Michael Laus performs Haydn, Schubert and Beethoven

Teatru Manoel presents a piano recital by Michael Laus on April 11 at 8pm at Teatru Manoel.Michael Laus is one of Malta’s foremost and celebrated musicians both as a pianist and conductor. He graduated in piano, harpsichord and composition at the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi of Milan in 1982 and has since had a remarkable career as the Principal Conductor of Malta’s national orchestra for twenty-five years and now its Resident Conductor.

He has conducted the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra in symphonic concerts in Malta, Belgium and Italy as well as other orchestras including the Bournemouth Symphony, the Slovak Philharmonic, the New Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Orquesta Sinfonica de Asturias.He was the founder and first music director of the Malta Youth Orchestra and of the Goldberg Ensemble, a group specializing in baroque music. In 2016, he conducted the first European performance of Arvo Pärt’s Greater Antiphons.

He opened the first edition of the Valletta International Baroque Festival with Vivaldi’s Quattro stagioni. Michael Laus has conducted the Bournemouth Symphony, the Slovak Philharmonic, the New Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Orquesta Sinfonica de...