Carlo Diacono (1876 - 1942)
Prolific and refined, Carlo Diacono, from Żejtun, south east Malta, studied with Paolino Vassallo, a leading light in Paris during the late 1870s and 1880s. ‘Of the great Maltese composers up to his generation, [he was] the only one who did not study abroad’. Selected for highest office, he was appointed maestro di cappella at Mdina Cathedral and St John’s Co-Cathedral Valletta in 1923, succeeding Vassallo.
Grand Piano has gained a reputation for producing high quality recordings of rare keyboard gems. Dedicated to the exploration of undiscovered piano repertoire, the label specialises in complete cycles of piano works by many lesser-known composers, whose output might otherwise have remained unknown and unrecorded.
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