AFTER THREE DECADES and a half dozen albums, Dana Rath almost broke up the Modern Mandolin Quartet. Now that the group is nominated for three Grammy Awards, he’s glad he didn’t. “Americana,” recorded ...
If the sound of “quartetto romantico” strikes an appealing chord within, then the combined richness of bowl-back mandolins, mandola and classical guitar is sure to please aficionados of string ...
In this DW Festival Concert we'll hear mandolin superstar Avi Avital join forces with the string quartet Brooklyn Rider to present old, new and genre-blending works at the 2023 Beethoven Festival in ...
On June 1 the New York Mandolin Orchestra will celebrate its 90th anniversary at a concert in Manhattan. The repertoire ranges from a Vivaldi concerto to St. Louis Blues. Founded in 1924 by a Russian ...
It started with a photograph. It was a faded photograph of a very serious-looking group of young men in suits and ties, holding musical instruments. Avner Yonai immediately recognized his maternal ...
AVI Avital is doing for the mandolin what Andreas Segovia did for the classical guitar — lifting the instrument from being an occasional curiosity to a concert hall star. He’s doing it by combining ...