Amit Peled was at one time one of these up and coming musicians whom the Dame Myra Hessconcerts helped launch.. Part of the story he tells of this experience is “…through the series I grew up both as a cellist and as a human being. For quite a while, once a year, I had this legendary experience. I was very young and inexperienced when I began, and the pieces that I played became bigger, harder and more ambitious. I also began to attract a regular crowd--that was really amazing.