Sunday March 11, 2007
Chamber Music Wilmington presents: Amit Peled, cellist featuring Ara Gregorian, violin and Barbara McKenzie, piano
Sunday, March 11. 2007 / 7.30pm / Cultural Arts Building Recital Hall
Tickets: $25 general admission
Advance tickts and information available at the Kenan Auditorium Box Office Mon.-Fri., 10am-6pm at 910.962.3500 or 800.732.3643.
Presented by Chamber Music Wilmington
World class cellist Amit Peled performs Kodaly's Duo for Violin and Cello and Dvorak's Dumky Trio. Acclaimed violinist Ara Gregorian and pianist Barbara McKenzie join Mr. Peled for an evening of spirited folk-influenced music from Eastern Europe.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Hailed by the American Record Guide as "having the flair of the young Rostropovich" and being one of the youngest cello professors ever to be appointed to a major conservatory in the US (Peabody Conservatory), Israeli cellist Amit Peled is forging an international career of the highest caliber both as a soloist and as an enthusiastic teacher. Mr. Peled has been featured guest artist in some of the world's major concert halls such as: Wigmore Hall, London, Alice Tully Hall and Carnegie Hall, NY City, Salle Gaveau, Paris, National Auditorium in Barcelona, Konzerthaus Berlin and Tel Aviv's Man Auditorium. Among the orchestras that he has collaborated with in recent seasons are the European Philharmonic Orchestra, Radio Symphony Orchestra Saarbrücken, Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya, London Soloists, Jerusalem Symphony, Israel Chamber Orchestra, Tel Aviv Soloists, Haifa Symphony, Musica Vitae Chamber Orchestra, Velcea Philharmonic, Hartford Symphony, Philharmonie Südwestfalen, Nashua Symphony, Ashland Symphony, Chautauqua Symphony and the Irving Symphony.
Mr. Peled is a frequent participant at prestigious festivals such as the Marlboro Music Festival, Newport Music Festival, Schleswig ˆ Holstein Festival, Seattle Chamber Music Festival, Cape Cod Music Festival, Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Moselfestwochen, Strings in the Mountains, Four Seasons, Båstad, Prussia Cove, Millstatt Musikwochen and Kfar Blum. Upcoming projects include launching a series of CDs and DVDs of the major repertoire for Cello under the CTM Classics label, which will release the first volume in January 2007. Moreover, as an advocate of Israeli music, Mr. Peled has just recorded the Cello Concerto by Mark Kopytman with the Tel - Aviv Soloists under the JMC label and will later in the season premier a concerto dedicated to him by composer Erel Paz with conductor Ilan Volkov. Amit is playing a rare Andrea Guarneri Cello ca. 1689.
Chamber Music Wilmington Sponsors:
Corning Incorporated Foundation, Grand Sustaining Partner
Cape Fear Community College, Season Underwriter
UNCW Department of Music, Series Sponsor
Clayre Liammari & Pat Marriott, Concert Sponsors
Dr. John Stike, Artist Sponsor
Media Sponsors:
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