Mandoline & global friends
10 am - 10 pm
Instrument of the Year | Mandolin | Festival | Family-friendly | with supporting program
Admission free, unless otherwise stated.
Due to the limited number of seats, please book a free ticket for a time slot online in advance!
Saturday, September 16
11 am-2 pm Workshop with Avi Avital (St. Elisabeth-Kirche)
The patron of the Mandolin Year gives a workshop for all Berlin mandolin players as well as members of plucked string orchestras from Berlin and the surrounding area.
Registration fee 20 Euro. Registration here.
3-7 pm Megaconcert of plucked string orchestras (St. Elisabeth-Kirche)
The unique opportunity to hear all Berlin plucked string orchestras! And as special guests: plucked string ensembles from Brandenburg and Saxony-Anhalt. With the Workshop Orchestra and Avi Avital, Instrumental Group Pandurina, Köpenicker Zupforchester, Landesjugendzupforchester Brandenburg-Berlin, Landeszupforchester Berlin, Saiten-Ensemble-Steglitz, Teg'ler Zupforchester, Anhaltinisches Zupforchester Dessau, the Wildauer Zupfmusik, the Zupforchester Dahlenwarsleben/ZO Magdeburg and the Landesjugendgitarrenorchester.
Book your free ticket here.
Sunday, September 17
11am - 1 pm Concert of the music schools (Villa Elisabeth)
Students and teachers of the Berlin music schools show their skills on the mandolin and related plucked instruments.
Book your free ticket here.
11 am - 1:30 pm Mandolin & global friends hands on (St. Elisabeth-Kirche)
Just pluck the strings and see what you like: various plucked instruments await young and old to try out.
Book a free time slot here:
11 am -12.15 pm
12.15 pm - 1.30 pm
1:30 pm Panel discussion (St. Elisabeth-Kirche)
The topic "Mandolin for all - how can special instruments become better known?" will be discussed by artist agents Mahide Hein and Sonia Simmenauer, music school director Ina Finger, Carl Parma from the school board, and mandolin experts Joel Betton and Michael Kubik.
Book your free ticket here.
3 - 5 pm Mandolin & global friends hands on (St. Elisabeth-Kirche)
Just pluck the strings and see what you like: various plucked instruments await young and old to try out.
Book a free time slot here:
3 pm - 4 pm
4 pm - 5 pm
4 pm „Oz – a musical fairy tale“ (Villa Elisabeth)
The story of Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz for children and adults of all ages, here in a version for two actors and the mandolin orchestra Chordofonia, conducted by Annika Hinsche, directed by Peter Kirschke.
Book your free ticket here.
6 pm Final concert: Avi Avital & friends (St. Elisabeth-Kirche)
Star mandolinist Avi Avital has invited his friends Martynas Levickis from Lithuania (accordion), Haig Yazdjian from Syria (oud) and Itamar Doari from Israel (percussion) to join him in thrilling the audience. A concert that is simply a joy.
Tickets: 15-45 €, Ticket reservation here. More infos follow soon!
Organizer: Landesmusikrat Berlin in cooperation with Kultur Büro Elisabeth
Supported by: Lotto Stiftung.
