Mandola & Mandolino

CAMERATA MANDOLINO CLASSICO with Lars Forslund - mandolin The founder of the ensemble Camerata Mandolino Classico is the Swedish mandolin player Lars Forslund, who brought together a group of Swedish and Venetian selected musicians with a special interest in chamber music, especially of the Baroque period. The participation of the ensemble, together with the organist Margherita Gianola, at the concert at the Basilica dei Frari in Venice, was a great success. The Camerata Mandolino Classico initiated an exchange with musicians in Venice in 1998 and has been collaborating with the Opera da Camera di Venezia since 2004. “LE SONORITÀ SVEDESI AI FRARI” - a review from Venice “The Swedish ensemble Camerata Mandolino Classico, who appeared at the Frari in the concert season organized in collaboration with the newspaper “Il Gazzettino”, brought harmony, tonal variety, and music on the edge of thought and imagination. The musicality of Lars Forslund was revealed especially in the “Adagio” of the Sonatina in C minor for mandolin and harpsichord by Beethoven, which was rendered with subtlety of phrasing and subtle nuances of expression.” Letizia Michielon, Il Gazzettino LARS FORSLUND - mandolin Lars Forslund completed his studies of the classical mandolin under the guidance of Keith Harris, Takashi Ochi, and at the Institute for Chamber Music in Kobe, Japan, under the guidance of Yasuo Kuwahara. Intense concert activity as soloist followed, and he made several tours to Japan, Germany, Belgium, Spain, Scandinavia and Italy. He has participated as a mandolin soloist with L’Opera da Camera di Venezia, Collegium Ducale, L’Offerta Musicale, the orchestra “Collegium Antonin Dvorak” from the Czech Republic and various orchestras in Sweden.

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