Vocal and Musical Concerts
Foreign Visits by the Sliema Band
Band Director : Mro Ronnie Debattista FLCM
Sliema Youth Band
History of the Inno Sliema
   

1990:
Musical Programme at the President’s Residence of San Anton Palace.

Saturday 10th May 1991:
Vocal and Musical Programme at Ghar-id-Dud, Sliema, marking the 25th anniversary of H.E. Dr. V. Tabone as President of the Band.

Saturday 1st February 1992:
Musical Programme at the Catholic Institute Hall, Floriana.

"Sliema" Band at the Catholic Institute

Saturday 27th February 1993:
Musical Programme at the Sir Temi Zammit Auditorium, University of Malta.

Saturday 26th March 1994:
Musical Concert at the Republic Hall, Mediterrenean Conference Centre, Valletta, in honour of the President of Malta and of the Society H.E. Dr. V. Tabone.

"Sliema" Band in Concert at the Mediterrenean Conference Centre

Saturday 25th March 1995:
Musical Concert at the Sir Temi Zammit Auditorium, University of Malta.

"Sliema" Band in Concert at Sir Temi Zammit Hall, University, 1995

Saturday 23rd March 1996:
Musical Concert at the Sir Temi Zammit Auditorium, University of Malta, as a celebration fo the success achieved by the Sliema Band at the International Festival of Bremen, Germany.

Saturday 18th January 1997:
Musical and Vocal Concert at the Sir Temi Zammit Auditorium, University of Malta. Together with the band , International opera singers : Baritone Marco Elisetti ; Soprano Park Im Jun ; Tenor Yang Jin Gyu.

International Opera Singers in Concert with the Sliema Band

Saturday 28th February 1998:
Musical and Vocal Concert at the Republic Hall, Mediterrenean Conference Centre, Valletta. Including in the programme was the premiere of the Maritan Oratorio “To Our Lady of the Sacred Heart of Jesus”, an original composition of Mro Joseph Magri FLCM. Together with the Sliema Band were St. Monica Choir and singers : Soprano Joan Mangion ; Tenor Andrew Sapiano ; Baritone Joe Huber.



The numerous public present at the Mediterrenean Conference Hall for this Concert.




Saturday 30th January 1999:
Musical Concert at the Sir Temi Zammit Auditorium, University of Malta, marking the success achieved by performances of the Sliema Band in Trentino Alto Adige, Italy. Together with the Band was soloist violinist, George Curmi.

Saturday 29th April 2000:
Millennium Concert at the Republic Hall, Mediterrenean Conference Centre, Valletta. Premiere of a Missa da Requiem “Malta War Requiem” composed for band, choir and singers by Mro. Joseph Magri FLCM. Together with the band were the St. Monica Choir and opera singers : Tenor Joseph Aquilina ; Soprano Anita Cauchi ; Mezzo Soprano Claire Massa ; Baritone Alfred Camilleri.


Saturday 3rd March 2001:
Musical and Vocal Concert at the Sir Temi Zammit Auditorium, University of Malta, with the special participation of leading Hungarian Soprano Magdolna Szabo’.




Wednesday 20th June 2001:
Marian Oratorio dedicated to Our Lady of the Sacred Heart of Jesus by the "Sliema" Band in the Parish Church of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Sliema, celebrating the 120th anniversary of the arrival of the Minor Franciscan Fathers in Sliema and of the Statue of Our Lady being the First Titular Statue in Sliema and 90 years from the first procession with this Statue.

Marian Oratorio by the "Sliema" Band

Marian Oratorio in the Church of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Saturday 2nd March 2002:
“Night in Vienna” Concert at the Sir Temi Zammit Auditorium, University of Malta, with the special participation of Austrian Soprano Petra Chiba under the direction of special guest director Mro Frans Gumpinger from Austria.

Special Guest Director Mro Frans Gumpinger and Petra Chiba with the "Sliema" Band, 2002

Austrian Soprano Petra Chiba

The first part of the concert was under the direction of Band Director Mro. Ronnie Debattista with the Band being accompanied by a Piano.


Saturday 3rd March 2003:
80th Anniversary Celebrity Concert at the Sir Temi Zammit Auditorium, University of Malta with the special participation of world renowned tenor Kaludi Kaludov.

Kaludi Kaludow in Concert with the "Sliema" Band, March 2003


Saturday 27th March 2004:
Concert for Europe at the Sir Temi Zammit Auditorium, University of Malta marking the international success by the band during performances in Brussells, Belgium, and The Hague, Holland, being also the first band to play the national anthem in the Capital of the European Union. Together with the band was Spanish French Horn Soloist Jose Garcia Gutierrez.

Spanish French Horn Player Jose Garcia Gutierrez with the "Sliema" Band

During the Concert Assistant Band Director and Conductor of the "Sliema" Youth Band performed a solo on the trumpet of the popular "Grand Father Clock" interpreted also by the "Sliema" Band during the Concerts in Brussells, Belgium, and The Hague, Holland in August 2003.

Mro Sigmund Mifsud during his solo on the trumpet


Wednesday 25th August 2004:
Musical Programme by the "Sliema" Band with the Collaboration of the Sliema Local Council at Ghar-id-Dud in Sliema to mark the 10th Anniversary of the International Success of the Band in the Autonomous Region of Valle d' Aosta, Italy. A large number of people attended this programme.

The "Sliema" Band in Concert at Ghar-id-Dud, Sliema, August 2004


Saturday 12th March 2005 :-

Italian Opera Singers Eva Zampieron and Marco Voleri together with the Sliema Band under the direction of Mro Ronnie Debattista

Opera and Musical Concert for Europe by the "Sliema" Band as a Celebration for the Band's International Success with the the Concert for Europe in Brussels and for the opening of the Cultural Performance Hall in the Society's premises.

Soprano Eva Zampieron and Tenor MArco Voleri interpreting Duetto O Soave Fanciulla from La Boheme

Together with the "Sliema" Band under the direction of Mro Ronnie Debattista FLCM there was the special participation of Italian singers Soprano Eva Zampieron from Venice and Tenor Marco Voleri from Livorno, who interpreted different arias from famous operas and selctions from popular italian songs. The Concert was presented by Joyce Guillaumier while the Leader of the Band was Mro William Debattista .
The Programme was under the distinguished patronage of the President of Malta His Excellency Dr. Edward Fenech Adami and with the collaboration of the Sliema Local Council.

Dr. Tonio Portughese, President of the Society during his speech together with the President of Malta H.E.Dr.Edward Fenech Adami, Vice-President of the Society Lino Chircop, Sliema Mayor Albert Bonello DuPuis, Tourism & Culture Minister Dr. Francis Zammit Dimech and the Italian Singers

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Saturday 25th March 2006 :-
Vocal and Musical
Celebrity Concert for Europe
by the Sliema Band
under the direction of
Band Master
Mro Ronnie Debattista FLCM
with Special Guest Performer
Tenor Kaludi Kaludow
under the distinguished patronage
of the President of Malta
His Excellency
Dr Edward Fenech Adami

The Sliema Band under the baton of Mro Ronnie Debattista FLCM accompanying world famous bulgarian tenor Kaludi Kaludow during the Vocal and Musical Celebrity Concert for Europe under the patronage of The President of Malta His Excellency Dr Edward Fenech Adami held at the Sir Temi Zammit Auditorium in the University of Malta on Saturday 25th March 2006
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Saturday 24th March 2007
Celebrity Concert for Europe by the Sliema Band
conducted by Mro Ronnie Debattista FLCM
with the special participation of
International Singers from Croatia
Voljen Grbac & Vivien Galeta
at the Sir Temi Zammit Auditorium
University of Malta

International Singers from Croatia Voljen Grbac and Vivien Galeta accompanied by the Sliema Symphony Band conducted by Mro Ronnie Debattista FLCM during the Celebrity Concert for Europe on Saturday 24th March 2007 at the Sir Temi Zammit Auditorium University of Malta
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Sunday 21st October 2007
Celebrity Concert for Europe
at the Mediterrenean Conference Centre
with the participation of special guest
World Known Tenor Kaludi Kaludow



Saturday 18th April 2009
Musical and Vocal Celebrative Concert for Europe
by the Sliema Band conducted by Mro Ronnie Debattista FLCM
with special participation of Italian Opera Singers from Parma
Andrea Cesare Coronella and Giuseppina Chirizzi
at the University of Malta Auditorium










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