December 17th, 2009, 7:30 p.m.
Alon Goldstein, Piano
Amit Peled, Cello
Alex Fiterstein, Clarinet
Downtown Piano Works is deeply honored to welcome the Goldstein-Peled-Fiterstein Trio to our Local Artist Concert Series for an evening of works by Beethoven, Shostakovich, Brahms and more. As always, there is no charge for admission but space is limited to 60. Please RSVP (301) 631-1234 to guarantee a seat for this performance.

Alon Goldstein made his orchestral debut at the age of 18 with the Israeli Philharmonic under the baton of Maestro Zubin Mehta, and in April of 2008 made a triumphant return with Maestro Herbert Blomstedt with Beethoven Concerto No. 1, the same concerto he played the year before with the Philadelphia Orchestra.In recent seasons, Alon has performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, the San Francisco, St. Louis, Baltimore, Dallas, Houston, Vancouver, Kansas City and North Carolina Symphonies, the Rhode Island Philharmonic, and orchestras on tour in Paris, Russia, Romania and Bulgaria. His recent Beethoven concerto cycle with the Rockford Symphony, which expanded the traditional concert experience to a multi-media presentation contextualizing Beethoven’s life and work,resulted in unprecedented attendance and subsequent subscriptions. In November 2009 the Kansas City Symphony, under the baton of music director Michael Stern will give the world premier performance of a piano concerto written for Alon by rising star Israeli composer Avner Dorman. Other 2009-10 season appearances with orchestra include Chopin Concerto no. 2 with the Delaware Symphony, MozartConcerto K. 453 with the Jerusalem Symphony and a return engagement with the Bucharest Philharmonic 'George Enescu'. In the 2008-2009 season, Alon made his Carnegie Hall debut in the Mozart Triple Concerto with Joseph Kalichstein and Shai Wosner. He returned to the Rockford Symphony with a series of concerts illuminating the works of Brahms and Schumann, again resulting in enthusiastic audience attendance and response.

From the United States to Europe to the Middle East to Asia, Amit Peled, a musician of profound artistry and charismatic stage presence, is acclaimed as one of the most exciting cellists on the concert stage today. Mr. Peled has performed as soloist with orchestra and in the world’s major concert halls, such as: Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall, New York, Salle Gaveau, Paris, Wigmore Hall, London, Konzerthaus, Berlin, and Tel Aviv's Mann Auditorium. Mr. Peled is also a frequent guest artist, performing and giving master classes, at prestigious summer music festivals such as the Marlboro Music Festival, Newport Music Festival, Seattle Chamber Music Festival, Heifetz International Music Institute, Schleswig Holstein Festival and Euro Arts Festival in Germany, Gotland Festival in Sweden, Prussia Cove Festival in England, The Violoncello Congress in Spain, and the Kfar Blum Music Festival in Israel.

Mr. Peled has been featured on television and radio stations throughout the world, including NPR’s “Performance Today”, WGBH Boston, WQXR New York, WFMT Chicago, Deutschland Radio Berlin, Radio France, Swedish National Radio & TV, and Israeli National Radio & TV. A celebrated artist on the website of the Internet Cello Society, Mr. Peled is a Professor at the Peabody Conservatory of Music of the Johns Hopkins University and plays a rare Andrea Guarneri cello ca. 1689.

Alexander Fiterstein is one of the world's exceptional young clarinet players. Winner of the 2009 Avery Fisher Career Grant and graduate of the Interlochen Arts Academy and The Juilliard School, where his teachers included Charles Neidich and Eli Heifetz, Mr. Fiterstein has received awards from the America-Israel cultural foundation since 1991. Fiterstein is currently on the faculty of Kean University in New Jersey.

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