WELCOME TO VENICE
Here Vivaldi wrote his Mandolin Concertos!
THE MANDOLIN ACADEMY
Concerts and Seminars in Venice
THE MANDOLIN ACADEMY IN VENICE
We organise Concerts and Holds Seminars in
Mandolin Playing in the Extraordinary Italian
City of Venice.
CONCERT TOURS TO VENICE
Concert Tours for Mandolin Orchestras & Soloists.
We offer exciting and unique opportunities for both
mandolin soloists and plucked string orchestras to
perform in the magnificent churches and palaces
of Venice.
THE MANDOLIN ACADEMY
is part of Venice – we know how to make it happen.
CONCERTS IN VENICE
You perform in the enchanted world of Italian art
and music. The MANDOLIN ACADEMY welcomes
mandolin lovers, both professional and amateur,
from all over the world.
MANDOLIN SEMINARS
We offer teaching activities for all mandolin players.
The only requirement is that you love the mandolin
and share our enthusiasm and joy about it. Our
mandolin seminars are for players of every level
and ability.
VENICE
The city of Venice is our headquarters. You stay in
premises right in the historical centre of this unique
and magical place, dating from the Middle Ages
and the Renaissance...
TRANSPORTATION AND ACCOMODATION
We recommend that you visit websites about
accommodation - hotels, apartments etc. in Venice.
Everything remains in your hands, and you pay
directly. The seminar fee covers course and
concert activities organised by the MANDOLIN
ACADEMY, and you take care of transport and
accommodation separately.
CONCERT TOURS TO VENICE
A model for a tour
THE EDUCATIONAL TEAM
Keith Harris at the Mandolin Academy
KEITH HARRIS
DIRECTOR OF MANDOLIN STUDIES AT THE
MANDOLIN ACADEMY IN VENICE
We are proud and happy that Keith Harris, with his
long experience and huge knowledge in every area
relating to the mandolin, will be part of the team at
the MANDOLIN ACADEMY in Venice. We
remember Keith when he first held a seminar in
1983 in Vadstena, Sweden, with our former
mandolin orchestra Musica Festiva. We remember
his virtuosic mandolin playing, and also both his
rare insight into the problems of anybody learning
the mandolin, and gentle yet exacting way of
guiding his students. This combination of high
personal skill and understanding for people who
seek his help, makes it a great pleasure for us to
welcome him to Venice as Director of Mandolin
Studies at the MANDOLIN ACADEMY.
WOULDN’T YOU LIKE TO HAVE A CONCERT
TOUR WITH YOUR MANDOLIN ORCHESTRA
TO VIVALDI’S HOMETOWN OF VENICE?
It could look like this:
1.
Your mandolin orchestra performs one, two,
three or even four concerts in the beautiful
churches and palaces of Venice, surrounded by
magnificent masterpieces by the great Venetian
Renaissance and Baroque painters and with
superb acoustics for concerts and recordings.
2.
In addition to playing beautiful music, we can
help you with the touristic side of your visit to
Venice. For example, we can arrange
excursions, boat rides on the canals of Venice
and dining in typical Venetian restaurants.
Please ask us for details.
3.
We recommend that you visit websites about
accommodation - hotels, apartments etc. in
Venice. Everything remains in your hands, and
you pay directly. As we said before, the seminar
fee covers course and concert activities
organised by the MANDOLIN ACADEMY, and
you take care of transport and accommodation
separately.
WE ORGANISE IN VENICE
We organise concert tours to Venice for both
mandolin orchestras and soloists. You will benefit
from the extensive experience we have acquired
since we started in the field in 1982. Since then, we
have successfully arranged tours for all kinds of
ensembles, choirs and soloists throughout
Scandinavia, Europe, the UK, Japan and the USA.
So we know our way around...
THE EDUCATIONAL TEAM
Marina Eckhardt at the Mandolin Academy
MARINA ECKHARDT
A LEADING MANDOLIN SOLOIST AND TEACHER
FROM THE NETHERLANDS
Marina is the other half of the educational team.
Marina and Keith have been friends and colleagues
for two decades, and share many views on music,
the mandolin, and life. Follia, hier et demain, a
recording Marina made some years ago with the
guitarist Leo van Rutte, has become a collectors’
item in insider circles – because it is so good! The
MANDOLIN ACADEMY very much looks forward
to welcoming Marina as well!