Peled - ARG Review

November / December 2005

[…] This year the discovery (for me, anyway) was a young Israeli cellist, Amit Peled. He played the living daylights out of Prokofiev’s Cello Sonata. How can it sound so musical when it is so wild and rough on the instrument? How can a player sweep through all of the composer’s slashing attacks and still make it sound like real music? How can he not make us feel that it is impossible to play? But Peled made it sound easy and seemed to be enjoying himself. He has the flair of the young Rostropovich, and the mastery of a seasoned player. He has a big tone and a vibrant sound. I want to hear more from him. There is always something thrilling going on at Strings in the Mountains. This cellist took my breath away.

Donald Vroon