The strings of the mandolin stretch across a century, and across an ocean, linking Kalamazoo to Italy. So mandolin virtuoso Carlo Aonzo can’t help but to have an affection for our town. Aonzo spoke ...

In a recent article Italian journalist Vittorio Feltre implied that Italians living in the north are eagerly waiting for the COVID-19 lockdown to end so that they can return to work, while in the ...

Carlo Aonzo is a worldwide known Italian mandolin performer, native of Savona (Italy) where he grew up immersed in music, since his home itself hosted the music school of the "Circolo Mandolinistico G ...

Italian mandolin player Carlo Aonzo and classical guitarist Lorenzo Bernardi (classical guitar) will be playing in the city soon in a concert at Indian Museum Courtyard. In the gig, the duo will ...

It is common to think of musical instruments as immutable. In reality, musical instruments are constantly evolving and improving. The mandolin in particular has undergone a surprising evolution, which ...

For lovers of rare musical instruments, the Fiske Museum at the Claremont Colleges long has been an astonishing if somewhat mysterious collection. Its 1,200 instruments from around the world include ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

The 2025 David Surette Mandolin Festival performers/instructors are (top-bottom, left to right) Carlo Alonzo, Neil Pearlman, Sharon Gilchrest, and Will Patton. Credit: Concord Community Music School ...

MANILA, Philippines – Remember the mandolin music in the Meryl Streep-Dustin Hoffmann starrer, Kramer vs Kramer, which turned out to be Vivaldi’s Mandolin Concerto in C Major? Does the mandolin music ...

On April 28th the Croatian American Cultural Center hosts the San Francisco Festival of the Mandolins. For the past 19 years there has been a sit down concert in the afternoon, the Bring Your Own ...