Noel Mifsud

The Valletta Baroque Festival 2026 continues to exceed expectations, recording outstanding attendance figures as audiences from Malta and across the world gather to experience one of Europe’s most distinctive celebrations of Baroque and early music. Produced by Festivals Malta, the festival opened on 8 January and is now entering its final week with momentum undiminished. Now in its 14th edition, the Valletta Baroque Festival has firmly positioned itself as a cultural highlight on the...

On Friday 30 January 2026, Spazju Kreattiv in Valletta will host Nordic Resonance , an immersive concert by Maltese sound artist and percussionist Renzo Spiteri, co-created and performed with Scottish flautist Richard Craig. The performance marks Spiteri’s return to the venue after an absence of several years, reconnecting him with a space that has played a formative role in his artistic life. Spiteri has described Spazju Kreattiv as a theatre “that holds many positive and meaningful personal...

Tony Carr, the pioneering Maltese drummer and percussionist whose remarkable career spanned jazz, pop and international session work, died on January 2, 2026 , at the age of 98 . Born George Caruana  in Valletta in 1927 , Carr’s journey from the smoke-filled bars of Malta’s Strait Street to world-renowned studios in London made him one of Malta’s most distinguished musicians of the 20th century. Carr came of age during World War II, when Malta’s nightlife was animated by Allied servicemen and...