Mando-Show: Interview with the mandolin player Jacob Yaki Reuven

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I had the opportunity to meet the great mandolin player Jacob Reuven at the Bellows Falls mandolin festival in July 2016. In this interview, he his talking about his background, influences and challenges.

Check here the video tutorial with Jacob: Mandolin Warm-up Routine

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Links about what Jacob is refering during the interview

 

JACOB REUVEN'S WEBSITE

mandolinmusic.co.il

 

BELLOWS FALLS MANDOLIN FESTIVAL

Festival of Mandolin Chamber Music

 

CAREER

Be'er Sheva Music Conservatory

Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance 

 

TEACHERS

Dora Bartik, Lev Khaymovich, Simcha Nathanson, Mila Kozorovitsky

 

GROUPS

Kerman Quartet

Vincent Beer-Demander, Fabio Gallucci, Mari Carmen Simón

 

REPERTOIRE

Teleman - 12 fantasias for violin

Federigo Fiorillo - 36 caprices

J.S Bach - Violin Partitas BWV 1001-1006

 

READINGS

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Anton Chekhov

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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The Kerman Mandolin Quartet, which bears the name of the Israeli luthier Arik Kerman, is formed of four internationally acclaimed solo mandolinists: Jacob Reuven from Israel, Fabio Gallucci from Italy, Vincent Beer-Demander from France and Mari Carmen Simon from Spain.

Hebrew Mandolin - The mandolin is a central instrument in Israeli folk music and song. Jacob Reuven has initiated a project that incorporates rearrangements of Israeli songs for the mandolin and a symphonic orchestra.