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Alon Sariel
Alon Sariel is one of today’s most versatile plucked-string performers, inspiring critics and audiences alike with his contagious musicianship and flawless technique, which earns him growing recognition as a multi-instrumentalist and a captivating Bach interpreter. With a record of far over a thousand concerts in more than 35 countries, including performances in Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw, Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie, Brazil’s Sala São Paulo or Mexico‘s Palacio de Bellas Artes, he maintains a multifaceted career as a soloist, chamber player and artistic director in diverse productions.
Vienna Mandolin Stories, Alon’s new project, unveils music for mandolin and orchestra which was dormant for over 200 years next to his own new setting titled “Haydn’s Mandolin Concerto”. In his recording series Plucked Bach he approaches Bach's music in enticing new arrangements for lutes and mandolins of different types, the baroque guitar, oud and baglama.
Alon Sariel is a winner of many prizes and awards including an OPUS Klassik. He has recently been appointed artistic director of the concert series at ’t Huis te Poort in the Netherlands, he is a member of the Foundation Committee of Göttingen’s International Handel Festival and a goodwill ambassador for the animal welfare organization Pro Animale.
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Vienna Mandolin Stories
Selected engagements in 2025 include Alon‘s debut with the Swedish Västerås Sinfonietta alongside conductor Bar Avni and his return to the Thüringen Philharmonie (play/direct). He will embark on a Japan tour as special guest of the Schubertiade in Tamba and return to the UK to record a concerto dedicated to him by Nimrod Borenstein, together with the English Chamber Orchestra. His Plucked Bach recitals will be presented at the festivals Romanischer Sommer (WDR Cologne), the Thüringer Bachwochen, in Frankfurt’s Alte Oper, Potsdam’s Nikolaisaal and Ryedale Festival.
Other highlights include Hummel’s mandolin concerto with conductor Sebastian Tewinkel in Brandenburg, an Artistic Residency in Amare and the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, his debut in Armenia’s Kapan Festival and a new play/direct program with the Bridges Kammerorchester in and around Frankfurt.
Plucked Bach I & II
on the PENTATONE label
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