The strings of the mandolin stretch across a century, and across an ocean, linking Kalamazoo to Italy. So mandolin virtuoso Carlo Aonzo can’t help but to have an affection for our town. Aonzo spoke ...

Italian artists value tradition ? from the carvers of conch shells into cameos, to glassblowers, to the makers of music. “I have been playing the mandolin since I was 9,” said Carlo Aonzo, a native of ...

Much as Andres Segovia brought the classical guitar into the concert hall, the Israeli virtuoso Avi Avital is doing the same with the mandolin. On Thursday, Avital makes his Los Angeles Philharmonic ...

The Classical Mandolin Society of America will convene in Kansas City Nov. 8 to 12, with some free concerts included. Casey Toth Raleigh News & Observer It’s hard to imagine, but there was a time when ...

BELLOWS FALLS — Led by August Watters, a Boston area teacher and composer, the Festival of Mandolin Chamber Music IX at Stone Church Center, 12 and 14 Church St., is designed for the classical ...

Avi Avital is one of the world's leading classical mandolinists, gracing concert halls from Tel Aviv to Munich to New York. But the young Israeli says he discovered the mandolin only by coincidence.

This is the second album from the 35-year-old Israeli mandolinist, who garnered a Grammy nomination with his debut album of self-transcribed Bach concertos in 2012. He goes deep into exploration mode ...

Avi Avital is the featured performer in "InstaConcerto for Mandolin and Orchestra," a 75-second concerto written for Instagram. Harald Hoffman/Deutsche Grammophon What do you think of when you think ...

The “holy grail of acoustic instruments” was played at The Great Divide music store in Aspen yesterday – a mandolin that dates to 1923 and is worth $100,000. Great Divide owner Sandy Munro was the ...