Martin Seeliger has started to build steelstring guitars in Germany in the earl 1980s. Today his brand Lakewood Guitars is known as a source for great guitars for fingerpickers, and many great artists are playing Lakewood guitars. On the website of the German guitar magazine Akustik Gitarre you can find a very interesting video with …
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The mandolin orchestra Mandolinenclub Falkenstein was founded in 1925. In 1965 on the occasion of the 40th anniversary the orchestra organized fir the first time an international competition for mandolin orchestras. Other competitions were organized over the years. Currently the orchestra consists of ca. 20 members. The orchestra was conducted by Keith Harris between 2001 …
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Takashi Ochi (jap. 越智 敬, Ochi Takashi; * 30. Oktober 1934 in Imabari; † 14. November 2010 in Heppenheim, Hessen[1]) was a German-Japanese mandolinist, mandolin teacher, composer and editor. German text and translation to English from the German Wikipedia article about Takashi Ochi with the most important information: Takashi Ochi wurde am 30. Oktober 1934 …
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By twitter I have heard about this two videos that were made from a concert of the Langendorfer Zupforchester, the mandolin orchestra from Langendorf in Germany – given in Japan some days ago. On the homepage of the Langendorfer Mandolineorchesters you can find some information about the friendship between this German mandolin orchestra and Japan. …
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