The ‘Orchestra mandolinistica di Lugano’ (Ticino, southern Switzerland) is probably the best mandolin orchestra in Switzerland today. More than 40 pieces played by this mandolin orchestra are available as youtube videos, including original traditional Italian mandolin music by Calace, Munier or Mezzacapo, original compositions for the modern mandolin orchestra like the Capriccio by Hans Gal …
Stephane Wrembel was born in France and grew up there. For many years he played the music of Django Reinhardt and the gypsies. Later he studied at the Berklee College of Music and has been living in New York City for about 10 years now. Stephane Wrembel has recorded several CDs and has compiled a …
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Another famous pop song of the early 1980s with the mandolin is Boat on the River by Styx with Tommy Shaw playing mandolin. Yesterday I heard this song in our local radio station, so I looked what I could find about this song. I have found many old and new videos with this song. In …
Ralf Leenen and the Royal Estudiantina “La Napolitaine” from Antwerpen have added four new videos from a concert given on November 7th in Edegem, Belgium. The members of this ensemble play instruments by the famous Luigi Embergher. The fantastic bright and clear sound of those instruments is very well recorded in the four videos. Live …
Royal Estudiantina “La Napolitaine” – The Sound of the Embergher Mandolins Read More »