{{Short description|Israeli-American musician}} thumb|Amit Peled, Cellist
'''Amit Peled''' (born 1973) is an Israeli-American cellist, conductor, and pedagogue. He plays a ca. 1695 Grancino cello on loan from the Roux Family Foundation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yourclassical.org/episode/2022/05/18/new-classical-tracks-amit-peled |title=Amit Peled loves the warmth of his new cello |publisher=Yourclassical |date=2022-05-18 |accessdate=2022-06-07}}</ref> From 2012-2018 he played Pablo Casals's 1733 Matteo Goffriller cello.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thestrad.com/cpt-latests/video-how-i-came-to-play-pablo-casalss-1733-goffriller-cello-by-amit-peled/ |title=How I came to play Pablo Casals's 1733 Gofriller cello - 18 September 2014 |publisher=The Strad |date= |accessdate=2016-01-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150914174131/http://www.thestrad.com/cpt-latests/video-how-i-came-to-play-pablo-casalss-1733-goffriller-cello-by-amit-peled/ |archive-date=14 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Prior to Casals's cello, Peled played a 1689 Andrea Guarneri cello.
Amit Peled's two critically acclaimed{{citation needed|date=September 2012}} CDs ''The Jewish Soul'' and ''Cellobration'' were released under the Centaur Records label.<ref>{{cite web|author=PM |url=http://peabodyacademics.blogspot.com/2010/10/amit-peled-at-carnegie-hall-116.html |title=Peabody Academic Affairs: Amit Peled at Carnegie Hall 11/6 |publisher=Peabodyacademics.blogspot.com |date=2010-10-19 |accessdate=2012-09-30}}</ref> His third CD with Centaur Records, ''Reflections,'' was released in September 2012.<ref>{{cite web|author=Alvaro Zuniga - www.zunitek.com |url=http://www.centaurrecords.com/search_engine.php?session=297069&category=all_categories&offset=5&search_string=peled |title=Classical Record Label |publisher=Centaur Records |date= |accessdate=2012-09-30}}</ref>
He released recordings of five of Bach's Cello Suites on the albums ''Bach Suites 1–3'' (2018)<ref>{{cite web|author=Jon Sobel |url=https://blogcritics.org/music-reviews-tesla-quartet-haydn-ravel-stravinksy-amit-peled-bach-cello-suites/ |title=Music Reviews: Tesla Quartet–Haydn, Ravel, Stravinsky; Amit Peled–Bach Cellos Suites |publisher=Blogcritics |date=2018-12-04 |accessdate=2022-06-07}}</ref> and ''Solus et Una'' (2022) and Brahms' Cello Sonatas on ''To Brahms, with Love: From the Cello of Pablo Casals'' (2018).<ref>{{cite web|author=Jon Sobel |url=https://blogcritics.org/music-review-amit-peled-noreen-polera-to-brahms-with-love-from-the-cello-of-pablo-casals/ |title=Music Review: Amit Peled, Noreen Polera: To Brahms, with Love: From the Cello of Pablo Casals |publisher=Blogcritics |date=2018-05-15 |accessdate=2012-09-30}}</ref>
At a height of 5'11”, Peled started out as a basketball player<ref>{{cite web|first=Tony|last=Sauro |url=http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20101014/A_ENTERTAIN/10140301/-1/rss03 |title=All the right moves |publisher=Recordnet.com |date=2010-10-14 |accessdate=2012-09-30}}</ref> and was called "larger than life" when he enveloped his Guarneri cello<ref>{{cite news|first=Joan|last=Reinthaler |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/amit-peled-delivers-on-herberts-cello-concerto-no-2/2012/03/05/gIQA7wqjtR_story.html |title=Amit Peled delivers on Herbert's Cello Concerto No. 2 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date= 2012-03-06|accessdate=2012-09-30}}</ref> and "Jacqueline du Pré in a farmer's body."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/LandedPages/PrintArticle.aspx?id=8250 |title=Print Article |publisher=Jpost |date=2011-12-06 |accessdate=2012-09-30}}</ref> Peled often surprises audiences with the ways he breaks down barriers between performers and the public, making classical music more accessible to wider audiences through explanations, jokes,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/classicalmusic/2010/06/close_up_with_cellist_amit_pel.html |title=Clef Notes and Drama Queens: Up close with cellist Amit Peled in Frederick, courtesy of piano store - Classical music and theater in Baltimore: Critic Tim Smith writes about classical music, opera, theater, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Centerstage, and more |work=Baltimore Sun |date=2010-06-21 |accessdate=2012-09-30}}</ref> and even with a basketball game challenge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=333020 |title=Beethoven, basketball share center court at Albright |publisher=Readingeagle.com |date=2011-09-17 |accessdate=2012-09-30}}</ref>
Peled was a student of Bernard Greenhouse and is now a sought-after pedagogue of cello at Peabody Institute.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peabody.jhu.edu/461 |title=Peabody Institute - Amit Peled: Amit Peled |publisher=Peabody.jhu.edu |date= |access-date=2012-09-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806003650/http://www.peabody.jhu.edu/461 |archive-date=2012-08-06 }}</ref> When he began there, he was the youngest professor at a top musical institution.
Amit Peled is Online Master Teacher at iClassical Academy with whom he has recorded several online Masterclasses.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://iclassical-academy.com/teachers-general/amit-peled/|title=Amit Peled|last=Foundation|first=iClassical|website=iClassical Academy|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-29}}</ref>
Peled also collaborates with pianist Alon Goldstein and clarinetist Alexander Fiterstein in the Goldstein-Peled-Fiterstein Trio<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/21/arts/music/21trio.html|title=Cello, Clarinet and Piano Pass Around the Spotlight|newspaper=The New York Times|accessdate=2012-09-30 |url-access=subscription |first=Allan|last=Kozinn|date=2009-12-21}}</ref> as well as with pianist Alon Goldstein and violinist Ilya Kaler in the Tempest Trio.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/classicalmusic/2011/01/wpas_presents_amit_peled_in_im.html |title=Clef Notes and Drama Queens: WPAS presents Amit Peled in impressive Kennedy Center recital debut - Classical music and theater in Baltimore: Critic Tim Smith writes about classical music, opera, theater, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Centerstage, and more - baltimoresun.com |publisher=Weblogs.baltimoresun.com |date=2011-01-24 |accessdate=2012-09-30}}</ref>
He also has been named Music Director for CityMusic Cleveland for the 2019-2020 season. His students include Frances G. Borowsky.<ref>{{cite web |title=Frances Borowsky |url=http://www.imif.us/frances-borowsky.html |publisher=IMIF |access-date=3 January 2021}}</ref>
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