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…
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…
Mandolin virtuoso Avi Avital features on a double CD release from Deutsches Grammophon Avi Avital: Bach (June 2012)and Between Worlds (January 2014), to coincide with his tour to Australia with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra. The title of the first of the two CDs Bach needs little explanation except to add the initials ‘J S’ before…