The mandolin orchestra “Mandolinata Karlsruhe” has been filmed during a concert given in Logroño last year. The complete concert is available at youtube. The concert took place during the XIV Festival Internacional de Instrumentos Populares de La Rioja 2011. This orchestra is conducted by Christopher Grafschmidt who is a guitar player, musicologist and composer. He [...]
The Orquesta de Plectro La Orden de la Terraza conducted by Carlos Blanco Ruiz has given a concer in december with the winner compositions of the Concurso Internacional de Composición para formaciones de Plectro “José Fernández Rojas” 2010 and of previous years. The complete concert is available in the following playlist: Playliste: Concierto de presentación [...]
Madeira must be a good place for mandolins – at the moment there are 17 mandolin orchstras and tunas on Madeira. Activities of those orchestras can be found on the homepage of the Associacion de Bandolins de Madeira http://www.bandolins-madeira.net/ A group of four players with mandolin, mandola (octave mandolin), guitar and bass has arranged some [...]
Today a new fantastic mandolin video has been uploaded to youtube by Carlos Blanco Ruiz. The video shows a performance of Railroad Song, a composition by Yasuo Kuwahara, played by the composer himself on the mandolin and Carlos Balnco Ruiz on the guitar. It was recorded in 1999. This is the first time that I [...]