supply your daytime telephone number, your name, your home address and an email address. Send the photo via email on info@mediatoday.com.mt [SUBJECT HEADING: MaltaToday photo competition] by next Friday at 9am. Themes may change from one week to the other Injecting new life into Malta's acoustic scene The Klezmorimalta Foundation, with the support of the Malta Arts Fund, the Malta Society of Arts, and the Arts Council Malta, recently an- nounced their first workshop in Klez- mer music. Now, the NGO is proud to reveal that members who join the workshop will have the chance to be a part of Malta's first-ever Klezmer band. "'A Workshop in Klezmer Music' will be a real first for Malta, particu- larly as it focuses on Klezmer music. It will also be a golden opportunity for all musicians and music students who want to learn from, and perform with, three world-class acts who, together, have amassed a real wealth of experience," Birgit Albrecht, the co-founder the Klezmorimalta Foun- dation, said. The workshop will be tutored by three internationally-known, profes- sional musicians who are coming to Malta specifically for this event. These are the London-based fiddler Chris Haigh, who has performed with the likes of Morcheeba (known for their song 'Rome Wasn't Built in a Day') and the traditional Irish troupe Riverdance; the lead of the Yxalag Klezmer Band, Jakob Lakner, who has performed with his band all over Europe; and the accordionist Basil Bunelik, who travels all around the UK performing French chansons with Affinitee. "Our aims for this workshop are very clear," Birgit added. "Firstly, it will serve as introduction to Klezmer music, which is one of the oldest music types in Europe and which has developed into a musical style that is suitable to be mixed with other gen- res. Secondly, it will give participants the chance to learn the techniques of playing different instruments and the unique scales Klezmer music uses. Thirdly, it will also teach improvisa- tion, performance, ornamentation and rhythm in music." Working together in small groups, participants will be given the chance to compose a new Klezmer tune and learn to play popular Klezmer songs. They will also get to know the other musicians, as well as their tutors, so as to develop new opportunities for their future. At the end of the week-long workshop, participants will perform a concert open to the media and pub- lic. Then, following the performance, the Klezmorimalta Foundation will approach participants individually to find the best team to create Malta's first-ever Klezmer band. "We would like this band to be made up of different musicians from different backgrounds, including jazz, ghana, folk, classic and blues. This is vital because we want to cre- ate a band with a strong and unique Maltese identity that will appeal to both local and foreign audiences. "On top of that, we're very proud to announce that we have just been allocated an area for 10 days at this year's Farsons Beer Festival, between Friday 24th July and Monday 2nd August. Should this new band be successful, then we would love to have them perform there," Albrecht added. 'A Workshop in Klezmer' will run between Monday 20 and Saturday 25 April 2015, from 9am till 4pm at the Malta Society of Arts Building. Participants are asked to attend all sessions. Anyone who wishes to join the workshops is kindly requested to send a short description of their background in music and a brief explanation of why they would like to join, to klezmorimalta@outlook. com. For more information, please visit www.klezmorimalta-Founda- tion.com. Ralph Butlers and Birgit Albrecht