Time & Location
22 May 2026, 21:00 – 21:45 CEST
L-Argotti, L-Argotti, Il-Furjana, Malta
About the event
During the first months of 2026, Festgħana invited participants training for Għannejja Ġodda (New Folk Singers). The project was led by Alexander Vella Gregory, with the participation of Karol and Jorge Aquilina of Nofsillejl.
On the first evening of Festgħana, audiences will hear some of the participants who trained in għana tal-fatt perform a selection of verses from the large body of għana tal-fatt collected during the 20th century.
This project was carried out in collaboration with Spazju Kreattiv, the Port Region, the Western Regional Council, and RIDT.
About the Team:
Alex Vella Gregory
Alexander Vella Gregory was born in Malta in 1984. He studied piano with Paul Borg and Joanne Camilleri, and obtained a Fellowship of the London College of Music (FLCM) diploma in 2013. In 2002, he won the Ian Tomlin Napier/Malta Music Scholarship which enabled him to pursue a B.Mus(Hons) degree in composition at the Ian Tomlin School of…