Maria Spiteri Zahra

Maria Spiteri Zahra
26th July 2020 MPO Marketing

Maria Spiteri Zahra

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Maria Spiteri Zahra graduated in B.Communications from the University of Malta and obtained the A.Mus LCM both in 2005. In 2007 she continued her musical studies at the Conservatorio G. Verdi (Milan, Italy), following a scholarship from the Italian Cultural Institute, and supported by the MAF and Janatha Stubbs Foundation.

She obtained a Bachelor’s degree in 2010 and Master’s Degree in 2012. Maria also attended the Erasmus programme at the Hochschule für Music Franz Liszt, Germany. She won the audition with Arena di Verona, and The World Orchestra, and has performed and toured in various prestigious theatres worldwide with several orchestras.

Maria has debuted as soloist with the MPO playing Weber’s Concerto in 2012, and subsequently Verdi’s Capriccio in 2013.