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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

The first exposure Italian mandolin virtuoso Carlo Aonzo had to the instrument was as a child when his father would play he and his sister to sleep.

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 ...

So it's too bad that a woefully miscast Nicolas Cage -- sporting a ridiculous Italian accent -- nearly drags it all down. Luckily, John Hurt comes to the rescue with an ace performance. Following up ...

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 ...