I-Malta Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO) izobe iqala uhambo lwayo lokuqala lwase-US, i-MPO Valletta 2018 Tour, igubha kokubili iminyaka yabo engu-50 kanye nesayithi le-World Heritage UNESCO, i-Valletta, i-European Capital of Culture 2018. I-MPO izoholwa yi- umqhubi odumile u-Sergey Smbatyan, Umdwebi Ohlonishiwe WeRiphabhulikhi Yase-Armenia ovame ukuvela ne-MPO.
Le phrojekthi yaqalwa futhi yasetshenziswa yi-European Foundation for Support of Culture (EUFSC) kanye ne-Malta Philharmonic Orchestra, egunyazwe yi-Valletta 2018 Foundation futhi isekelwe yiNxusa LeNxusa laseRiphabhulikhi yaseMalta e-USA kanye ne-Malta Tourism Authority. I-EUFSC inephothifoliyo enkulu kakhulu yamaphrojekthi nemicimbi ehlelwa eMalta nakwamanye amazwe, enekhalenda elibanzi ikakhulukazi phakathi neminyaka emithathu edlule.
Uhambo lokuqala lwase-US lulandela iminyaka emibili eyimpumelelo lapho i-MPO ihlanganyele nama-orchestra amaningi nezinkampani ze-opera futhi yadlala ezindaweni ezihamba phambili emhlabeni wonke, okuhlanganisa e-China, Italy, Germany, Austria, naseBelgium.
I-MPO Valletta 2018 Tour izoqala e-Philadelphia ngoNovemba 27 esikhungweni esidumile saseKimmel Center for Performing Arts; baqhubekele eNyakatho Bethesda ngoNovemba 29 eSikhungo Somculo eStrathmore - Washington DC, futhi isitobhi sabo sokugcina sizoba seNew York City ngoDisemba 1 eCarnegie Hall. Amakhonsathi azohanjelwa ngu-HE Keith Azzopardi, Inxusa lase-Malta e-United States of America kanye no-HE Carmelo Inguanez, Omele Unomphela wase-Malta ku-United Nations.
Ikhonsathi ngayinye izoqala ngokudlalwa kuka-Rebbieħa, inkondlo yomculo we-symphonic ebhalwe umqambi we-Gozitan u-Joseph Vella.
I-MPO izobe isiqhubeka nomsebenzi womqambi wesimanje odumile waseMelika-Maltese, u-Alexey Shor, nomdlali wepiyano wase-Austria u-Ingolf Wunder (owawine umklomelo emiqhudelwaneni eminingi yamazwe ngamazwe, umculi we-Deutsche Grammophon) njengomculi oyedwa, ngaphambi kokuphothula amakhonsathi ayo nodumo lukaDmitri Shostakovich. I-Symphony Yesihlanu.
UMichelle Buttigieg, omele iMalta Tourism Authority eNyakatho Melika waphawula ukuthi “Isikhathi salokhu kuvulwa kwe-Malta Philharmonic Orchestra e-United States sigcizelela ubunyoninco bamasiko neminikelo ehlukahlukene yaseMalta ngesikhathi lapho sibhekene nokwanda okumangazayo kwezokuvakasha eziqhingini zaseMalta. evela e-US Market.”
