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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. 

The Vancouver Sun praises his “dazzling virtuosity” when leading the Pacific Baroque Orchestra through Italian mandolin concertos, Gramophone describes his “Plucked Bach” record series for PENTATONE as “highly poetic” with “moments of quiet eroticism”, while the French Diapason pays extra attention to his sensitive lute continuo at the Opera Royal de Versailles with Le Poème Harmonique. In Short: Alon Sariel is another proof that the most compelling artists are the ones who refuse to fit a mold.

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 and chamber player, educator, curator and musical director. Increasingly, he is incorporating conducting into his musical activities, both from the instrument and with the baton.

In his acclaimed Plucked Bach recording series for the PENTATONE label, Alon reimagines Bach’s music through compelling new arrangements for a rich palette of plucked instruments, including various lutes and mandolins, baroque guitar, oud, and bağlama. The latest instalment of the trilogy was selected as an Editor’s Choice by Gramophone and awarded five-star reviews also in Concerti and De Volkskrant, alongside feature portraits on Radio France and The Violin Channel, among many other international accolades.

"This is the kind of moment that can change your day...
as pretty and heaven-sent as a soft spring shower...
you’ll find it hard not to be enchanted by Sariel’s profound artistry...
This is Bach-playing for the ages."

Lindsey Kemp, Gramophone Magazine

Recent engagements include Alon‘s debut with the Swedish Västerås Sinfonietta alongside conductor Bar Avni and his return to the Thüringen Philharmonie (play/direct). An 8 concert residency at Early Music Vancouver's summer festival, a five-city tour throughout Poland and a return Japan as special guest of the Schubertiade in Tamba, a series of Christmas Concerts with the Bridges Kammerorchester (play/direct) as well as a concerto recording together with the English Chamber Orchestra under the baton of composer Nimrod Borenstein. 

Alon Sariel is a winner of many international prizes and awards including the OPUS Klassik for his album Telemandolin (Berlin Classics). He has recently been appointed Early Music Curator for the Styriarte in Graz and for ’t Huis te Poort in Schiedam, he serves as a member of the Foundation Committee at Göttingen’s International Handel Festival and as a goodwill ambassador for the animal welfare organization Pro Animale.