Wonderful memories of Venice
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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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 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.
CHIOSTRO E CHIESA DI SANT' ELENA, VENEZIA
Some of the concerts will take place in this beautiful place
PREVIOUS FESTIVAL PROGRAM
3 - 6 May 2023
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Zupforchester Luzern
supported by
Schweizerische Eidgenossen - Confédération suisse - Confederazione Svizzera - Confederaziun svizra
Consolato generale di Svizzera a Milano / Consolato di Svizzera a Venezia
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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Photo: Jukka Pesonen
Mandolin Mountain
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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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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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
&
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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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
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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
&
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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