Federica Falzon

Federica Falzon
Birth name	Federica Falzon
Born	17 February 2003 Safi, Malta
Genres	Opera, classical crossover, pop
Occupation(s)	Singer
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	2011-present

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

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 Rod Stewart, and "Rose Garden" by Lynn Anderson.

Federica started out as a country-pop singer, but discovered her passion for opera music through her singing 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).

In July 2014, Falzon performed a cover of Conchita Wurst's "Rise Like a Phoenix" alongside Junior Eurovision 2013 winner Gaia Cauchi at the Malta Football Association Awards.^[4] 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.^[5]

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.”^[6] The song placed 4th with 116 points.

Discography

Singles

Year	Title	English translation	Album
2013	"Ilwien il-Holqien"	"Nature's Colours"	Non-album single(s)
2014	"Diamonds"	—

References

1. Granger, Anthony (20 April 2014). "Malta: Federica Falzon To Represent Malta At JESC". Eurovoix.
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlcI9fGtH_s
3. Saucedo, Mario (16 October 2014). "Federica Falzon interview: "People in Italy stop me to say hello!"". wiwibloggs.
4. Zarb, Noel (24 July 2014). "Rise Like a Little Phoenix: Two JESC Stars Cover Conchita in a Duet". wiwibloggs.
5. http://josephcalleja.com/2014/05/29/lineup-for-joseph-callejas-2014-malta-concert-announced/
6. Zarb, Noel (22 August 2014). "Exclusive: Malta reveals excerpt of inspirational Junior Eurovision lyrics to wiwibloggs". wiwibloggs.