Alon Sariel, Kölner Akademie & Michael Alexander Willens
Biography Alon Sariel, Kölner Akademie & Michael Alexander Willens
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.
