One of the ways through which I support mandolin education is producing new compositions or arrangements of pieces that I love.
Here you can watch an excerpt of ASTURIAS by Isaac Albeniz, as well as the opening prelude to my Mandolin Partita No. 1
To order one of these works for € 12,- quick and easy in digital form, just mention ASTURIAS or PRELUDE and your email in the transfer details @ PayPal.Me/alonsariel

***Now also online!***
I'm happy to be staff member at the Arpeggiato Online School, where you can easily book your lesson.
Contact me for questions.

As musical director of Concerto Foscari, I've led dozens of Children's Concerts of different themes and sorts. I believe in interactive musical education and see in it the branch, upon I and all my fellow professional musicians are sitting. During the Praetorius anniversary of 2021 I've taken part in a special project by Musikland Niedersachsen titled "Early Music at the Classroom" in which I could introduce Renaissance art and music to school children all over Lower Saxony. This project continues in Autumn 2023, when the mandolin is titled „Instrument of the Year“.

As a member of the organisation „Rhapsody in School“, I've visited several classrooms to introduce my different instruments and classical music in general. My goal is simply to awake questions and curiosity, perhaps plant some tiny seeds and allow the kids and youth to dream about persuading a creative life. 

While on tour, I've always enjoyed meeting students and visiting educational institutes around the world, sharing my passion for music and art. Whether it was mandolin majors at Trinity Collage of London or a mass orchestra of over a hundred mandolinists at the CMSA convention in Toronto; chamber ensembles at the Lilla Akademien in Stockholm or a young Czech string orchestra whom I've introduced certain oral music traditions and folk music at the ZUŠ Nová Paka; highly gifted guitar students of the National University of the Arts (UNAM) in Mexico City or young Russian virtuosi on Domra and Balalaika at the Kazan Conservatory, where I had the pleasure to sit in the jury.

During the years of my own education in Germany, I was privileged to serve as musical director in Göttingen, both at the Youth Symphony Orchestra and at the Camerata Medica. I've always found it interesting to work also with youngsters and non-professionals, which sometimes requires completely different qualities than my usual work. Above all it was a great pleasure to open some doors of inspiration into the world of orchestral music, rhythm, intonation, teamwork, leadership and communication.