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Composer/Musician/Lecturer/Musicologist

I developed a taste for jazz music at an early age. I studied jazz piano with my father Sammy and later in London with the Godfather of British Jazz Stan Tracey. I furthered my studies in composition with Maestro Pawlu Grech and obtained a B.A. Hons (2007) and a Masters Degree (2010) from the University of Malta. I also hold Diplomas in Pianoforte Performance, Theory, Composition, a Fellowship Diploma in Professional Achievement, all from the London College of Music, and an Outstanding Musicianship Certificate from Berklee in Umbria.

Since 1983, I have participated and won various awards in festivals both locally and abroad, in Slovakia, Egypt, Australia, Bulgaria and Italy amongst others. I also won the Best Composer Award at the Malta Music Awards in 2001. My versatile works include sixteen musicals, set music to a large number of Maltese literary works, incidental music for TV shows, short film, ballet, jazz suites and other contemporary works.

I have recorded and performed with international jazz artists such as Clark Tracey, Wayne Naus, Alan Barnes, Mark Armstrong, Martin Shaw, Mark Lewandowski, Brandon Allen, and Bodek Janke, to mention a few.

Recently, I was promoted as one of Europe's leading jazz pianists at a famous jazz club in London. I took part at the Bratislava Jazz Days (1985), where my composition 'Horizon' was recorded on a double album featuring international jazz musicians such as Stanley Clarke, Terje Rypdal and John McLaughlin. I also performed in various jazz and cultural festivals in Malta, England, Cyprus, Portugal, Italy, France, Belgium and Germany.

I founded my own record label in 2003, called Heritage Records Malta, producing a catalogue of over thirty albums, most of which feature my own compositions. Since 2008, I have been a visiting lecturer at the University of Malta teaching jazz theory, composition and improvisation.