♦ harpsichord 
♦♦ organ 
♦♦♦ piano solo 
♦♦♦♦ keyboard 
♠ chamber choir

All of the tracks here are demos and were recorded at my home.

I play piano, write songs and sing a bit,  I mess about on other instruments as well.  I like most kinds of music though I am less fond of rock than I used to be,  probably because of it's mostly excessive volume but also because of it's un- orchestrated clutter.

I have been influenced by most music from early classical and early jazz and rock and roll 'til about the mid seventies when I felt things started to get less interesting - generally of course.

  Nearly all the music on here is my own, and I have played all the instruments.   I have written about 150 to 200 piecess in all and several short Baroque keyboard pieces as well.    Here are just a few of my songs,  the only pieces I have not written on here at the moment are Cow cow Blues which was written by Charlie Davenport in the late 1920's and two piano pieces by Bach BWV865. and BWV846 both from the 48 preludes and fugues book 1.

thank you for listening.

John.

Maurizio Schembri – Composer (b. 1972)

From an early age Maurizio had an appreciation for music. It’s basic elements: Rhythm, harmony, timbre and texture have always fascinated him. His greatest discovery was when he started going through his dad’s reel to reel tapes, listening to the music of the likes of The Beatles, Tom Jones, Cliff Richard & the Shadows. The exposure to classical music came from his grandfather with whom he used to spend hours listening to classical music especially Italian Opera.

He eventually took up drums & percussion which he played & performed with several bands. In 2003 Maurizio decided that it was the prime time to get back to his music studies. He enrolled for a course in Music Theory at the Johann Strauss School of Music and he also took additional private tuition in music theory along with piano.

During 2008 Maurizio attended a course in Audio Engineering at MCAST as he was in the process of building a Home Recording Studio.

In 2009 he took up Music Composition under the tuition of Mro. Effie Pulis at the Johann Strauss School of Music. In 2012 Maurizio had started widening his knowledge on Modern Music Techniques, Contemporary Music Composition, Instrumentation and Orchestration under the guidance of Dr Reuben Pace whose ideas, philosophies, techniques and methods were found to be very helpful and inspiring.

His music has been performed at the Sala Isouard, Manoel Theatre – Valletta; MITP Theatre, University of Malta – Valletta; Marian Hall, Sacred Heart Convent – St.Julians; St. James Cavalier – Valletta; The Westin Dragonara – St. Julians; St. Paul's Proto Parish & Collegiate Church - Rabat; Le Meridien St. Julian's Hotel & Spa - St. Julian's; St. Aloysious College - Birkirkara & at Teatru Salesjan - Sliema & Palace of Oranienbaum - St. Petersburg (Russia).

Maurizio is the Co-Founder & Vice-President of the Malta Art Music Association (MAMA) - an entity which strives to raise the profile of Maltese Art Music.

DIEGO REY was born in Barcelona in 1972. He starts in the  music world at the age of 16 years  at which time begins studying classical guitar at the conservatory, at the same time he wrote his firsts songs. In the early nineties he made his first recitals in his hometown, accompanyed at that time by the cellist Jordi Ruiz. Smalls bars and cafes from Barcelona (café-teatre Llantiol, Ismes café, la Rosa de Foc…) are the stages to present those young songs, influenced by artists such as Luis Eduardo Aute, J. M. Serrat and Silvio Rodríguez, among others.

In 1995 joins the songwriters workshop "la revuelta", integrated then by Gabriel Maugeri, Nelson Poblete and Carlos Rodríguez, an experience that lets him bring his songs to some of the major cities of Spain, in various performances undertaken by the group. In the summer of 1997 he recorded his first album with PDI, entitled "... desde el silencio", whose presentation was done in the concert hall Tarantos of Barcelona on 11 and 12 February 1998.

In the same year he moved to Madrid, where he seeks to broaden horizons. Gradually he joined the cafe-concerts circuit city (El Buho Real, La Ofrenda Musical, El  Café del Foro, etc..) he performs in cultural centers and participates in songwriting contests. In February 2000 he participates in the cycle "cantando a la luz de la luna" organized by the CCOO, in the Ateneo Cultural 1º Mayo and in November of that year, Diego Rey shares the stage (opening the concert) with the singer Jose Antonio Labordeta, a recital scheduled as part of the singer-songwriter cycle, which organizes the “Casa de la Cultura del Ayuntamiento de Tres Cantos”. During this period, Diego Rey combines recitals with the production, this time on his own, of a new collection of songs under the title "de amor y de ausencias”. The recording is completed in the summer of 2002 in the studios "EQ estudis" of Barcelona.

After years of inactivity, in 2006 Diego Rey returns to Barcelona, where he takes up again the music and in his own studio he records a new CD entitled "el camino de los sueños" (2007). In this year, a personal journey that leads him to the city of Austin (Texas), gives him the opportunity to offer a series of recitals in various cafes in town, where his music is well received and sells  his albums successfully.

When he returns from the U.S., in 2008, he plays again in the circuit of cafes and bars from Barcelona y Madrid, and he throws into the production and recording of which is his fourth work from studio "cajas de alas" (2010). In early 2010 he travels to Prague to give a series of concerts, and soon after goes to live to Berlin. Months later, plays regularly in some bars, clubs and halls in the German capital and also bring closer his music to other cities of the country like Kassel, Lingen, Heidelberg or Basdorf. Precisely in Basdorf he is invited to the Festival Georges Brassens in the editions 2012 and 2013. In the summer of 2013 releases his fifth album entitled "sin patria ni dueño".



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