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 ...

Josh Feinberg, left, will play bass in the Oregon Mandolin Orchestra at the upcoming Classical Mandolin Society of America convention. The orchestra was co-founded by Brian Oberlin, right. (Courtesy ...

More than virtually any other instrument, the mandolin stands for different things depending on time and place. In the 18th century it was the preserve of the wealthy in salons across Europe; by the ...

This Saturday at 7pm on Classical 101 on Fretworks, weâ ll hear from guitarist Jason Vieauxâ s brand new recording with music of Francesco Tarrega, and Antonio Carlos Jobim and Stanley Myersâ lovely ...

You’ve probably heard the mandolin, but you may NOT have heard music by Johann Sebastian Bach played on the mandolin. Avi Avital wants to change that. Hear Avi Avital play his arrangement of one of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Founded in 2015, the event has grown into a multi-day festival celebrating various plucked instruments, including oud, harp, sitar and more. This year's festival will feature performances by ...

To say Brian Oberlin is smitten with the mandolin is an extreme understatement. The award-winning performer plays baroque, romantic, swing, bluegrass, contemporary, classical, Cajun and folk music, ...

It’s hard to imagine, but there was a time when every city in America had at least one and usually several mandolin orchestras. These large ensembles died out after the 1920s, but in recent years they ...