Philip Vella
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Philip Vella is one of the most successful composers in Malta. He has won the main national festivals of Malta several times such as the Song for Europe festival, International Festival of Maltese song as well as Ghanja tal-poplu festival. He has successfully competed in International festivals in Holland (song by ‘Ebonique’ finishing third in the Eurofestival in 2003), finalist in the Belgian Song for Eurovision competition in 2006, Bulgaria (Best song in the 2003 edition of the Discovery song festival), Czech Republic, Slovenia, Kazakhstan (Best song in 2003 Voice of Asia), Romania (3rd placing in the 2005 edition of the Golden Stag festival) as well as five times representing Malta in the Eurovision song contest, placing 2nd in 2002 in Estonia with the song 7th Wonder, in 2000 in Sweden with the song ‘Desire’, in 2004 in Turkey with the song ‘On Again, Off Again’ and in 2007 in Finland with the song Vertigo that broke all televoting records in Malta with over 31000 votes. In 2008, he composed the song Vodka sung by Morena.
He is well known for his compositions for television and radio jingles, signature tunes and computer games music. He is responsible for the soundtrack of many popular teleseriels and documentaries shown on the main tv channels in Malta. He is also the current composer of Computer game company Black Pencil responsible for popular games in Germany such as Harry Buster and Smoke Attack 2. Many of his compositions have been used in various special occasions in Malta such as the anthem used in the official celebrations to mark Malta’s entry in the European Union, ‘Worker of the Year’ manifestations, the anthem of the ‘Small Nations Games’ held in Malta in 2003, the song to celebrate ‘Year of languages’ in 2002 and also composed the music for the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth heads of Government meeting, held in Malta under the patronage of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth of England. Latest compositions include the music used for the opening ceremony of St. George’s square in Valletta, and also the song ‘Dinja Gdida, which is the official song of the Community Chest Fund.
Philip Vella has been nominated several times as Best Composer in the Malta Music Awards , and won the Best Author and Best Recording Engineer Awards.
Besides being an established artist himself, Philip is renowned for his guitar playing and for being the musical director/music arranger for concerts involving Malta’s leading artists.
Together with his son Sean, who is a qualified pianist/arranger, they form part of a production team working together in their own studio, on various genres and music production requirements.
Along with Gerard James Borg
, Philip Vella has written five Maltese entries for the annual Eurovision Song Contest
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http://www.philipvella.com.mt
website:http://www.philipvella.com.mt
He is well known for his compositions for television and radio jingles, signature tunes and computer games music. He is responsible for the soundtrack of many popular teleseriels and documentaries shown on the main tv channels in Malta. He is also the current composer of Computer game company Black Pencil responsible for popular games in Germany such as Harry Buster and Smoke Attack 2. Many of his compositions have been used in various special occasions in Malta such as the anthem used in the official celebrations to mark Malta’s entry in the European Union, ‘Worker of the Year’ manifestations, the anthem of the ‘Small Nations Games’ held in Malta in 2003, the song to celebrate ‘Year of languages’ in 2002 and also composed the music for the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth heads of Government meeting, held in Malta under the patronage of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth of England. Latest compositions include the music used for the opening ceremony of St. George’s square in Valletta, and also the song ‘Dinja Gdida, which is the official song of the Community Chest Fund.
Philip Vella has been nominated several times as Best Composer in the Malta Music Awards , and won the Best Author and Best Recording Engineer Awards.
Besides being an established artist himself, Philip is renowned for his guitar playing and for being the musical director/music arranger for concerts involving Malta’s leading artists.
Together with his son Sean, who is a qualified pianist/arranger, they form part of a production team working together in their own studio, on various genres and music production requirements.
Along with Gerard James Borg
Gerard James Borg
Gerard James Borg is one of Malta's most successful song writers and concept creators for the last decades. Borg has penned five of the Maltese entries for the annual Eurovision Song Contest with Philip Vella, besides several Eurovision national final entries....
, Philip Vella has written five Maltese entries for the annual Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...
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Eurovision Song Contest entries
- DesireDesire (Eurovision song)"Desire" was the Maltese entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000, performed predominantly in English but with a bridge in Maltese by Claudette Pace.The song is an up-tempo ballad, with Pace explaining the depth of her feelings to her lover...
by Claudette PaceClaudette PaceClaudette Pace is a Maltese singer born in Naxxar in 1968.Claudette Pace has participated in many local and international song festivals, and won several prestigious awards. In 1995, Claudette won the Best female artist award at the Malta Music Awards, an award she has been nominated for almost...
(Stockholm 2000Eurovision Song Contest 2000The Eurovision Song Contest 2000 was the 45th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 13 May 2000 at the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden, following Charlotte Nilsson's victory in Jerusalem the previous year. It was the first time since 1996 that the contest was held on mainland Europe. The...
) - 7th Wonder7th Wonder"7th Wonder" was the Maltese entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002, performed in English by Ira Losco. The song is composed by Philip Vella and written by Gerard James Borg....
by Ira LoscoIra LoscoIra Losco is a singer and was on born 31 July 1981 in Sliema, Malta.With a string of number 1 singles and albums, Ira Losco is one of the best selling artists in Malta.-Tiara:...
(Tallinn 2002Eurovision Song Contest 2002The Eurovision Song Contest 2002 was the 47th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place on 25 May 2002 at the Saku Suurhall Arena in Tallinn, Estonia....
) - On Again... Off Again by Julie & LudwigJulie & LudwigJulie and Ludwig represented Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004. They placed 12th from 24 contestants with the song On Again... Off Again. They have just launched an album called Moodswings....
(Istanbul 2004Eurovision Song Contest 2004The Eurovision Song Contest 2004, was the 49th Contest and it was held in the Abdi İpekçi Arena in Istanbul, Turkey. This was the first occasion in which the contest was held in Turkey after they had won the competition in 2003 with Sertab Erener singing "Everyway That I Can"...
) - Vertigo by Olivia LewisOlivia LewisFor the comic book character, see Menagerie.Olivia Lewis, born 18 October 1978, is a singer from Qormi, Malta. She has competed 11 consecutive times in the Malta Song For Europe festival, which selects the country's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest...
(Helsinki 2007Eurovision Song Contest 2007The Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was the 52nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It was won by first-time appearance as an independent country Serbia and was held at the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, Finland from 10 May to 12 May. The host broadcaster was YLE.Finland earned the right to host...
) - VodkaVodka (song)"Vodka" was the song that represented Malta at Eurovision Song Contest 2008, in Belgrade, Serbia. It was sung by Gozitan singer Morena.The authors of the song, Gerard James Borg and Philip Vella have had songs in Eurovision five times ."Vodka" won the Malta Song for Europe 2008 with total 78...
by Morena (Belgrade 2008Eurovision Song Contest 2008The Eurovision Song Contest 2008 was the 53rd edition of the Contest. It was hosted in Belgrade, Serbia after Marija Šerifović won the 2007 Contest in Helsinki, Finland. This year was the first contest to have two semi-finals which were held on 20 and 22 May, and the final held on 24 May 2008...
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