Jon Tolansky interviews Amit Peled

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The 35-year-old Amit Peled is an Israel-born cellist who now lives in the United States and teaches at the Peabody Institute. In his interview with Jon Tolansky, Amit talks about his childhood in a kibbutz in northern Israel and his first teacher Uri Vardi, a pupil of János Starker. Amit talks about several remarkable musicians with whom he studied after moving to the US, among them Bernard Greenhouse and Laurence Lesser. He also fondly recalls his studies in Berlin with the late Boris Pergamenschikov and the amazing atmosphere of his studio. Having worked with Isaac Stern, Amit discusses the great violinist’s unusual perspective on cello playing.

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