The Great Saiya Mandolin Ensemble is a young Japanese mandolin ensemble. After only 5 years the orchestra has already reached a high standard. The fifth regular concert of the Great Saiya Mandolin Ensemble was given on Oct. 2nd. The complete concert was streamed by ustream and has also been recorded. The videos of the concert …
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I have just discovereda new video with the Rhapsodia Napoletana by Raffaele Calace. Yasunobu Inoue plays this Rahpsodia on a mandolin built by Calace in 1926. Calace used several famous Neapolitan songs in this Rhapsodia – you will definitively recognize some of the songs. Yasunobu Inoue was born in 1975. He has successfully taken part …
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Once again I have found some fantastic videos from Japan. This time the Setouchi Mandolinenquintett plays music from the 18th century, but also some Irish music. Thous videos were made during the preparation for a trip to the Korea Mandolin Festival. Mandolins: Miyatake Shiyougo, Wakiya Kazuyo Mandola: 穏 香 Tominaga Guitar: Miyatake Tizuko Mandoloncello: Itsumi …
setouchiMANDOLINEquintet – A Great Mandolin Quintet from Japan – V. Roeser / L. Mozart Read More »
Recently I have found a tweet about a paperguitar: Ausschneidebogen: Wir basteln uns eine Papier-E-Gitarre http://bit.ly/cO3puS Peter Glaser writes a blog which includes also an instrument of the day with a lot of special instruments: Instrument des Tages Some days ago he presented a paperguitar. At first I did not believe that the image showed …
Build your own Guitar…from Paper! Great Paperguitars from Japan! Read More »