Alon Sariel

The versatile musician Alon Sariel is active as a mandolinist, lutenist, and conductor. He is a former member of Daniel Barenboim's West-Eastern Divan Orchestra. Sariel has performed in over a thousand concerts in more than 35 countries, and he has a growing recording catalog. In 2022, he issued the album Plucked Bach, offering Bach's cello suites on mandolin, lute, Baroque guitar, and the oud. Sariel was born on May 11, 1986, in Beersheba, Israel. He took up the mandolin at age eight, studying at the Beersheba Conservatory. His interest in the instrument was furthered when h...