Alon Sariel

In 2004, Sariel was accepted to Motti Shmitt's mandolin and violin class at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance and later followed orchestra conducting studies with Evgeny Tsirlin.

Besides his formal studies, Sariel joined courses and masterclasses and received guidance from conductors Yoel Levi, Martyn Brabbins and Benjamin Zander, mandolinists Ugo Orlandi, Carlo Aonzo and Avi Avital, domrist Tamara Volskaya, violinists Sophie Gent and Ilan Gronich, lutenist Ophira Zakai and recorder player Corina Marti.

During that time Alon was invited by mandolinist Ralf Leenen to join his Antwerp based ensemble La Napolitaine on tour to Japan, together they performed in Tokyo and Kyoto among other cities.

Between 2010 and 2015 he was registered at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover with a major in lute under Hans-Michael Koch and conducting with Paul Weigold and later Martin Brauß.

In some of these years he also participated at the Winter Akademie of the Hochschule für Künste in Bremen, and received guidance from Joachim Held (lute) and Margit Schultheiß (historical harp).