Joanne Camilleri

Joanne completed her early music education in Malta through the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music.

She was recommended for an international scholarship based on her grade 8 ABRSM exam performance, but could not pursue it due to her age. She completed two performance diplomas from Trinity College of Music at 18,She was accepted to the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester on a full international scholarship. She also placed first in the Bice Mizzi Vassallo Music Competition, allowing her to attend the Lake District Summer Music Academy,[3] where she worked with international pianists and chamber ensembles.

Between her undergraduate studies, she obtained a Licentiate of the Royal Schools of Music (LRSM) in Performance with a grade of Distinction. In 2004, she obtained a First Class honors Bachelor of Music degree, followed by a master’s degree in performance with a Distinction grade and a Postgraduate Performance Diploma with Distinction. In 2007, she returned to Malta and became the first pianist to be awarded a Doctorate of Music in Performance by the University of Malta.[4]

As a student at the Royal Northern College of Music, Camilleri performed in venues around Manchester, St. Martin-in-the-Fields in London, the Isle of Man and Tunisia.

Following her third graduation at the Royal Northern College of Music,[4] Camilleri performed extensively as a recitalist, concerto soloist, chamber musician and orchestral pianist both locally in Malta and Gozo, and around Europe, America and Asia. Her performances have taken her to Sweden, Switzerland, Wales, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Russia, the United States, and China.

She has performed at functions including the Palais de Nations in Geneva, President's Palace in Malta, at the German Ambassador's Residency and the American Ambassador's Residency, as well as other concerts organized under the auspices of the Ambassadors for Ireland, United Kingdom, Tunisia and China. Commemorative events have seen her perform alongside other prominent international musicians such as British pianist Ann Rachlin at the Manoel Theatre in a Mozart Night, alongside Russian pianist Vladimir Ovchinnikov in a millennium year concert of Twentieth Century Music and alongside London Symphony Orchestra leader Carmine Lauri in a concert to celebrate Malta's Independence Day in London.

As concerto soloist and orchestral pianist, she has performed with the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra,[5] the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra and British Orchestras, collaborating with conductors such as Wayne Marshall, Lancelot Fuhry, Clark Rundell, Eric Hull, Philip Walsh, Karl Jenkins, Sergey Smbatyan, Brian Schembri and Michael Laus, amongst others.

As a chamber musician, she has worked with various partners and ensembles, including the Chamber Music International Festival (RNCM), the Malta International Arts Festival,[4][6] the Three Palaces Festival and the Victoria International Arts Festival[7] on several occasions. She also performed in various festivals whilst touring Sweden and the United Kingdom on several occasions, as former member of the Camilleri Trio,[8] with whom she also premiered a number of works, including a score for a silent film by (Yasujiro Ozu).

Joanne Camilleri with harpsichord

Camilleri has an interest in 17th and 18th-century repertoire, and plays the harpsichord and organ continuo with the Valletta International Baroque Ensemble (VIBE), with whom she regularly performs.[9][10] In 2017, they were invited to tour Madrid, Paris and Berlin as ambassadors to mark Malta's E.U. Presidency.

She has collaborated with baroque music specialists, such as harpsichordists James Johnstone and Nick Parle, and baroque violinist Catherine Martin, whilst playing with the Ensemble as well as during performances as part of the Valletta International Baroque Festival.

Her doctoral thesis focused on Johann Sebastian Bach's Aria with 30 Variations.

Camilleri has given a number of solo recitals dedicated to the repertoire of the Baroque era and specifically of the works of J. S. Bach. She has also released two solo CDs dedicated to Bach's works.

In 2006 she was a visiting piano tutor at Uppingham School in Rutland. When she later set up base in Malta, Camilleri joined the teaching staff at the Malta School of Music as a full time member, teaching both solo piano performance and also chamber music.

For several years, she was also invited to give masterclasses as part of the annual Victoria International Arts Festival in Gozo.

• In Bach's Footsteps
• Bach's Goldberg Variations
• Chopin 24 Preludes Op.28
• Trio for clarinet, cello and piano by Ed Hughes[11]

• Silent Film directed by Yasujiro Ozu (2010)
• Storbju directed by Davide Ferrario (2020)

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