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Amit Peled and Christopher Zimmerman Discuss Dvorak's Cello Concerto

Photograph of Amit Peled, cellist and Johns Hopkins Professor at the Peadbody Institute on 10/28/14
Marshall Clarke/ © Marshall Clarke
Photograph of Amit Peled, cellist and Johns Hopkins Professor at the Peadbody Institute on 10/28/14

The Fargo-Moorhead Symphony Music Director and the celebrated cellist on why this piece (with an upcoming performance) is great.

The Fargo-Moorhead Symphony is performing Brahms First Symphony (sometimes called Beethoven's Tenth) and Dvorak's Cello Concerto. This conversation is about the latter. Amit Peled is one of today's foremost performers, who has done this piece many times. FM Symphony Music Director Christopher Zimmerman has also done it before. In this discussion you can hear that both love the work. You can also hear what is special about the cello.

https://www.fmsymphony.org/masterworks-2
Masterworks 2 | Europe’s Finest
Saturday, November 13, 7:30 pm
Sunday, November 14, 2:00 pm
Music Director Christopher Zimmerman
Cellist Amit Peled

Pre-Concert Talks: Enjoy Chris Zimmerman’s informal chats about the music with our guest artists 45 minutes before every concert in Beckwith Recital Hall.

Saturday, November 13, 6:45pm
Sunday, November 14, 1:15pm

This discussion is a project of FM Arts, a radio series of profiles, performances, and discussions with artists in the Fargo-Moorhead area funded by The Arts Partnership with support from the Cities of Fargo, Moorhead and West Fargo.

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