List of mandolinists (sorted)

See also: list of mandolinists

List of mandolinists, people who have specifically furthered the mandolin, by composing for it or playing it or by teaching it. They are identified by their affiliation to the instrument.

First generation mandolinists (c. 1744 - 1880)

• Bartolomeo Bortolazzi (1733-1820)
• Luigi Castellacci
• Giovanni Cifolelli
• Pietro Denis (1720-1790)
• Giovanni Fouchetti (1757-1789)

• Alexandro Marie Antoin Fridzeri
• Carlo Antonio Gambara
• Giovanni Battista Gervasio (c.1762-1784)
• Johann Hoffmann (1770-c.1814) (Vienna)

• Vincent Houška (1766-1840) (Czechoslovakia)
• Wenzel Krumpholz (1750-1870)
• Carmine de Laurentiis
• Gabriele Leone (1732-1770)

• Mademoiselle de Villeneuve (1770)
• Pietro Vimercati (?-1850)

Golden age mandolinists (c. 1880 - c. 1920)

• Valentine Abt (1873-1942) (United States)
• Pietro Armanini (1844-1895) (Italy)
• Edgar Bara (1876-1962)
• Giuseppe Bellenghi (1847-1902)
• Giuseppe Branzoli (1835-1909) (Italy)
• Raffaele Calace (1863-1934) (Italy)

• Jules Cottin (1868-1922)
• Ferdinando de Cristofaro (1846-1890)
• Carlo Curti (1859-1926) (Italy, United States, Mexico)
• Herbert J. Ellis (1865-1903)
• James Reese Europe (1881-1919) (United States)
• Giovanni Gioviale (1885-1949) (Italy)
• George H. Hucke (1868-1903)

• Salvador Léonardi (1872-1938) (Italy)
• Eduardo Mezzacapo (1832-1898)
• Carlo Munier ( 1859-1911) (Italy)
• W. Eugene Page (American)
• Clarence L. Partee (1864-1915) (Italy, United States)
• Giuseppe Pettine (1874-1966) (Italy, United States)
• Jean Pietrapertosa (1855-1940)

• Silvio Ranieri (1882-1956) (Italy)
• Arling Shaeffer (1859-after 1938) (United States)
• Samuel Siegel (1875-1948) (United States)
• Giuseppe Silvestri (1841-1921)
• Giovanni Vicari (1905-1985) (United States)
• Seth Weeks (1868-1953) (United States)

Modern mandolinists 1920 to present (deceased)

Classical

• Giuseppe Anedda (1912-1997) (Italy) (classical)
• Nino Catania (1907-1985) (Italy)
• Matteo Casserino (1911-2001) (United States)
• Rudy Cipolla (United States)
• Samuel Firstman
• Brian Israel (1951-1986) (United States) (classical)
• Kurt Jensen (1913-1911) (Australia)
• Yasuo Kuwahara (1946-2003) (Japan)
• Jiro Nakano (1902-2000) (Japan)
• Takashi Ochi (1934-2010) (Japan)
• Bernardo de Pace (1886-1966)
• Alison Stephens (1970-2010) (Great Britain)
• Morishige Takei (1890-1949) (Japan)

Blues

• Howard Armstrong (United States)

Tennessee Chocolate Drops

• Willie Black (United States) (blues)

Whistler And His Jug Band

• Dink Brister (United States) (blues)
• Rory Gallagher (1948-1995) (Ireland)
• Jim Hill (United States) (blues)
• Charles Johnson (United States) (blues)
• Coley Jones (United States) (blues)

Dallas String Band

• Big Jack Johnson (1940-2011)
• Bobby Leecan (United States) (blues)

Need More Band

• Alfred Martin (United States) (blues)
• Carl Martin (1906-1979) (United States) (blues)
• Charlie McCoy (1909-1950) (United States) (blues)
• Al Miller (United States) (blues)
• Matthew Prater (United States) (blues)
• Herb Quinn (United States) (blues)
• James "Yank" Rachell (1910-1997) (United States) (blues)

• Johnny Winter (1944-2014) (United States)
• Johnny "Man" Young (1918-1974) (United States) (blues)

Bluegrass

• Charlie Bailey (1916-2004) (bluegrass) (old-time music)

The Bailey Brothers

• Bill Bolick (1919-1998) (United States) (country)
• Bob Bruen

The Green Daigle Band

• Jethro Burns (1920-1989) (United States) (country/bluegrass/jazz)
• Joseph Allen "Joe" Carr
• John Duffey (1934-1996) (United States) (bluegrass)

Country Gentlemen

Seldom Scene

• Bill Monroe (1911-1996) (United States) (bluegrass)
• Tiny Moore (1920-1987) (United States)(country/bluegrass/jazz)
• Tut Taylor

Carnatic

• U. Srinivas (1969-2014) (India)

Choro

• Jacob do Bandolim (1918-1969) (Brazil) (Choro, Samba-canção

Country

• Karl Davis (1905-1979) (Country music)

Renfro Valley Boys

Cumberland Ridge Runners

• Walter Louis "Hank" Garland (1930-2004)
• Pee Wee Lambert (United States) (Country music)

Stanley Brothers

Gospel

• Katie Bell Nubin (United States) (gospel)

Jazz

• Dave Apollon (1898-1972) (United States) (jazz)
• Sinn Sisamouth

Old Timey

• Orpha Powers (United States) (Old-Time or country music)

Cowan Powers and his Family Band

• Mike Seeger (1933-2009)

Southern rock

• Allen Woody

The Allman Brothers Band

Gov’t Mule

Modern mandolinists 1920 to present

Check the section above, Modern mandolinists 1920 to present (deceased), for deceased classical music mandolinists.

Mainly classical

Australia

• Joyce Bootsma (Australia)

Sydney Mandolins

• Keith Harris
• Adrian Hooper

Sydney Mandolins

• Michael Hooper

Sydney Mandolins

Belgium

• Gerda Abts
• Ralf Leenen

Royal Estudiantina La Napolitaine

Bulgaria

• Oleg Videnov

France

• Vincent Beer-Demander

Nov' Mandolin Trio

• Cécile Valette

Nov' Mandolin Trio

• Julien Martineau
• Peladan Michèle
• Annick Robergeau
• Olivia Tarallo-Valgelata
• Cécile Valette

Germany

• Daniel Ahlert
• Caterina Lichtenberg (Bulgaria)(Germany)
• Annika Hinsche
• Marga Wilden-Hüsgen
• Veronika Schlereth
• Sabine Spath
• Steffen Trekel

Duo Trekel-Tröster

• Detlef Tewes
• Gertrud Weyhofen

Great Britain

• Simon Mayor
• Frances Taylor

Israel

• Avi Avital (Classical)
• Jacob Reuven

Kerman Mandolin Quartet

Barrocade

• Alon Sariel

Italy

• Carlo Aonzo
• Giuseppe Aonzo
• Andrea Bazzoni
• Matthew Bonizzoni

International Mandolin Orchestra

• Emanuele Cappellotto
• Céline Cellucci

Ensemble Gabrielle Leone, Pizzicato Ensemble

• Freddy Colt
• Raffaele La Ragione
• Paola Esposito(classical)

Duo Dea, Ligurian Plucked Quartette/Trio

Duo Esposito-Nishiyama, Pizzican Duo

• Dorina Frati
• Duilio Galfetti
• Fabio Gallucci

Nov' Mandolin Trio

• Claudio Mandonico
• Sonia Maurer
• Maria Cleofe Miotti
• Ugo Orlandi (Italy)
• Roberto Palumbo
• Giorgio Pertusi

International Mandolin Orchestra

• Amelia Saracco

I Solisti Veneti

• Mauro Squillante
• Clara Ponzoni
• Miriam Zaniboni

International Mandolin Orchestra

Japan

• Ryo Aoyama
• Tadashi Aoyama
• Kaga-jo Hiromitsu (加賀城浩光)
• Yasunobu Inoue
• Ishibashi Keizo (石橋敬三)
• Kimotsuki KenYoshi (肝付 兼美)
• Takashi Kubota (久保田 孝)

• Onishi Kozo
• Hiromitsu (Noriko (伊丹典子)
• Izumi Toru
• Hidenori Yoshimizu

Netherlands

• Ferdinand Binnendijk
• Jesse Buijs

Het Consort

• Yolanda Döpp

Het Consort

• Sebastiaan de Grebber

Het Consort

• Marina Eckhardt
• Alex Timmerman (Netherlands)

Het Consort

• Kitty Wortel-Hendriks

Het Consort

• Pauline Ulderink

Het Consort

Portugal

• Fabio Machado

Russia

• Natalya Kravets
• Natalia Marashova
• Elena Zabavskay
• Ekaterina Mochalova

Spain

• Juan-Carlos Muñoz

Sweden

• Lars Forslund

Camerata Mandolino Classico

Switzerland

• Giorgio Borsani
• Giorgio Caneva

Orchestra mandolinistica di Lugano

• Mauro Pacchin

Lugano Mandolin Orchestra

• Paolo Stirnimann

International Mandolin Orchestra

Ukraine

• Anatoly Semikozov

United States

• Butch Baldassari (bluegrass)
• Joseph Brent
• John Craton (classical)
• Mark Davis

Mair-Davis Duo

• David Evans
• Matt Flinner

Modern Mandolin Quartet

• Neil Gladd (Classical)
• Marilynn Mair

Mair-Davis Duo

Mandolin World Summit

Enigmatica

• Evan Marshall
• Laura Norris

Baltimore Mandolin Orchestra

• Dana Rath

Modern Mandolin Quartet

• Emanuil Sheynkman
• Richard Walz (United States/France)
• Radim Zenkl (Czechoslovakia) (bluegrass, jazz))

Mandolin World Summit

Venezuela

• Ricardo Sandoval (France)

Blues

Check the section above, Modern mandolinists 1920 to present (deceased), for deceased blues mandolinists.

• Sumru Ağıryürüyen (Turkey)
• Ry Cooder (United States)
• Bert Deivert (United States) (Sweden)
• Rich DelGrosso (United States)
• Andra Faye (United States)
• Billy Flynn (United States)

• Alvin Youngblood Hart
• Jimi Hocking (Australia)
• Mike Hoffmann
• Gerry Hundt (United States)
• Steve James (United States)

• Pokey Lafarge
• Roselyn Lionhart
• Barry Mitterhoff
• Lino Muoio (Italy)
• Jim Richter (rock)(folk) (United States)
• Scott Riggs

• Otis Taylor (United States)
• Hans Theessink (Netherlands)
• Doc White (Australia)
• Rainier Wöffler (Germany)
• Marc Woodward (United Kingdom) (United States)

Bluegrass

Check the section above, Modern mandolinists 1920 to present (deceased), for deceased bluegrass mandolinists.

• Tom Adams

Johnson Mountain Boys

• Darin Aldridge

The Circuit Riders

• Taylor Amerding

Northern Lights (bluegrass band)

• Jeff Austin

Yonder Mountain String Band

• Alan Bibey

Baucom, Bibey, Graham & Haley

• Robert Bowlin
• Jesse Brock
• Sam Bush
• Mike Compton
• Sharon Gilchrist
• Randy Graham

Bluegrass Cardinals

Continental Divide

• David Grisman

(newgrass /dawg /gypsy /jazz)

• David Harvey (luthier)
• Sierra Hull
• Jackie Kincaid

Lonesome Rambler

• Doyle Lawson
• Everett Lilly

Lilly Brothers

• David Long
• Mike Marshall
• Ronnie McCoury

Del McCoury Band

• David McLaughlin

Johnson Mountain Boys

• Jesse McReynolds
• Buddy Merriam
• Barry Mitterhoff
• Tim O'Brien
• Bobby Osborne
• Eric Robertson

Northern Lights (bluegrass band)

• Tom Rozum

• Sandy Rothman

Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band

• Charlie Seckler

Foggy Mountain Boys

• Jon Sholle
• Herschel Sizemore
• Ricky Skaggs

Clinch Mountain Boys

The Country Gentlemen

Kentucky Thunder

• Johnny Staats
• Andy Statman
• Adam Steffey
• Mark Stoffel

Chris Jones and the Night Drivers

• Bryan Sutton

• Chris Thile (classical)

Punch Brothers

Nickel Creek

• Niall Toner (Ireland)
• Graham Townsend
• Joe Val
• Rhonda Vincent
• Joe K. Walsh
• Frank Wakefield
• Kym Warner (Australia)
• Sean Watkins
• Buck White

The Whites

• Roland White

Choro

Check the section above, Modern mandolinists 1920 to present (deceased), for deceased choro mandolinists.

• Danilo Brito

Spoleto

• Tim Connell

Rio Con Brio

• Elisa Meyer Ferreira (Brazil)

Choro das 3

• Diogo Guanabara
• Hamilton de Holanda

• David Ray
• Déo Rian

• Paulo Sá

Mandolin World Summit

Country

Check the section above, Modern mandolinists 1920 to present (deceased), for deceased country music mandolinists.

• Paul Buskirk
• Mark Casstevens
• Walter Garland

Played mandolin on Tanya Tucker's San Antonio Stroll in concerts, 1994

• Steve Gibson
• Vince Gill (United States)
• Johnny Gimble
• Jeff Hanna (United States)
• Aubrey Haynie
• Gene Johnson

Diamond Rio

• John Jorgenson
• David Keenan
• Cheyenne Kimball

• Ira Louvin
• Martie Maguire of Dixie Chicks and Court Yard Hounds
• John McEuen (United States)
• Neil Perry

The Band Perry

• Emily Robison of the Dixie Chicks and the Court Yard Hounds
• Marty Stuart (United States)

• Jerry Swallow
• Oscar Sullivan

Lonzo and Oscar

• Lisa Theo

Ranch Romance

• Les Thompson (United States)

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

• Billy Joe Walker
• Justin Williamson

Brad Paisley's band

• Charlie Worsham

Mix: Americana, American folk, progressive bluegrass, blues, jazz, rock, country

Check the section above, Modern mandolinists 1920 to present (deceased), for deceased blues and jazz mandolinists.

• Larry Campbell (rock, blues, country, folk and Celtic styles)
• Ry Cooder

• Richard Kriehn

The Guy’s All-Star Shoe Band

• Sarah Jarosz
• David Lindley (musician)

• Peter Ostroushko

Irish

• Paul Brady
• Andy Irvine (musician) (Ireland)

• Paul Kelly (Ireland)
• Claudine Langille (Ireland)

• Mick Moloney (Ireland)
• Johnny Moynihan (Ireland)

• John Sheahan (Ireland)

British folk and folk rock

• Ritchie Blackmore

Blackmore's Night

• Chris Leslie

Fairport Convention

Whippersnapper

St.Agnes Fountain (Band)

• Graham Lyle

McGuinness Flint

• Dave Swarbrick

Fairport Convention

Rock

• Ian Anderson (Great Britain)

Jethro Tull

• Eric Bazilian

mandolin part of Joan Osborne's St. Teresa

• Tim Brennan

Dropkick Murphys

• Peter Buck (United States)

R.E.M.

mandolin part of Losing My Religion

• Dash Crofts

Seals and Crofts

• Rory Gallagher (Ireland)

Going to My Hometown

• David Gilmour

Pink Floyd

• "Maestro" Alex Gregory (United Kingdom) (Heavy Metal)
• David Grisman

mandolin part on Grateful Dead's Friend of the Devil

• Chris Hillman

The Byrds

mandolin part of Sweet Mary

• Ray Jackson

mandolin part of Rod Stewart's Maggie May

Lindisfarne (band)

• John Paul Jones (United Kingdom)

Led Zeppelin

mandolin part of Gallows Pole

• Bernie Leadon (United States)
• Jimmy Page (United Kingdom)

Led Zeppelin

• Mick Ronson

Mott the Hoople

mandolin part of I Wish I was Your Mother

• Jack White (United States)

The White Stripes

• Pete Zorn (United States / United Kingdom)

Richard Thompson's touring band

Steeleye Span

Japanese pop and anime music

• Nagata Kazuuketamawa (長田和承)
• Kumei Kenzo (粂井 謙三)
• Aoyama Tadashi

風立ちぬ (Kaze Tachinu/ The Wind Rises)

• Seishin (清心)

• Koichiro Tashiro

Fullmetal Alchemist Original Soundtrack 1

Fullmetal Alchemist Original Soundtrack 2

Jazz

Check the section above, Modern mandolinists 1920 to present (deceased), for decreased jazz mandolinists.

• John Abercrombie
• Jason Anick
• Issac Eicher

• Paul Glasse
• Michael Kang

The String Cheese Incident

• John Kruth

• Michael Lampert
• Emory Lester (United States)(Canada) (bluegrass, new age)
• Don Stiernberg (classical/country/some rock)

• Patrick Vaillant (France)
• Tim Ware
• Andrew Weinstein

Gospel

Check the section above, Modern mandolinists 1920 to present (deceased), for deceased gospel mandolinists.

Mandolin orchestras

Modern

• Amsterdam Mandolin Orchestra (Netherlands)
• Auckland Mandolinata (New Zealand)
• Austin Mandolin Orchestra (Austin, Texas)
• Baltimore Mandolin Orchestra (United States)
• Bloomfield Mandolin Orchestra
• Dayton Mandolin Orchestra
• Denver Mandolin Orchestra
• Esmoriz Mandolin Orchestra (Portugal)
• Kalamazoo Mandolin Orchestra
• Milwaukee Mandolin Orchestra
• Manndolinen-Konzertgesellschaft Wuppertal (Germany)
• New York Mandolin Orchestra
• Oregon Mandolin Orchestra
• Pittsburgh Mandolin Orchestra
• Providence Mandolin Orchestra
• Seattle Mandolin Orchestra
• Sydney Mandolin Orchestra (Australia)

External links

• Best mandolin rock songs

• Tamara Elena Livingston-Isenhour, Thomas George Caracas Garcia. 2005. Choro: A Social History Of A Brazilian Popular Music. Indiana University Press, Jul 30, 2005 p. 133
• Garcia: An American Life by Blair Jackson, Penguin Books, 1999, pg. 202.