la Serenissima

Q & A with Raffaele La Ragione

Meet Raffaele La Ragione – “It was love at first sight” We spoke to mandolin star Raffaele La Ragione about his forthcoming solo appearance with La Serenissima (6 November at West Road Concert Hall). How did you learn to play the mandolin? Did you play anything else before? I started playing the mandolin purely by Read More

[hanse]Pfeyfferey

Meet [hanse]Pfeyfferey

We asked Renaissance Loud Band [hanse] Pfeyfferey about their instruments and to explain exactly what a Loud Band is. Hear them live on 8 October In music, the renaissance era is 15th and 16th century (a little bit later than in art history for example). At that time there were different kinds of typical musical Read More