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The MandolinVenice Ensemble is the only plucked chamber music group in Italy composed exclusively of professionals graduated from the best Conservatories in Italy.

It aims to bring back to the general public the boundless Italian tradition of "cultured" music for plucked instruments that began in the Veneto area during the Renaissance thanks first to the Tieffenbrucker and Sellas families of luthiers, continuing in the Baroque through the magnificent mandolin concerts of Antonio Vivaldi and Johann Hasse to arrive at the "Circolo mandolinistico veneziano" of the Società Canottieri Bucintoro at the end of the 19th century.

The ensemble offers a rich repertoire ranging from Venetian Baroque to musical Romanticism up to the most immediate sounds of popular tradition and the most famous soundtracks and performs in formations ranging from duo to quartet up to the traditional plectrum orchestra.

The Ensemble, an activity of Agape Cultural Association and a natural continuation of the activity of the "Riccardo Drigo" plucked string quartet, has performed in important theatres and concert seasons including the Satta Auditorium in Syracuse, Asolo Musica, the Canneti Auditorium in Vicenza, the Galileian Academy in Padua, the "Cesare Pollini" Conservatory of Music in Padua, and the Teatro Comunale in Vicenza.

In 2021 the MandolinVenice Ensemble participated, under the artistic guidance of Maura Mazzonetto, in the creation of the CD "Carlo Graziani Walter - Al Mondo musicale!" published by VelutLuna.