Charles Camilleri
Composer
1931 – 2009
Who was Charles Camilleri?
Charles Camilleri was a Maltese composer, who had long been acknowledged as Malta's national composer.
Camilleri was born in Ħamrun and, as a teenager, had already composed a number of works based on folk music and legends of his native Malta. He moved from his early influences by Maltese folk music to a musical form "in which nothing is fixed and his compositions evolve from themselves with a sense of fluency and inevitability". He composed over 100 works for orchestra, chamber ensemble, voice and solo instruments. Camilleri's work has been performed throughout the world and his research of folk music and improvisation, the influences of the sounds of Africa and Asia, together with the academic study of European music, helped him create a "universal" style.
Camilleri is recognized as one of the major composers of his generation. His works include the now famous Malta Suite, Maltese Dances, A Maltese Overture - Din l-Art Helwa, operas in Maltese, a ballet based on the Knights of Malta and the oratorio Pawlu ta' Malta. His piano piece Cantilena, is currently part of the Grade 5 Trinity Guildhall piano syllabus.
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- Born
- Sep 7, 1931
Ħamrun - Also known as
- Charles Camilleri
- Camilleri
- Spouses
- Doris Vella
(1959 - 2009/01/03)
- Doris Vella
- Nationality
- Malta
- Profession
- Education
- University of Toronto
- Died
- Jan 3, 2009
Naxxar
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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