Concert Review: Plucky genius – Avi Avital with The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra

Concert Review: Plucky genius – Avi Avital with The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra

It is a constant matter of wonderment to me when I see  grown men and women musicians performing on instruments that seem hardly big enough to convey their virtuosity. Yet, the musician  turns the instrument into a giant of expression and mandolin player Avi  Avital’s opening concert with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra was a night…

The Mandolin In Concert: Avital With The Brandenburgs

The Mandolin In Concert: Avital With The Brandenburgs

Grammy nominated mandolin player and Deutsche Grammophon recording artist Avi Avital performs with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra under the artistic direction of Paul Dyer AO, in Sydney in May. Rarely heard as a solo instrument in Sydney,  Avital and the ABO perform music from opposite ends of the stylistic spectrum from the formality of the…