Carlo Munier is one of the important composers for the mandolin. In his book “Il Nuovo Stile dei Duetti per mandolino solo, Op.278 ” he has studied the possibilities of the duo style for the mandolin. I have now found a video of the 1a. Fantasia from this collection, a great performance by the Japanese mandolinist […]
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Paul Ruppa has written the following article for the Mandolin Journal of the Classical Mandolin Society of America (CMSA). To make this article available for the mandolin community he asked me to publish it in my blog. Using the internet three years ago, I began to build a list of the oldest active mandolin orchestras
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The 2021 Connvention of the Classical Mandolin Society of America (CMSA) was held as an online event. Several artists were invited to send videos of performances and workshops. After the convention nunberous videos have been uploaded to youtube and are now available. I have compiled the videos that I have found in this post. Enjoy!
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The mandolin students of Vincent Beer-Demander – Conservatoire royal de Liège – Professeur Vincent Beer Demander – gave an online concert in 2021. This is a great chance to see different young players and listen to different mandolins. Program Thomas Paclade: Partita de Philippe Sauli for mandolin solo Nina Grimaud – Ochiana for mandolin solo
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Vincent Beer-Demander is one of the leading mandolin players in France and a great composer too. In June 2021 he performed a special online concert for Japan which is available at youtube. Vincent Beer-Demander and friends played a selection of compositions for mandolin, mandola, two mandolins, three mandolins and songs with piano and mandolin. Vincent
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Denise Wambsganß und Christian Weyhofen have given a concert in August „Sommerserenade – Von Venedig nach Rio“ – “Summer Serenade – From Venice to Rio”- 2021. Videos from thios concert are available at youtube. Denise Wambsganß is a mandolin player living in the South West of Germany. She is regularly playing concerts and playing the
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Michael Guggino is well known as the mandolin player with the Steep Canyon Rangers. But his Italian-American background has led him to play traditional Italian music on the mandolin. Barret Smith has spent a lot of time in Italy teaching guitar, but also experiencing the musical tradition with folk songs, tarantellas and mandolins. For years
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Silvio Ranieri is best known for his mandolin method in four parts, and for his recordings from the early 20th century. But he is also a composer of some interesting pieces for the mandolin. His compositions are not played very often. I have found a beautiful video of “Souvenir de Varsovie” played by the Japanese
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Marijke and Michiel Wiesenekker have given a concert in Luxemburg. The concert has been filmed and is available from the website amcis.lu or directly at vimeo. Short videos from the concert are also available at youtube.
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The following video has recently been uploaded to youtube. 2018 North Carolina Heritage Award recipient Tony Williamson is a visionary musician, composer, musical instrument expert, teacher and mentor. He has played stringed instruments, most famously mandolin, for six decades and has been receiving awards and honors for his music for nearly 50 of those years.
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