Martin Labazevitch (left), Amit Peled (right)

Kościuszko Foundation

Amit Peled, cello
Martin Labazevitch, piano

Program:

​Robert SCHUMANN: Five Pieces in Folk Style, Op. 102
Mieczysław WEINBERG: Cello Sonata No. 2, Op. 63
Max BRUCH: Kol Nidrei, Op. 47
Friedrich GULDA: Cello Concerto

Internationally renowned cellist, conductor and pedagogue Amit Peled is acclaimed as one of the most exciting and virtuosic instrumentalists on the concert stage today. “A glowing tone,” wrote The New York Times. “Fiery and intelligent,” wrote The Strad Magazine London. Amit Peled has performed in many of the world’s most prestigious venues, and released over a dozen recordings on the Naxos, Centaur, Delos, and CTM Classics labels. He is a cello professor at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.