One might be forgiven, upon first listening to the NAXOS recording of Avner Dorman’s concertos performed by Andrew Cyr’s Metropolis Ensemble, for not feeling immediately convinced that these are, in ...

Avi Avital, mandolinist; Mindy Kaufman, piccoloist; Eliran Avni, pianist; Metropolis Ensemble, conducted by Andrew Cyr. Naxos 8.559620; CD. AVNER DORMAN, a 35-year-old Israeli composer who completed ...

I’d previously encountered pianist Alexandre Kantorow via his exuberant set of Saint-Saëns piano concertos, sparky, lovable performances conducted by his father Jean-Jacques. This solo disc contains ...

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Other than bluegrass virtuosos like Ricky Skaggs, players of the mandolin don't often get taken very seriously. But a young Israeli musician named Avi Avital is trying to change that. He's not a ...

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 ...

The music of Israeli composer Avner Dorman is so vivacious and so technically proficient that it's hard to resist on a superficial level. All it needs to make it fly is some original musical ideas.