Friends of Music 2022-23 Season Concerts

Amit Peled
Sun. Apr. 16 - 4:00pm
Cello soloist

First Congregational Church
115 S. Main St. Wolfeboro

AMIT PELED, INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED CELLIST, RETURNS TO WOLFEBORO

           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. One of the most sought-after cello performers in the world, Peled is a professor at the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University where he has taught since 2003 and was one of the youngest professors ever hired by a major conservatory. He has instructed students who have gone on to garner top prizes at international competitions such as the Carlos Prieto International Competition in Mexico, the Schoenefeld International Competition in China, and Young Concert Artists Guild in New York. Embracing the new era of the pandemic, Peled recently established the Amit Peled Online Cello Academy to reach cellists all over the world with private lessons and in-depth courses on his First Hour technique method.

          Passing on the tradition in which he performed with his mentors Bernard Greenhouse and Boris Pergamenschikow, Peled regularly performs with the Amit Peled Cello Gang. Composed of students from Peled’s studio at the Peabody Institute, members of the Cello Gang range in age from undergraduate freshmen to second year master’s students. Peled and the Cello Gang tour regularly around the country with recent performances at 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

            Amit will be accompanied by Daniel del Pino. Mr. del Pino is one of the leading Spanish concert pianists in the international scene. He has performed on all five continents. His performances have been heard in the most prestigious venues all over Europe, in Morocco, Tunisia, all over the Middle-East, Gabon, India, Kazakhstan, Japan, Brazil, Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, Australia, and in the U.S.A. (Carnegie Hall in New York). Since 2010 he serves as the Artistic Director of the concert series “Cita con los Clásicos”, in Guadarrama and from 2014 also from the Festival that is organized by Sierra Musical around Madrid. He is part of the faculty as a piano professor at Centro Superior Katarina Gurska, in Madrid.

Tickets are available for $25 at the door or in Wolfeboro at Black’s Paper Store and Avery Insurance, or on this website, or by calling (603) 569-2151.  The audience is encouraged, but not required, to be vaccinated and to wear masks.  Middle School and Elementary students can attend FREE when accompanied by an adult, as are High School Students with their school ID.

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Imani Winds
Sun. May 21 - 3:00pm
Woodwind Quintet

Brewster’s Anderson Hall
205 S. Main St. Wolfeboro

Celebrating over two decades of music making, the twice Grammy nominated Imani Winds has led both a revolution and evolution of the wind quintet through their dynamic playing, adventurous programming, imaginative collaborations and outreach endeavors that have inspired audiences of all ages and backgrounds. The ensemble's playlist embraces traditional chamber music repertoire, and as a 21st century group, Imani Winds is devoutly committed to expanding the wind quintet repertoire by commissioning music from new voices that reflect historical events and the times in which we currently live.