Avi Avital is a man on a mission with a mandolin. He's performed at Carnegie Hall in New York and the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing, with stops along the way including the Berlin Philharmonie ...

You’ve probably heard the mandolin, but you may NOT have heard music by Johann Sebastian Bach played on the mandolin. Avi Avital wants to change that. Hear Avi Avital play his arrangement of one of ...

We meet young musicians from all over the country, from South Carolina to California. A 17-year-old cellist fulfills a childhood dream to be on From the Top and kicks off the program with a gorgeous ...

This is the second album from the 35-year-old Israeli mandolinist, who garnered a Grammy nomination with his debut album of self-transcribed Bach concertos in 2012. He goes deep into exploration mode ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The mandolin has been around for four-plus centuries now, but the instrument never fully captured the imagination of the classical set. Over the years, ...

The German composer, born 341 years ago, dominates the classical charts and concert platforms, especially at this time of year. Here’s to his life-giving zombie music! The musical world’s present for ...

Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Potsdam Chamber Academy Avi Avital, Musician, Mandolin Shalev Ad-El, Musician, Harpsichord Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings Avi ...

Modern master of the mandolin Chris Thile hates being boxed in by genres, and has made his reputation by going beyond traditional tunes. With a new album of works by Bach, the virtuoso easily moves ...