Avi Avital

Avi Avital re-imagines the sounds of Venice in this vivid homage to the most beloved composer of the Italian Baroque, Antonio Vivaldi. After his introduction with BACH and the colorful, contrasting exploration of world music on BETWEEN WORLDS, on this album Avi presents four popular Vivaldi concerti with the great Venice Baroque Orchestra: Vivaldi’s Mandolin Concerto, the Lute Concerto (with its famous second movement), “Summer” from the Four Seasons, and the A minor Violin Concerto (familiar to violin students everywhere).

Following in the footsteps of Milos and his guitar revival, Deutsche Grammophon presents the charismatic young Israeli musician Avi Avital, champion of yet another beautiful and underestimated stringed instrument the mandolin. Avi Avital is a young man with a dream. Overflowing with charm, intelligence and enthusiasm he looks set to become the first international superstar of the mandolin.

Since his debut in 2012 Avi Avital continuously involved with the work of J.S. Bach and further edited and performed his compositions for his instrument. For his big tour in the spring of 2019, Avi Avital has re-arranged two of Bach's best known works included as bonus material in the current tour version of his bestselling Bach album: Solo Partita # 2 and Prelude from # 1 cello suite his arrangements of the three concerts BWV 1052R, BWV 1056R and BWV 1041 and the Flute Sonata BWV 1034. Avi Avital convinces not only with an unparalleled depth and attention to detail of his arrangements but above all with the charismatic mastery of a now underrated instrument - the mandolin.