Malta tiehu sehem f?Festival Folkloristiku Internazzjonali f?Sardinja / Maltese Participation in International Folk Singing in Sardinia

Bis-sahha ta' l-interess shih tad-Direttur tad-Dipartiment tal-Kultura, is-Sur Joseph J Mifsud, f'Awissu li gej se jkun hemm sitt ghannejja u kitarristi Maltin li se jiehdu sehem fid-"IX Festival Internazzjonali tal-Mu]ika Etnika u l-Muzika tad-Dinja - Ittiritmi '99 Il-Kant tal-Gzejjer u l-Lehen tal-Bahar" f'Ittiri, Sardinja.

Fost is-sitt ghannejja u daqqaqa se jkun hemm uhud mir-rebbieha ta' l-Ewwel Festival Internazzjonali ta' l-Ghana. Se jkun hemm l-ghannej tal-fatt u tal-ispirtu pront Cikku Degiorgio tal-Fjuri, l-ghannej ta' l-ispirtu pront Kalcidon Vella d-Danny, l-ghannej ta' l-ghana la Bormliza Mikiel Cumbo l-Izgej, u l-prim kitarristi Ronnie Calleja tal-Mosta u Mario Azzopardi s-Sufu. Se jkun hemm maghhom ukoll id-daqqaq sekond Frans Casha ta' Saqajn. Gorg Mifsud Chircop se jaghmel tahdita introduttorja fuq l-Ghana Malti.

Kelma ta' ringrazzjament tmur lill-Air Malta ta' l-ghajnuna li tat biex id- delegazzjoni tiehu sehem f'dan il-festival prestigjuz.

Maltese Participation in International Folk Singing in Sardinia

Through the unflinching interest of the Director of the Department of Culture, Mr Joseph J Mifsud, six Maltese folk singers and guitarists will be participating at the "IX Rassegna Internazionale di Musica Etnica e Would Music - Ittiritmi '99 Il Canto delle Isole e La Voce del Mare" in Ittiri, Sardinia next August.

The six performers include some of the winners of the First National Folk Singing (Ghana) Festival. They are ballad and spirtu pront singer Cikku Degiorgio tal-Fjuri, spirtu pront singer Kalcidon Vella d-Danny, Bormliza singer Mikiel Cumbo l-Izgej, leading guitarists Ronnie Calleja tal-Mosta and Mario Azzopardi s-Sufu. Accompanying guitarists Frans Casha Ta' Saqajn will be also participating. Gorg Mifsud Chircop will deliver an introductory paper on Maltese folk music.

A word of thanks goes to Air Malta who assisted the delegation in making the participation in this prestigious festival possible.