New Album Release: Avital Meets Avital
The ‘plucky genius’, mandolin player Avi Avital is no stranger to Sydney after two popular tours with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra. Avi Avital has now joined forces with his namesake, jazz bassist Omer Avital to record Avital Meets Avital, a cross-genre recording for Deutsch Grammophon, released earlier this month, where the classics meet jazz, the…
Concert Review: Avi Avital and the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra Avi Avital, mandolin 26 October 2016, City Recital Hall, Angel Place Written by Larry Turner Two years ago the Israeli-born mandolin player Avi Avital gave a very successful series of concerts with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra. Now he has returned to a celebrity welcome from the ABO’s Artistic Director, Paul Dyer, who…