THE LIVING COMPOSERS PROJECT  

Jesmond Grixti

(b. 1969, Sliema).

Maltese composer, now resident in Australia, of mostly orchestral, chamber and choral 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 of the University of West London from 1986–90, where he earned a diploma of fellowship. He studied composition with Franco Donatoni at both the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena and the Accademia Lorenzo Perosi in Biella from 1994–97 and earned a licenza at the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi in Milan in 2000, on a scholarship from the government of Italy. He studied conducting with Emilio Pomárico at the Civica Scuola di Musica in Milan in 1998–99. He then studied composition with Brenton Broadstock at the University of Melbourne, on a grant from the Janatha Stubbs Foundation, and there earned his MMus in 2002.

He has lived in Australia since 2000.

CONTACT INFORMATION

E-mail address: jes_869@hotmail.com

SELECT LIST OF WORKS

ORCHESTRAL:

La Danza della vita (imaginary ballet), orchestra (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

Ġejja l-BandaHere 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