Details
St George's Church
St George's Road
Kemptown
Brighton
East Sussex
BN2 1ED
England
Programme
Antonio Vivaldi – Mandolin Concerto in C major, RV 425
Performers
Chris Acquavella – mandolin
Lindsay Stoner – Conductor
Fretful Federation Mandolin Orchestra
Programme Note
Chris Acquavella graduated First Class Honors from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance. Chris studied mandolin under the instruction of Alison Stephens and composition with Andrew Poppy. He won the Wolfsan Foundation Music Award; was awarded the TCM Trust Silver Medal for String Studies and won 1st Prize at the 2016 Call For Scores hosted by the Kalamazoo Mandolin & Guitar Orchestra.
Chris Acquavella has released five CDs. Chris has performed and taught workshops at the Classical Mandolin Society of America Conventions; River of the West Camp; the David Grisman & Mike Marshall Mandolin Symposium; the annual course of the Austrian Federation of Amateur Musicians (VAMÖ); and the Summer School of the British BMG Federation.
He tours extensively in North America and Europe. Acquavella is a published composer of new mandolin repertoire through Joachim-Trekel-Musikverlag, Hamburg and Astute Music Ltd, UK.
Web site: Chris Acquavella
