Mandolin virtuoso Carlo Aonzo comes to Third Presbyterian Church in Shadyside this Thursday for the season finale of Music at Third! [] Lenny Young visited the WQED studio to speak with Anna Singer live on the QED Afternoon Show about the program.
Mandolin virtuoso Carlo Aonzo comes to Third Presbyterian Church in Shadyside this Thursday for the season finale of Music at Third! Music Director Lenny Young visited the WQED studio to speak with Anna Singer live on the QED Afternoon Show about the program.
Aonzo, sometimes referred to as the "ambassador of the mandolin," is a globally renowned performer and educator from Savona, Italy. He will play music from the golden age of mandolin music, at the turn of the twentieth century, as well as an original composition and more. Lenny shares with Anna what he loves about Aonzo's playing and the excellence of the mandolin outside of folk settings. This marks the first concert in the Music at Third series which platforms an international musician.
Lenny and Anna also listen to a recording of Aonzo playing Raffaele Calace's Preludio No. 10, Op. 112, from his 2025 CD, The Timeless Voice of the Mandolin.
Carlo Aonzo will be at Third Presbyterian Church at 7:30pm this Thursday, June 4th. Admission is by free-will donation. More information is available on Third Presbyterian's website.