Federica Falzon

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Federica Falzon
Birth nameFederica Falzon
Born (2003-02-17) 17 February 2003 (age 21)
Safi, Malta
GenresCurrent:
Pop
Former:
Operatic pop, Classical crossover
Occupation(s)Singer
Instrument(s)Vocals
Years active2011-present

Federica Falzon (born 17 February 2003) is a Maltese mezzo-soprano singer. She represented Malta at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014 on home soil with the song "Diamonds", and placed 4th. [1]

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Life and career

Federica Falzon was born on 17 February 2003 in a rural village named Safi, Malta (Maltese : Ħal Safi). She has been interested in music for most of her life, and has started singing at age 8. Her grandpa took her to karaoke clubs where most people encouraged her to take singing lessons. In 2011, Falzon sang in front of an audience for the first time at Festa Hiliet. There, she sang two songs - "Sailing" by The Sutherland Brothers, and "Rose Garden" by Lynn Anderson.

Federica started out as a country-pop singer, but discovered her passion for classical music through her vocal tutor and mentor Gillian Attard from Malta's La Voix Academy. Falzon has also taken part in Sanremo D.O.C. and won RAI UNO's Ti lascio una canzone 2014, [2] despite not knowing any Italian when she arrived in Italy. [3] In November 2013, Falzon won Ghanja Gmiel is-Seba Noti with an original song titled "Ilwien il-Holqien" (Nature's colours).

On 18 July, Falzon was one of the guest performers in the annual concert held on the Granaries Floriana by Maltese tenor and internationally acclaimed Joseph Calleja. [4]

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014

On 15 November 2014, Federica represented Malta at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014 on home soil. According to lyricist Matt Muxu Mercieca, the song talks about how Federica finds her “way out of the storm” and how “together we can all shine, like diamonds in the sky.” [5] The song placed 4th with 116 points.

Discography

Singles

YearTitleEnglish translationAlbum
2013"Ilwien il-Holqien""Nature's Colours"Non-album single(s)
2014"Diamonds"

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References

  1. Granger, Anthony (20 April 2014). "Malta: Federica Falzon To Represent Malta At JESC". Eurovoix.
  2. "L-ewwel post għal Federica Falzon". YouTube .
  3. Saucedo, Mario (16 October 2014). "Federica Falzon interview: "People in Italy stop me to say hello!"". wiwibloggs.
  4. "Lineup for Joseph Calleja's 2014 Malta concert announced - Joseph Calleja - the Official Web Site of the Maltese Tenor". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
  5. Zarb, Noel (22 August 2014). "Exclusive: Malta reveals excerpt of inspirational Junior Eurovision lyrics to wiwibloggs". wiwibloggs.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Malta in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
2014
Succeeded by