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"Russian Evening" of Cello Sonatas at Peabody, Oct. 6
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contact Only: Richard Selden |
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 Eli Kalman, piano |
Peled and Kalman to Perform Rachmaninov, Prokofiev, Shostakovich
September 30, 2009, Baltimore, MD: Cellist Amit Peled and pianist Eli Kalman will perform three sonatas by Russian composers at the Peabody Institute in Baltimore on Tuesday, Oct. 6, at 8:00 pm. Billed as a “Russian Evening,” the concert will take place in Peabody’s Miriam A. Friedberg Concert Hall, 17 Mount Vernon Place, as part of the Sylvia Adalman Artist Recital Series.
On the program are: Prokofiev’s Sonata in C major, Op. 119, written in 1949 and premiered the following year by Sviatoslav Richter and Mstislav Rostropovich; Shostakovich’s Sonata in D minor, Op. 40, composed in 1934, just prior to the Soviet censure of his music as decadent; and Rachmaninov’s Sonata in G minor, Op. 19, of 1901, notable for its equal treatment of the two instruments.
A faculty artist at the Peabody Conservatory since 2003, Peled has been an orchestral soloist in many of the world’s major concert halls. His performances have been featured on NPR’s “Performance Today,” WGBH Boston, WQXR New York, WFMT Chicago, Deutschland Radio Berlin, Radio France, Swedish National Radio and Television, and Israeli National Radio and Television. An advocate of Israeli music, he has recorded Mark Kopytman’s cello concerto with the Tel Aviv Soloists and premiered, under the baton of conductor Ilan Volkov, the cello concerto written for and dedicated to Peled by Erel Paz. Later this season, Peled will make his debut with the Baltimore Symphony. He will also perform with the Jerusalem Symphony, the Columbus Symphony, and other orchestras in the United States and abroad.
Kalman, professor of piano at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, received a diploma from the Academy of Music G. Dima in Cluj, Romania, and master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Wisconsin—Madison. He has been an artist-in-residence at the Banff Chamber Music Festival and performed in such prestigious concert series as San Francisco Performances, Emmanuel Music’s Schumann Chamber Series in Boston, and the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts in Chicago. In 2006, he recorded Robert Schumann’s sonatas for violin and piano with Rose Mary Harbison. A recording of performances with Peled, The Jewish Soul, was released earlier this year.
Tickets for the Oct. 6 concert are $15, $10 for seniors, and $5 for students with I.D. To purchase tickets and eight-concert subscriptions, call the Peabody Box Office at 410-234-4800. Complete program information, and Audio Program Notes, may be found at www.peabody.jhu.edu/events.
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Amit Peled, cello Photo: J Henry Fair
Eli Kalman, piano
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About the Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University
Located in the heart of Baltimore’s Mount Vernon Cultural District, the Peabody Institute was founded in 1857 as America’s first academy of music by philanthropist George Peabody. Today, Peabody boasts a preeminent faculty, a nurturing, collaborative learning environment, and the academic resources of one of the nation’s leading universities, Johns Hopkins. Through its degree-granting Conservatory and its community-based Preparatory music and dance school, Peabody trains musicians and dancers of every age and at every level, from small children to seasoned professionals, from dedicated amateurs to winners of international competitions. Each year, Peabody stages nearly 100 major concerts and performances, ranging from classical to contemporary to jazz, many of them free — a testament to the vision of George Peabody.
