Amit Peled Cello Gang

6507 Main Street,The Plains VA 20198

24 April, 2022

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Amit Peled Cello Gang Amit Peled, Conductor ** Upon arrival, all patrons must show proof COVID vaccination, or a negative COVID test result produced within 72 hours of the event. ** Amit Peled Cello Gang Amit Peled, Conductor Johannes Brahms, Andante from Symphony No. 3 Robert Schumann, Cello Concerto in A Minor, op. 129 Henry Mancini, Theme from The Pink Panther Praised by The Strad magazine and The New York Times, internationally renowned cellist Amit Peled is acclaimed as one of the most exciting and virtuosic instrumentalists on the concert stage today. Having performed in many of the world’s most prestigious venues, including Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall at the Lincoln Center in New York, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C., Salle Gaveau in Paris, Wigmore Hall in London, and the Konzerthaus Berlin, Peled has released over a dozen recordings on the Naxos, Centaur, Delos, and CTM Classics labels. A professor since 2003 at the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University, he has performed and presented master classes around the world including at the Marlboro and Newport Music Festivals and the Heifetz International Music Summer Institute in the US, the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival in Germany, International Musicians Seminar Prussia Cove in England, and Keshet Eilon in Israel. Peled performs on a cello made by the Italian master Giovanni Grancino, ca. 1695, on generous loan from the Roux Family Foundation. He is represented worldwide by CTM Classics. For more information, visit www.amitpeled.com. The Amit Peled Cello Gang is composed of students from Peled’s studio at the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University, where he has taught since 2003. The students range in age from undergraduate freshmen to second year master’s students, and the group comes together often to perform works written or arranged for cello ensemble. This unique ensemble has performed recently for the Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival, the Society of Four Arts in Palm Beach, the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra, as a resident ensemble in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, and all across Maryland, the gang’s home state. The first Cello Gang CD under the CTM Classics label has been enthusiastically received worldwide. On behalf of the Grace Church Concert Series Committee and our generous volunteers, we look forward to seeing you this season! The Grace Church Concert Series is funded in part through the generosity of Mrs. Jacqueline Mars in memory of her mother, Mrs. Forrest Mars, who was devoted to music and loved Grace Church. Sincerely, Jason Farris, artistic director, Lena Scott Lundh, chair emeritus & Gertraud Hechl, chairs emeritus. Committee Members: Enid Adams, Landon Butler, Deborah Dempsey, Kenneth Garrett, Robin Pegler, Ellen Soyars, Holli Thompson, Nancy West, and Dana Westring.