Wonderful memories of Venice

THE VENICE MANDOLIN FESTIVAL

Concerts in Venice 1 - 4 May 2024

PREVIOUS FESTIVAL PROGRAM

1 - 4 May 2024

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INAGURATION CONCERT & OPEN REHEARSAL 1 MAY 19:00

Wednesday 1 May 19:00 Chiostro / Chiesa Sant' Elena, Venezia

The international mandolin orchestra

VENICE MANDOLIN FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA

Lars Forslund - conductor

Concert program - Music by Vivaldi and others

Free entrance

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Zupforchester Baar

CONCERT 2 MAY 17:00

Thursday 2 May 17:00 Chiostro / Chiesa Sant' Elena, Venezia

The mandolin orchestra from Switzerland

ZUPFORCHESTER BAAR

Melina Murray - conductor

Concert program - Music by Vivaldi and others

Free entrance

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CONCERT 2 MAY 19:00

Thursday 2 May 19:00 Chiostro / Chiesa Sant' Elena, Venezia

The international mandolin orchestra

VENICE MANDOLIN FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA

Lars Forslund - conductor

The church choir from Sweden

TRYSERUM-ÖSTRA EDS KYRKOKÖR

Marie Dimpker - conductor

Concert program - Gloria by Vivaldi

Free entrance

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Salzburger Mandolinenorchester

CONCERT 3 MAY 17:00

Friday 3 May 17:00 Chiostro / Chiesa Sant' Elena, Venezia

The mandolin orchestra from Austria

SALZBURGER MANDOLINENORCHESTER

Gerhard Heitzinger - conductor

Concert program - Music by Vivaldi and others

Free entrance

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CONCERT 3 MAY 19:00

Friday 3 May 19:00 Chiostro / Chiesa Sant' Elena, Venezia

The international mandolin orchestra

VENICE MANDOLIN FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA

Lars Forslund - conductor

The church choir from Sweden

TRYSERUM-ÖSTRA EDS KYRKOKÖR

Marie Dimpker - conductor

Concert program - Gloria by Vivaldi

Free entrance

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Tryserum-Östra Eds kyrkokör

CONCERT 4 MAY 17:00

Saturday 4 May 17:00 Chiesa Sant' Antonio, Lido di Venezia

The international mandolin orchestra

VENICE MANDOLIN FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA

Lars Forslund - conductor

The church choir from Sweden

TRYSERUM-ÖSTRA EDS KYRKOKÖR

Marie Dimpker - conductor

Concert program - Gloria by Vivaldi

Free entrance

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OPERA & GALA CONCERT 4 MAY 19:00

Saturday 4 May 19:00 Sala Laguna next to the church of Chiesa Sant' Antonio, Lido di Venezia

The international mandolin orchestra

VENICE MANDOLIN FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA

Lars Forslund - conductor

The mandolin orchestra from Austria

SALZBURGER MANDOLINENORCHESTER

Gerhard Heitzinger- conductor

The mandolin orchestra from Switzerland

ZUPFORCHESTER BAAR

Melina Murray - conductor

The church choir from Sweden

TRYSERUM-ÖSTRA EDS KYRKOKÖR

Marie Dimpker - conductor

Concert program - Opera-arias by Vivaldi and Canzoni Napolitane

Free entrance

Reservation for any changes

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ABOUT THE FESTIVAL

IN SPRING, 2024, THE VENICE MANDOLIN FESTIVAL INVITES

music lovers and players of the mandolin, mandola and guitar, of all levels, as well as mandolin and guitar orchestras, professional players and conductors, from all over the world, to enjoy great music and art in Venice. How would you and your mandolin orchestra like to make music in Venice, one of the most beautiful cities in the world?

Come to Venice and give concerts in incredibly beautiful churches and palaces dating back to the Middle Ages. And play music by the most Venetian of all Venetian composers Maestro Don Antonio Vivaldi - "Il prete rosso" (The red priest) in the huge joint mandolin orchestra at a gala evening in the spirit of the Carnival of Venice. In May, 2024, the Venice Mandolin Festival will continue the unique tradition of a mandolin festival in Venice, a festival of concerts for everybody who loves to play and hear the mandolin, mandola and guitar.

Yet again, this exciting event will bring together enthusiasts from all over the world to play, to meet, exchange stories and ideas, and form international friendships. Who knows where it can lead? Get in touch with us so we can tell you more about how the Festival works.

• Come to amazing Venice and enjoy being part of this very special international musical community. Everyone is welcome!
• Come to Venice and be part of THE VENICE MANDOLIN FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA! This project orchestra is open to everybody.

THE VENICE MANDOLIN FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA

A rehearsal in a Venetian church 2023

PLEASE, COME TO VENICE AND BE PART OF THE ORCHESTRA

A super international orchestra - and people come back year after year!

THE VENICE MANDOLIN FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA - REPERTOIRE

THE VENICE MANDOLIN FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA PLAYS VIVALDI / CRISTIANO / FORSLUND
The repertoire includes Venetian baroque music from the Golden Age of Venice, greatly loved music from the amazing opera "Giustino" with wonderful arias (don’t forget your paper handkerchieves!), sacred music like "Gloria" by Lorenzo Cristiano / Lars Forslund for 4 solo voices, choir, solo mandolin, solo guitar, mandolin orchestra, harpsichord and organ, and the "Spring - La Primavera" from the Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi with the very young violin soloist Emil Galimzanov, and not to mention the most famous mandolin concertos by Antonio Vivaldi. At the Opera Gala Concert and Carnival Party, we will perform with The Venice Mandolin Festival Orchestra arias from one of the most beautiful operas by Antonio Vivaldi namely "Giustino" and we will be joined by leading professional singers from famous Italian opera houses. We will also perform The Lofoten suite and Cantata di Roma by Lars Forslund, and more music.

YOU CAN PRACTISE THE REPERTOIRE ON OUR WEBSITE

Here, on our website you can already now study and practise the repertoire of The Venice Mandolin Festival Orchestra. Please download the sheet music on the PDF-files and listen to the music on the MP3-files below. Before you are coming to Venice you can practise and listen to the music of The Venice Mandolin Festival Orchestra. The music by Vivaldi we will send to you later, or download from IMSLP.

THE GUEST ORCHESTRAS OF THE VENICE MANDOLIN FESTIVAL

The guest orchestras will perform various concert programmes with music from Renaissance, Baroque to modern and folkmusic in the concerts of The Venice Mandolin Festival 2024.

A GRAND COLLABORATION WITH SACRED MUSIC

A joint concert with sacred music for mandolin orchestra and opera singers

GLORIA DI LORENZO CRISTIANO

Musica sacra per soprano, mezzosoprano, mandolino solo, chitarra solo, 2 oboi,

orchestra a pizzico o orchestra d'archi, cembalo ed organo di Lars Forslund

SACRED MUSIC BY LORENZO CRISTIANO 

Lorenzo Cristiano is a pseudonym of Lars Christer Forslund, and this choral work is composed for a mixed or women's choir, four vocal soloists

(SATB or SSAA), string or mandolin orchestra, harpsichord, organ, solo mandolin and solo guitar. The music is inspired by sacred Italian

Baroque music, in particular by Vivaldi and Corelli.

Klick on a button to open a MP3. file with the Musescore sound of a mandolin orchestra and a PDF. file with the sheet music of the full score

and all parts. You can download the sheet-music of your instrument part and print it or open it on your  computer, i-pad or tablet and than

conect speakers or headphones on another devise (smartphone or mp3 player) or open two windows on your computer, i-pad, tablet or smartphone. If you don't know how to do, please ask somebody who knows about modern technic.

Please, use this music as you want but you must follow international copyright laws and report to your country's music bureau

for copyright when you use this music in public, such as concerts, recordings, film, internet and streaming etc.

Please, use good speakers or headphones! Good luck!

SACRED MUSIC - SEVEN MEMORIES FROM ROME

Sacred music with inspiration from the churches of Rome

CANTATA DI ROMA

Musica sacra per soprano, mezzosoprano, 2 oboi, ocarina, mandolino,

chitarra, cembalo ed orchestra a pizzico o d'archi di Lars Forslund

Klick on a button to open a MP3. file with the Musescore sound of a mandolin orchestra and a PDF. file with the sheet music of the full score

and all parts.You can download the sheet-music of your instrument part and print it or open it on your computer, i-pad or tablet and than

conectspeakers or headphones on another devise (smartphone or mp3 player) or open two windowson your computer, i-pad, tablet or smartphone.If you don't know how to do, please ask somebody who knows about modern technic.

Please, use this music as you want but you must follow international copyright laws and report to your country's music bureau

for copyright when you use this music in public, such as concerts, recordings, film, internet and streaming etc.

Please, use good speakers or headphones! Good luck!

SIX IMPRESSIONS FROM LOFOTEN OF NORWAY - THE LAND OF BACCALÀ

The history from 1432 of a Venetian Nobelman and Sea Captain

LOFOTEN SUITE

Musica per concertino di mandolino, chitarra e cembalo

ed orchestra a plettro di Lars Forslund

Klick on a button to open a MP3. file with the Musescore sound of a mandolin orchestra and a PDF. file with the sheet music of the full score

and all parts.You can download the sheet-music of your instrument part and print it or open it on your computer, i-pad or tablet and than

conectspeakers or headphones on another devise (smartphone or mp3 player) or open two windowson your computer, i-pad, tablet or smartphone.If you don't know how to do, please ask somebody who knows about modern technic.

Please, use this music as you want but you must follow international copyright laws and report to your country's music bureau

for copyright when you use this music in public, such as concerts, recordings, film, internet and streaming etc.

Please, use good speakers or headphones! Good luck!

HISTORY AND LEGEND

Pietro Querini from Venice

PIETRO QUERINI AND THE REAL STORY OF THE BACCALÀ

Pietro Querini was a nobelman, navigator and captain from the Republic of Venice. He became famous after he and his crew were shipwrecked on the Røst, south of Lofoten in northern Norway, January 5, Winter 1432. When he later returned to Venice, he wrote a report about his travels to the Senate. It was published and printed in Venice. Here you can read an excerpt from Pietro Querinis own story.

In October 1431 was Captain Querini and his ship, a cog, on its way from Crete with a cargo to Bruges in Flanders, where they encountered a terrible storm off the west coast of France. The storm broke the masts of the ship and they were driven by the Gulf Stream across the North Sea. They had to jump into the lifeboat and they fought in the icy storm in many weeks. Most of the sailors drowned or died of hunger and exhaustion when they were left to their cruel fate.

Shortly after New Year 1432 became the surviving stranded on an island in the archipelago of Lofoten near Røst. Only eleven men, of a crew of 68 men was survived. They were found by local fishermen after 29 days. They became taken charge of by the fishermen and spent more than three months, together with the inhabitants of the island Røst.

This dramatic event was the origin for trade between northern Norway and Italy. After many months in Lofoten Pietro Querini realized benefits of the dried fish, possible to store a long time and it had great nutritional value, so he decided to send a couple of boxes of dried fish to Venice. This was also the origin of the success of baccalà in Italy.

PIETRO QUERINIS TRIP IN SWEDEN

On the return trip to Venice visited Pietro Querini a Venetian Count Giovanni Franco, who lived on Stegeborgs castle near Söderköping in Sweden. Querini stayed there for a time and after fourteen days following the Count them with 100-120 fine riding horses to Vadstena. The purpose of the trip across Östergötland, which took them five days, was to seek indulgences during the annual Peter Festival on August 1, 1432, and that of the crowd which inquire about possible boat trips from Lödöse.

In Vadstena their host Mathias, called Mafio and Mapheo in the stories, took after a few days the visitors to the port city Lödöse at the Göta River, where the family is said to have owned a large manor-house in the neighborhood. From Vadstena it was eight days' journey, and Pietro Querini, which during the trip had fever, praising his host's kindness to provide him with one of their best horses; it was a horse with so soft walk that he said he never experienced anything like that.

PIETRO QUERINI E LA VERA STORIA DEL BACCALÀ

Pietro Querini and the real story of the baccalà

IN PARADISO

EXCERPTS FROM IN PARADISE BY PIETRO QUERINI:

“It was a hundred and twenty souls who lived on the island, and at Easter there were seventytwo who received Holy Communion and confessed himself as pious and faithful Catholics. They have nothing but fish to sustain life with, because it is not possible to grow anything. Three months of the year, June, July and August, the sun never sets, and in the winter months it is almost always night, and they have always light from the moon.

During the year fishing the endless amounts of fish. The one who is most prevalent, indeed immeasurable quantities, called cane fish (cod), the other being flounder, but of wonderful size, each fish should I believe weighed two hundred libre. The fish dries in the Sun and wind without salt, and because there are fish with little oily liquid, it becomes hard as wood. When they want to eat it, they knock it with the back of an ax, which makes the filamentous equal tendons, then fed butter and spices to give it flavor. It is a commodity of inestimable importance in oceans.

Flounder are, since it is so large, quartered and salt. In May, they go so from the island in a pretty big boat of fifty barrels and loaded with fish sail to a place in Norway more than a thousand mil away called Berge (Bergen). There will likewise ship of three hundred to three hundred and fifty barrels, loaded with all sorts of goods into Germany, England, Scotland and Prussia, everything needed to live and dress. And those who come with fish (and there is an innumerable amount of boats), it switches the goods they need, for as mentioned they can not grow crops where they live. They neither have nor use any kind of coin, so when they have exchanged goods, they travel back. But they always make sure with the sufficient fuel for the entire year, and other necessary things.

The men in these islands is the most spotless people and has a beautiful appearance, the same applies to their women. So innocent is that they do not care about locking anything, not even women suit on. And this was easy to see, in the same room where husband and wife and children were sleeping, there lived also we, and clothed the naked when they should go to bed. Every Thursday they used to have a sauna and then overlaid those of the house with them, and went completely naked to the sauna a stone's throw away, where they mingled with the men. They are (as I have mentioned before) the most pious Christians, and on holidays they fail never go to Mass. In the church kneels always when they pray, and sometimes never at the muttering incantations, curses saints or mention the devil's name. When a relative dies, keeping the wives of men the day of funeral, a great gathering of all the neighbors, who by custom and ability dressed in magnificent and precious clothes. The deceased's wife dress in their finest and dearest finery and serve guests as she often reminds them that they must be pleased with the deceased's soul peace sake. They always meet the fast on those particular days, and all feasts that come during the year keeps those with Christian piety.

Their dwellings are round and made of wood. They have only one aperture midst of headroom. In winter it is so unbearably cold that they cover the opening with mighty fish skins, which are cooked so they let through much light. They use thick woolen clothes from London and elsewhere, leather they use little or nothing of. To accustom children to the cold and enable them to withstand the better, they take their newborns when they are four days old and lay them naked under the skylight, remove the fish skin and lets the snow fall on them. Throughout the winter, from February 5 to May 14, the time we were there, it snowed almost always. Those children who survive childhood, are so hardened and accustomed to the cold that those adults care little or nothing about it. Imagine then how the rest of us, who were badly dressed and not used to living in such areas, would carry us. But with God's help we kept out everything.

In the spring came the countless wild geese and built nest on the island, many close to the house walls. So tame they were since they had never been frightened by something, that when housewives went to the nest, traveled goose slowly and let the women quietly take the eggs they wanted and that they fried omelet for us. When they went, came the goose back to nest and lay down to incubate. We thought this was quite adventurous, like much else that it will take too long to tell. (...)

In the time we were there, treated people's friendly after their best ability, and for two months we ate enormous quantities of their food, for example, butter, fish and occasionally meat. It was as if we could never get enough, and had it not been for this food was so easily digested, we had eaten us to death. Our medicine was fresh milk, for each householder had four to six small cows subsistence of his family.

When we got to May, it was the end of the month they used to transport the fish to Bergen, and they were preparing also to take us. But a few days before had a woman married to the man who ruled over all the islands, but as it was away, we heard that we were sent there on the spot. She sent her chaplain in a boat rowed by twelve vessels, and on behalf of the woman he handed over to me, who stood above the others, sixty cane fish dried in the wind, and three large rye bread, round as with us. (...)

So we sailed between many islands, and the entire time we navigated south through straits, (...) This continued the journey in fifteen days with almost only tailwind and constantly controlled by we cairns which was set on top of the islands, and that showed us the fastest and deepest route. The people lived in many of the islands, and these took merciful against us when they learned of the monk how it was with us. They gave us what they had, for example, milk and fish, without any payment”

Venezia

Pietro Querini

THE VENICE MANDOLIN FESTIVAL

Concerts in Venice 3 - 6 May 2023

CHIOSTRO E CHIESA DI SANT' ELENA, VENEZIA

Some of the concerts will take place in this beautiful place

THE VENICE MANDOLIN FESTIVAL

Concerts in Venice 3 - 6 May 2023

PREVIOUS FESTIVAL PROGRAM

3 - 6 May 2023

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Zupforchester Luzern

INAGURATION & OPENING CONCERT 3 MAY 19:00

Venetian and German Baroque Mandolin Music

Wednesday 3 May 19:00 Chiostro / Chiesa Sant' Elena, Venezia

INTRODUCTION BY

Keith Harris & Lars Forslund

The mandolin orchestra from Switzerland

ZUPFORCHESTER LUZERN

Silke Lisko - conductor

Soloists

Silke Lisko - mandolin

Juliane Ebert Schulz - mandolin

Concert program - Music by Vivaldi, Albinoni, Telemann and others

Duration of the program maximum 60 minutes

Free entrance

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CONCERT 4 MAY 15:00

Venetian and Neapolitan Baroque Mandolin Music

Thursday 4 May 15:00 Chiostro / Chiesa Sant' Elena, Venezia

The international mandolin orchestra

VENICE MANDOLIN FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA

Maxine Rizzotto - conductor

Concert program - Music by Vivaldi, Paolucci, Gervasio and others

Duration of the program maximum 60 minutes

Free entrance

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Mandolin Society "Sveti Nikola"

CONCERT 4 MAY 17:00

Classical, Macedonian and Bulgarian Mandolin Music

Thursday 4 May 17:00 Chiostro / Chiesa Sant' Elena, Venezia

The mandolin orchestra from North Macedonia Republic

MANDOLIN SOCIETY "SVETI NIKOLA"

Kiril Trajkovski - conductor

Concert program - Music to confirm

Duration of the program maximum 30 minutes

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The mandolin orchestra from Bulgaria

MANDOLIN BAND "ELENA GENOVA"

Iliya Mitrev- conductor

Concert program - Music by Martin, Saint-Preux, Petisi and others

Duration of the program maximum 30 minutes

Free entrance

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CONCERT 4 MAY 19:00

Baroque, Classical and Romantic Mandolin Music

Thursday 4 May 19:00 Chiostro / Chiesa Sant' Elena, Venezia

The mandolin orchestra from Finland

MANDOLIN MOUNTAIN

Jouni Koskimäki - conductor

Concert program - Music by Scarlatti, Bach, Haydn, Sibelius and others

Duration of the program maximum 30 minutes

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The mandolin orchestra from Germany

MANDOLINEN ORCHESTER NÜRNBERG

Siegfried Girgner- conductor

Concert program - Music by Dowland, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and others

Duration of the program maximum 30 minutes

Free entrance

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The Venice Mandolin Festival Orchestra plays Lofoten Suite

CONCERT 5 MAY 15:00

New Mandolin Music from Venice, Norway, Sweden and Finland

Friday 5 May 15:00 Teatro Vivaldi, Lido di Venezia

The international mandolin orchestra

VENICE MANDOLIN FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA

Jouni Koskimäki - conductor

Lars Forslund - conductor

Concert program - Music by Koskimäki, Forslund and others

Duration of the program maximum 60 minutes

Free entrance

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Mandolinen Orchester Nuernberg

CONCERT 5 MAY 17:00

Old and New Mandolin Music from Japan and many other countries

Friday 5 May 17:00 Teatro Vivaldi, Lido di Venezia

The mandolin orchestra from Germany

MANDOLINEN ORCHESTER NÜRNBERG

Siegfried Girgner- conductor

Concert program - Music by Gilles, Yoshimoto, Azevedo, Girgner and others

Duration of the program maximum 30 minutes

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The mandolin orchestra from North Macedonia Republic

MANDOLIN SOCIETY "SVETI NIKOLA"

Kiril Trajkovski - conductor

Concert program - Music to confirm

Duration of the program maximum 30 minutes

Free entrance

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Mandolin Band "Elena Genova"

CONCERT 5 MAY 19:00

Old and New Mandolin Music from Finland, Bulgaria and many other countries

Friday 5 May 19:00 Teatro Vivaldi, Lido di Venezia

The mandolin orchestra from Bulgaria

MANDOLIN BAND "ELENA GENOVA"

Iliya Mitrev- conductor

Concert program - Music by Stefanovski, Bregovic, Derbenko and others

Duration of the program maximum 30 minutes

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The mandolin orchestra from Finland

MANDOLIN MOUNTAIN

Jouni Koskimäki - conductor

Concert program - Music by Koskimäki, Zappa, Bach and others

Duration of the program maximum 30 minutes

Free entrance

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The Venice Mandolin Festival Orchestra plays The Song of Japanese Autumn

CONCERT 6 MAY 15:00

Venetian Baroque Music and Japanese Mandolin Music

Saturday 6 May 15:00 Chiesa San Antonio, Lido di Venezia

The international mandolin orchestra

VENICE MANDOLIN FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA

Lars Forslund - conductor

Concert program - Music by Vivaldi, Ugolino, Kuwahara and others

Duration of the program maximum 60 minutes

Free entrance

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CONCERT 6 MAY 17:00

Mandolin Music from early Venetian Baroque to Modern

Saturday 6 May 17:00 Chiesa San Antonio, Lido di Venezia

The mandolin orchestra from Switzerland

ZUPFORCHESTER LUZERN

Silke Lisko - conductor

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Soloists

Silke Lisko - mandolin

Juliane Ebert Schulz - mandolin

Concert program - Music by Vivaldi, Romano, Jenkins, Angulo and others

Duration of the program maximum 60 minutes

Free entrance

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GALA CONCERT & CARNIVAL PARTY 6 MAY 19:30

An Italian Mandolin and Opera Gala & Party and buffet for the participants

Saturday 6 May 19:30 Private party in Sala Laguna, Lido di Venezia

The international mandolin orchestra

VENICE MANDOLIN FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA

Jouni Koskimäki - conductor

Lars Forslund - conductor and others

Concert program - Music by De Curtis, Verdi, Puccini and others

Duration of the program maximum 60 minutes

No entrance - Private party

In colaboration with Opera da Camera di Venezia

& artists from The Carnival of Venice

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OPERA CONCERT 7 MAY 17:30

Baroque Music and Opera arias

Sunday 7 May 17:30 Teatro Kolbe, Mestre (Comune di Venezia)

The mandolin ensemble from Sweden

CAMERATA MANDOLINO CLASSICO

Concert program - Music by Vivaldi, Händel, Scarlatti and others

Duration of the program maximum 60 minutes

Free entrance

Reservation for any changes

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THE VENICE MANDOLIN FESTIVAL

Concerts in Venice 4 - 7 May 2022

PREVIOUS FESTIVAL PROGRAM

4 - 7 May 2022

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IN A G U R A T I O N  &  O P E N I N G  C O N C E R T 

Mandolin music by Italian 18th century composers

Wednesday 4 May 19:30 Chiesa della Madonna dell'Orto

The mandolin & string ensemble

CAMERATA MANDOLINO CLASSICO

Maxine Rizzotto - conductor

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Soloists

Natalia Marashova - baroque mandolin

Emil Galimzanov 10 years old - violin

Concert program - Music by Antonio Vivaldi

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C O N C E R T

Venetian 18th century Mandolin Music

Thursday 5 May 16:00 Chiesa della Madonna dell'Orto

The international mandolin orchestra

VENICE MANDOLIN FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA

Maxine Rizzotto - conductor

&

Soloist

Rene Izquierdo - guitar

Concert program - Music by Antonio Vivaldi

&

The mandolin orchestra from Germany

JUGENDZUPFORCHESTER BADEN-WÜRTTENBERG

Birgit Wendel - conductor

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Duo by two teachers from the orchestra 

Sonja Wiedemer - mandolin / Jonas Khalil - guitar

Concert program orchestra - Music by De Falla, Piazolla, Beethoven and others

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C O N C E R T

Venetian 18th century Mandolin Music

Thursday 5 May 19:30 Chiesa della Madonna dell'Orto

The international mandolin orchestra

VENICE MANDOLIN FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA

Maxine Rizzotto - conductor

&

Soloists

Natalia Marashova - mandolin / Thekla Schirz - mandolin

Concert program - Music by Vivaldi and Hasse

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The mandolin orchestra from Germany

MANDOLINEN ORCHESTER NIEDERKASSEL e. V.

Robert Neff - conductor

Concert program - Music by Bach, Piazolla, Massenet and others

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C O N C E R T

The Gimo Collection

Friday 6 May 16:00 Chiesa della Madonna dell'Orto

The international mandolin orchestra

VENICE MANDOLIN FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA

Birgit Wendel - conductor

&

Soloist

Natalia Marashova - mandolin

Concert program - Music by Carlo Cecere

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The mandolin orchestra from USA

MILWAUKEE MANDOLIN ORCHESTRA

Rene Izquierdo - conductor

Concert program - American Mandolin Music - from the early 1900s

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C O N C E R T

The Gimo Collection

Friday 6 May 19:30 Chiesa della Madonna dell'Orto

The international mandolin orchestra

VENICE MANDOLIN FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA

Birgit Wendel - conductor

&

Soloist

Antonia Platzdasch - mandolin

Concert program - Music by Vito Ugolino

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The mandolin orchestra from Austria

SALZBURGER MANDOLINEN ORCHESTER

 Gerhard Heitzinger / Natalia Marashova - conductors

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Soloists

Paula Wesseley - mandolin

Emil Galimzanov - violin

Yulia Merten - mandolin

Natalia Marashova - mandolin

Thekla Schirz - mandolin

Concert program - Music by Eterardi, Caroso, Negri, Vivaldi and others

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G A L A  C O N C E R T  &  C A R N I V A L  P A R T Y

An Italian Mandolin and Opera Gala

Saturday 7 May 18:00 Gala concerto in a Venetian palace 

All participants in The Venice Mandolin Festival

Opera da Camera di Venezia & Opera soloists

Dance Masters in 18th century costumes

Artists from Carnevale di Venezia

All the conductors of the festival

Maxine Rizzotto, Robert Neff, Rene Izquierdo,

Birgit Wendel & Natalia Marashova

The international mandolin orchestra

VENICE MANDOLIN FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA

Natalia Marashova / Maxine Rizzotto - conductors

Concert program - Music by Kuwahara and Forslund

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Duo mandolin & guitar

Carlo Aonzo - mandolin & Rene Izquierdo - guitar

Concert program - Music by Bach, Paganini and others

The mandolin orchestra from USA
MILWAUKEE MANDOLIN ORCHESTRA

Rene Izquierdo - conductor

The mandolin orchestra from Austria
SALZBURGER MANDOLINEN ORCHESTER

Gerhard Heitzinger - conductor / Natalia Marashova - mandolin soloist

The international mandolin orchestra

VENICE MANDOLIN FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA

Gala Concert program - Music by Verdi, Puccini

The mandolin orchestra from Germany
MANDOLINEN ORCHESTER NIEDERKASSEL e. V.
Robert Neff - conductor

The mandolin orchestra from Germany

JUGENDZUPFORCHESTER BADEN-WÜRTTENBERG
Birgit Wendel - conductor

In colaboration with Opera da Camera di Venezia

& artists from The Carnival of Venice

Reservation for any changes

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THE VENICE MANDOLIN FESTIVAL

Concerts in Venice 2022, 2023, 2024 and next year 2025

Please contact us with your questions about The Venice Mandolin Festival.

We have much more to tell you about the organisation, soloists,

orchestras, concerts, repertory, the big party and so on.

We are very happy to try to answer your questions.

Don't hesitate to ask everything you wonder!

WATCH OUR VIDEOS

Beautiful 3D films about The Carnival of Venice in the 18th century. Or play along to our soundtracks.

Music by Vivaldi, Scarlatti, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Näslund and others