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Clifford Borg was born into a musical family on 11th May 1976. By
the age of five, Clifford had already begun piano lessons. Within
a year, he had teamed up with his father and two sisters, entertaining
the patrons of their family restaurant. The positive reception led
them to go on to form The Islanders, a band that played in hotels
and clubs all over the Maltese Islands.
At the age of 10, Borg gave a live solo performance on Maltese National
television, with a repertoire that included Fur Elise, Moonlight
Sonata and Ballad pour Adeline. A year later returned to television
with The Islanders. The furtherance of his musical studies led him
to obtain his diploma in piano practical and theory (ALCM), by the
age of 18, when he also started composing. Longing Dawn was the
culmination of work between 1995-97, during which time Clifford
belonged to the band Orion, playing the keyboards. Longing Dawn
placed 7th in Malta`s most prestigious song festival.
Following the dissolution of Orion, Clifford engaged himself into
serious composition work, and in March 2000, released Drifted, his
first solo piano album containing twelve piano-based tracks composed
and performed by Borg himself. He also collaborated with other artists
like Chiara. One of the numbers, Hoping, was then re-mixed as an
ambient dance track and it was the third most played and requested
track from local artists on Capital Radio.
Clifford gave a number of concerts in Malta and in Europe including
United Kingdom (London), The Netherlands (Amsterdam), Brussels (Belgium),
Germany (Koblenz and Vreden) and several concerts in his country
(Malta). He also performed outside Europe in Elgouna (Egypt).
Clifford`s performances have been well received and well reviewed
by critics. He will be recording new material this year in Brussels.
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