AMIT PELED, cellist

Amit Peled is a cellist of profound artistry.

Please welcome Amit Peled, cellist. “His sound is forged in the innermost chambers of the soul and is magically transferred to the tips of his fingers...” (Kol Bo).

"Penetrating musicianship...a player of exceptional talent" (Musical Opinion)

From the United States to Europe to the Middle East to Asia, Israeli cellist Amit Peled, a musician of profound artistry and charismatic stage presence, is acclaimed as one of the most exciting instrumentalists on the concert stage today.

Mr. Peled has performed as soloist with orchestra and in the world’s major concert halls, such as: Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall, New York, Salle Gaveau, Paris, Wigmore Hall, London, Konzerthaus, Berlin, and Tel Aviv's Mann Auditorium.

Peled is also a frequent guest artist, performing and giving master classes at prestigious summer music festivals such as the Marlboro Music Festival, Newport Music Festival, Seattle Chamber Music Festival, Heifetz International Music Institute, Schleswig Holstein Festival and Euro Arts Festival in Germany, Gotland Festival in Sweden, Prussia Cove Festival in England, The Violoncello Congress in Spain, and the Kfar Blum Music Festival in Israel.

As a recording artist, Mr. Peled has just released two critically acclaimed CDs: “The Jewish Soul” and “Cellobration” under the Centaur Records Label.

In 2009/10 Mr. Peled made his debut with the Baltimore Symphony, and the Columbus Symphony, returning to Taiwan for the Brahms Double concerto with the National Symphony, to Israel for performances with the Jerusalem Symphony and Maestro Botstein, and is appearing with about twenty more orchestras worldwide.

This outstanding cellist has been featured on television and radio stations throughout the world, including NPR’s “Performance Today”, WGBH Boston, WQXR New York, WFMT Chicago, Deutschland Radio Berlin, Radio France, Swedish National Radio & TV, and Israeli National Radio & TV.

One of the most sought after cello pedagogues in the world, Mr. Peled is a Professor at the Peabody Conservatory of Music of the Johns Hopkins University and plays a rare Andrea Guarneri cello ca. 1689.

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