Summary: <p>Mandolinist Avi Avital. © Harold Hoffmann. Courtesy of Deutsche Grammophon. According to Deutsche Grammophon recording artist Avi Avital, while the bass is not bad, it's more about that mandolin. Which is also what this whole episode is about! Avi tells all: Where did the mandolin come from? Who composes for it? Why does he advocate for such a strange instrument? And how much did he play that one REM song in high school? Learn all of... <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/arts-culture/2015/05/04/60049/classical-classroom-episode-85-mandolin-man-avi-avital-2/">Read More</a></p>
