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.

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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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Previous concerts in Venice 2022, 2023 and 2024