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Grixti, Jesmond (b. 1969, Sliema). Maltese composer, now resident in Australia, of mostly orchestral and chamber works that have been performed in Australia, Europe and Japan.
Mr. Grixti studied composition privately with Carmelo Pace in Malta in the early 1980s and composition with Michael Regan at the London College of Music from 1986-90, where he earned a diploma of fellowship. He also studied composition with Franco Donatoni at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena and the Accademia L. Perosi in Biella from 1994-97 and earned a licenza at the Conservatorio G. Verdi in Milan in 2000, on a scholarship from the government of Italy. While in Italy, he studied conducting with Emilio Pomàrico at the Civica Scuola di Musica in Milan in 1998-99. He has studied composition with Brenton Broadstock at the University of Melbourne since 2000, on a grant from the Janatha Stubbs Foundation, and there earned his MMus in 2002.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: jes_869@hotmail.com
SELECT LIST OF WORKS
ORCHESTRAL: La danza della vita (imaginary ballet), 10 brass, harp, timpani (+ cymbals), 30 strings, 2000; Concertino, trumpet, string orchestra, 2002; Canticum Melitensis I, 'San Girgor', 2003; Canticum Melitensis II, 'Vitorja', 2003
CHAMBER MUSIC: Mdina, French horn, 1995; Labyrinth, flute, bassoon, piano, 2002; Recorder Quartet, 'È finita la commedia', 4 recorders, 2003; Saxophone Trio, 3 saxophones, 2003; String Quartet in Three Cycles, 2003
CHORAL: Pezzi da Requiem, mixed chorus, 2001; Laudate pueri, mixed chorus, 2002; Salve Regina, mixed chorus, 2002; Gejja l-Banda – Here Comes the Band (vocalise), mixed chorus, 2003
VOCAL: Saints and Fireworks (vocalise), alto, piccolo (+ flute, alto flute), oboe (+ English horn), E-flat clarinet (+ A-clarinet, bass clarinet), bassoon (+ contrabassoon), guitar, mandolin, cello, 2 percussion, 2001
(Last updated on July 9, 2003)
