Mandolin Duo · Zurich

Strings in dialogue
of the centuries.

Elena & Valerij Kisseljow unfold the sonic spectrum of a rare instrument family — mandolin, mandola and liuto cantabile. From Baroque elegance on historical originals to modern energy on instruments by leading mandolin makers. Concerts, their own recordings, and teaching in the Zurich area.

„The strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music."

Khalil Gibran · The Prophet

Enquire→ Meet the duo

NEAPOLITAN STRINGS · g · d · a · e

Duo · years on stage

CDs Calace · Kuwahara

Baroque — modern Four mandolin eras

Uster & Zurich Teaching at two schools

The Duo

Two voices from one instrument family.

Elena plays the mandolin in four historical forms — Baroque, Neapolitan of the 18th and early 20th century, and modern. Valerij adds Neapolitan and modern mandolin, mandola, and the rare Liuto cantabile. Together they span the range from bass to descant.

Vita & story→ Our instruments

Three ways

Concert

Instruments

A rare palette of sound.

All instruments

Baroque mandolinNeapolitan · 18th c.Neapolitan · c. 1900Modern mandolinMandolaLiuto cantabile

Our CDs

Two homages, two worlds.

Maestro Calace

Raffaele Calace — works for mandolin & liuto cantabile

Maestro Kuwahara

Yasuo Kuwahara — for mandolin, mandola & guitar

Learn with Leo & Kissy

We help you keep going.

In our learning area "Sounding Mandolin with Leo and Kissy", video lessons support your practice — with a tempo control to play along slowly and small steps that make it easy to keep going.

Go to the tutorials → play.mandola.ch