I have just found the following video in the youtube channel of WAMU, a complete Open Mic show of two hours, with performances by Danny Paisley & The Southern Grass, Gold Heart and Akira Otsuka. Inspired by this video I had to search around for more information about Akira Otsuka, his band Bluegrass 45, John […]
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The mandolin orchestra “Il Mare” from Chiba in Japan has posted about twenty videos in its youtube channel. The orchestra weas founded in 2008, the first concert was given in 2009. The videos contain pieces from the concerts in 2009 – 2013, the sixth concert is planned for this year. I have compiled the videos
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Mandolin orchestras from Japan are known for playing arrangements of music from computer games. I have recently discovered this great example, a version of Battle at the Big Bridge / Clash on the Big Bridge from Final Fantasy V played by the mandolin orchestra of the Yamagata Higashi High School: Clash on the Big Mandolin
The mandoloncello (or mandocello) is regularly used in most of the mandolin orchestras in Japan. So I have recently collected some interesting mandoloncello videos and want to present the best videos from Japan in this post. A side effect of the regular use of the mandoloncello in the mandolin orchestras is that there are many
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I had planned for some time to write about the Japanese guitarist Kaori Muraji. Now I have just discovered four playlists with hundres of great videos played by Kaori Muraji and I have started listening to this fantastic guitar player from Japan. You can find a short biography on her official website: Kaori Muraji is
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Konrad Wölki (-> Wikipedia) (* 27. Dezember 1904 in Berlin; † 5. Juli 1983) has composed some works for a large mandolin orchestra with additional instrumentswhich are typically used in a symphony orchestra. Especially his Ouvertures in A-Major and F#-Minor were very popular in the 1930s and 1940s in Germany. Another composition from this time
Some time ago I have discovered the videos by the Duo Maple, a duo with mandolin and guitar from Japan. The duo occasionally adds other players with instruments like the Japanese instruments shamisen and shakuhachi, a second guitar, an accordeon or even a bagpipe to its program. Yoko Eto (mandolin) and Shinji Nordtor (guitar, mandola)
Some time ago I have discovered another great popsong from Japan that has been arrangend for mandolin orchestra – Song of the Wheel by Bump of Chicken. The famous Japanese rock band Bump of Chicken used the mandolin for the recorded version of this song, the mandolin is also used in the official video of
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The mandolin orchestra Viva Mandolino has recently given its 14th regular concert in the Kashiwa Shinmin Bunka Hall. The mandolin orchestra Viva Mandolino is located in the region Abiko City / Kashiwa City in the province Chiba not far from Tokio. Two videos from this concert are available at youtube. The orchestra has added a percussion
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Capriccio Zingaresco ジプシー風綺想曲 Ryo Aoyama Mandolin マンドリン The Capriccio Zingaresco by Enrico Marucelli is beeing played by the young Japanese mandolin player Ryo Aoyama. Zigeunerweisen / Izumi Toru (Mandolin) , Fujii Yumi (pf) Playlist Zigeunerweisen I have compiled many versions of this famous piece, played by the mandolin players Izumi Toru and Onishi Kozo, by the mandolin orchestras from
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