The Secret Life of Dirt and Isralei Cellist Amit Peled
Megan Sukys/Dave Beck
06/28/2007
At 2:05 p.m. - Amit Peled
Great learning and teaching take place in the most unexpected places. Amit Peled is an Israeli born concert cellist and one of America's youngest professors of music. His studies in an Israeli Kibbutz and experience as an Israeli Army musician were among of his most treasured and formative musical experiences. In an archive interview from January 23rd, 2007, Amit Peled explains how playing Beethoven in army barracks helped launch his international concert career.
Related Event:
Amit Peled performs in the Seattle Chamber Music Society's Summer Festival at Lakeside School which opens on July 5th, 2007. He'll perform in concerts at Lakeside from July 20th – 27th, 2007.
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At 2:20 p.m. - Dirt
Good soil is not just dirt. It's the thin layer of life that produces the food we all need to live. University of Washington professor David Montgomery examines how fundamental soil is to civilization in his book, Dirt. Today, he invites us to appreciate the biological orgy that we walk over every day.
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David Montgomery reads from his book Friday, June 29th at 7:30 p.m. at Elliot Bay Books.
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At 2:45 p.m. - Misha Berson
Classics by Chekhov and Dostoyevsky are some of the theatre highlights of the late spring and early summer in the Pacific Northwest. Misha Berson of The Seattle Times joins us regularly with a look at what's happening on stages in our region.
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