Camilla Finardi Mandolin · Guitar

Concert programmes

Programmes

Classical music · Art-music tradition · Original repertoire

From solo recital to orchestra

Programmes for concert seasons, festivals and private events: from the 17th century on period instruments to Italian Romanticism and contemporary premieres. Every programme can be adapted to the venue and the occasion.

Camilla Finardi with her mandolin, black and white portrait

Solo recital

Idillio a pizzico

Solo recital — ancient and modern mandolins, mandola, cantabile lute, classical and baroque guitar, banjo, banjolin

Original repertoire from the 17th century on period instruments to Italian Romanticism and contemporary music, with frequent changes of instrument.

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Trio Les Étoiles

Violin, viola, mandola, cantabile lute, guitar

From 18th-century concertante trios for guitar and strings to original contemporary works.

Duo Les Étoiles

Viola or violin and guitar

Original music from the 18th century to the present day: baroque sonatas for this line-up and transcriptions of duets for two violins, including 20th-century works.

Duo Éclat

Mandolin or guitar and organ · mandolin and harpsichord or fortepiano

“A breath of plectrum”: original baroque and classical sonatas for mandolin and harpsichord or fortepiano, works for mandolin and organ.

Duo Loza

12-string Lombard mandolin and archlute · Neapolitan mandolin and guitar

From early sonatas for gut-string instruments to 19th-century themes and variations, on period instruments.

Duo Hélios Vagabond

Cello and guitar, mandolin, cantabile lute — with Élise Chemla

From baroque sonatas for treble instrument and basso continuo to reinterpretations of Satie, Armenian and Greek folk music.

Duo Élan

Vibraphone and percussion, guitar and plucked instruments

“Spanish Landscapes”: Iberian impressions and Spanish influences from the 17th century to jazz and contemporary music.

Duo Le Gentil Dame

Mandolin and cello

18th-century sonatas written for this line-up, also staged with period instruments and costumes. The “Divertimenti per camera” concert, from the album released by Da Vinci Classics.

Contemporary Mandolin Duo

Mandolin and piano

Contemporary music for this line-up, mainly by mandolinist composers, and world premieres.

Duo Euterpe

Clarinet and guitar

Contemporary repertoire, Brazilian popular music, tango, klezmer, film music, ragtime and jazz standards.

Duo Chatoux

Flute and guitar — with Frédéric Chatoux, Principal Flute of the Opéra de Paris

Italian and French repertoire, original works and transcriptions.

Mandolin and strings

Mandolin and string quartet · mandolin, strings and basso continuo

Baroque concertos for mandolin, strings and basso continuo.

Opera seen from the stage

Tenor and plucked instruments

Anecdotes from the history of opera interspersed with the finest tenor arias, arranged for plucked strings.

Mandolin, tenor and piano trio

Mandolin, tenor, piano

Chamber songs by Francesco Paolo Tosti, opera transcriptions (Verdi, Puccini, Rossini) and highly virtuosic original pieces for mandolin (Munier, Calace, Bertucci, Ranieri).

Duo Platina

Mandolin and guitar

Music of the Humanism and Renaissance: suites of early dances, passacaglias, chaconnes, sarabandes, gigues.

Duo Invenzione

Two mandolins, alto mandola, cantabile lute

Original repertoire with frequent changes of instrument, linked by the theme of musical invention.

Munier / Falbo / Salvetti Quartet

Two mandolins, mandola, mandocello and/or guitar

Original repertoire from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, focusing on Carlo Munier, Simone Salvetti and Salvatore Falbo, and contemporary classical repertoire.

Sterzati Quartet

Two mandolins, mandola, guitar

Original repertoire, mainly by composers from Cremona active between the late 19th and mid-20th century.

Plucked-string quintet

Two mandolins, mandola, mandocello, guitar

Original repertoire for this line-up.

“Città di Brescia” Mandolin and Guitar Orchestra

Plucked-string orchestra of about 30 players

Original repertoire for plucked-string orchestra, rarely performed works and themed programmes set in their historical and geographical context.

Beyond classical

Other genres

Bookolic

Narrator and plucked instruments

Poetic prose and music in a performance that touches the heartstrings.

Ensemble Navavar

Mandolin and mandola, cello, ethnic percussion, clarinet, double bass

Folk melodies of the Mediterranean: a journey through Greece, Turkey, the Balkans and Armenia, all the way to Eastern European klezmer.

Piccola Orchestra Lumière

Orchestra of about 15 players

Music for silent films, reinterpretations of theatre and literary works, original compositions by Nicola Segatta.

Trio Zenzero

Mandolin, 6/7-string guitar, percussion

Brazilian music: choro, samba, forró, frevo, maxixe.

Duo Acquerelli Italiani

Mandolin and accordion

Tango and folk music, rich in improvisation and refined tone colours.

Trio Ghibellini

Voice, acoustic and electric guitar, plucked instruments

Light music, evergreens, jazz standards and Italian song.