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Gillian Zammit began her vocal training with Antoinette Miggiani and Paul Asciak and went on to study in Italy with Carlo Bergonzi and Victoria de los Angeles.

Operatic productions include Semele and The Turn of The Screw, Gianni Schicchi and Hansel and Gretel. She is a regular performer at Teatru Manoel, productions there include Rigoletto and Die Zauberflote both conducted by Michael Laus and the role of Euridice in Gluck’s opera Orphée et Eurydice conducted by Philip Walsh. She has worked with many established artists including Joseph Calleja, Eugene Kohn, Emma Kirkby and Placido Domingo.

Gillian is highly regarded as a recital singer with a varied repertoire of Lieder, Spanish and French song having performed Richard Strauss’ Four Last Songs and Berlioz’s Les Nuits d’Été amongst others. She is also a respected exponent of Baroque music and performs regularly with the Valletta International Baroque Ensemble (VIBE) with whom she has performed in Paris, Madrid, Berlin and Brussels. Gillian is a regular artist in the Valletta International Baroque Festival and has also performed at the Utrecht Early Music Festival in Holland with Cantar Lontano, the Intra Muros Early Music Festival in Belgium and the Naples Musica Sacra Festival with Marco Mencoboni.

She released her debut CD entitled The Love Songs of Paolo Tosti with pianist Lucia Micallef for UK record label Claudio Records. A more recent recording is Kantilena a CD of art songs with harpist Britt Arend and cellist Frank Camilleri under the auspices of the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra and Parma Recordings.

Gillian trains the Abos Project Vocal Consort, and is also the Artistic Director of the Opera Nova Project, an advanced training and performance programme for classical voice students.