Honoree
Jaime Laredo
AWARDS
- National Academies (2010)
- AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
- Titled Professor (2005)
- LINDA AND JACK GILL CHAIR IN VIOLIN
- Department of Strings
- Jacobs School of Music
- Indiana University Bloomington
- Grammy Award (1992)
- BEST CHAMBER MUSIC PERFORMANCE
- Performance: Brahms: Piano Quartets
BIOGRAPHY
In more than forty years before the public, Jaime Laredo has excelled in the multiple roles of soloist, conductor, recitalist and chamber musician. Since his stunning orchestral debut at the age of eleven with the San Francisco Symphony, he has won the admiration and respect of audiences, critics and fellow musicians with his passionate and polished performances. That debut inspired one critic to write: 'In the 1920's it was Yehudi Menuhin; in the 1930's it was Isaac Stern; and last night it was Jaime Laredo.' His education and development were greatly influenced by private coaching with eminent masters Josef Gingold, Pablo Casals, Ivan Galamian and George Szell. At the age of seventeen, Jaime Laredo won the prestigious Queen Elisabeth of Belgium Competition, launching his rise to international prominence.
The upcoming season (2007-08) continues to highlight Mr. Laredo's musical versatility. As a conductor, he will guest conduct the Seattle Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Alabama Symphony, at Carnegie Hall with the New York String Orchestra, in addition to his Music Directorship with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra. As the violinist of the Laredo-Robinson Duo with cellist Sharon Robinson, he will appear with Nashville Symphony, Delaware Symphony, and Sacramento Philharmonic in the world premiere of Daron Hagen's Double Concerto; as a chamber musician, he will present multiple chamber music concerts at the 92nd Street Y in New York where he's also the Artistic Director of the Chamber Music Series, including a special Beethoven Trio marathon with his group the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio. Other chamber music engagements throughout the season include concerts in Massachusetts, Arizona, North Carolina, Virginia, Washington, D.C. (Kennedy Center), Detroit, Miami, Indianapolis, Albuquerque, and back to 92nd Street Y for the New York premiere of Richard Danielpour's piano quartet Books of Hours – a special commission for the Trio's 30th anniversary last season.
The 2006-'07 season held special significance for Jaime Laredo, as he and his wife, cellist Sharon Robinson, celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary as well as the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio's 30th anniversary. To commemorate the Duo's 30th, Jaime Laredo and Sharon Robinson commissioned a new work from composer Andy Stein as well as a new double concerto from Richard Danielpour. In addition, Naxos released the Double Concerto by Ned Rorem, also written for Laredo-Robinson, with the Iris Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Michael Stern. The husband-wife team also appeared with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, the Pacific Symphony, the Austin Symphony, as well as at Carnegie Hall and the Mostly Mozart Festival.
The Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio celebrated its 30th anniversary with major concerts at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, the 92nd Street Y in New York, and was also heard in Boston, Philadelphia, Fort Worth, Tucson, La Jolla, El Paso, and Lisbon, Hamburg, Copenhagen in Europe and Calgary, Canada. They have commissioned the stellar American composer Richard Danielpour for a new Piano Quartet, performed in 10 cities nationwide in 2006-'07 and 2007-'08. On the recording front, KOCH International Classics released the Trio's new recording of Arensky & Tchaikovsky trios, as well as re-releases from their vast existing discography.
As a highly sought after conductor and solo violinist, Mr. Laredo appeared with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Ravinia Festival in August 2006, followed throughout the season by engagements with the Seattle Symphony, the Vermont Symphony where he's the Music Director, the Utah Symphony Orchestra, Carnegie Hall and the 92nd Street Y. He also appeared in recitals with legendary pianist Leon Fleisher at UCLA Royce Hall and New York's Zankel Hall, among other venues.
The 2005-06 season was in many ways an important year for Jaime Laredo. Mr. Laredo accepted a chaired position at the Indiana University School of Music, which began in September '05. Also this season, Mr. Laredo balanced solo and conducting dates with the intense chamber music schedule of the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio, Winner of Musical America's Ensemble of the Year 2002.
With his wife, cellist Sharon Robinson, who also joined the faculty of Indiana University School of Music, Jaime Laredo performs and records extensively. Highlights of the celebrated Duo's 2004-05 season included the New York premiere, at Carnegie Hall, of In the Arms of the Beloved, Richard Danielpour's 2002 Concerto for Violin and Cello written for the duo to celebrate 25 years of marriage. The April 2005 performance in New York as well as a subsequent performance in Philadelphia were led by Michael Stern, who conducted the world premiere and the recently released recording.
Mr. Laredo is in demand worldwide as a conductor and a soloist. He has been Music Director of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra since 1999 and is also the Artistic Director of the Brandenburg Ensemble. The 2005-06 season saw him leading the Detroit Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, New York String Orchestra and Virginia Symphony, as well as soloing with the St. Louis Symphony in October 2005.
In past seasons Mr. Laredo's guest engagements included a summer 2004 return to the Los Angeles Philharmonic as conductor and soloist, helping to inaugurate the new shell, along with performances with all of America's major orchestras, including Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, New York, and Philadelphia, with such conductors as Barenboim, Mehta, Ozawa, Slatkin, Colin Davis and great conductors of the past, such as Ormandy, Leinsdorf, Stokowski, and Szell. Abroad, Mr. Laredo has performed as soloist and/or conductor with the London Symphony, the BBC Symphony, the English Chamber Orchestra, the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, the Royal Philharmonic, and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, which he led on two American tours and in their Hong Kong Festival debut. His numerous recordings with the SCO include Vivaldi's Four Seasons (which stayed on the British best-seller charts for over a year), Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream, the "Italian" and "Scottish" Symphonies of Mendelssohn, Beethoven's Violin Concerto and recordings of Rossini overtures and Wagner's Siegfried Idyll.
Mr. Laredo has recorded close to one hundred discs. He has received the Deutsche Schallplatten Prize and has been awarded seven Grammy nominations. He won the Grammy Award for a disc of Brahms Piano Quartets which he performed with his frequent chamber music collaborators Emanuel Ax, Isaac Stern and Yo-Yo Ma. Mr. Laredo's discs on CBS and RCA have included the complete Bach Sonatas with the late Glenn Gould and a KOCH International Classics album of duos with Ms. Robinson featuring works by Handel, Kodaly, Mozart and Ravel. His releases on the audiophile Dorian label include Schubert's complete works for violin and piano with Stephanie Brown, and Virtuoso!, a collection of favorite violin encores with pianist Margo Garrett. Other recent releases include Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante and Concertone with Cho-Liang Lin for Sony Classical and Piano Quartet recordings with Ax, Stern and Ma featuring the music of Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann and Fauré. In May 2000, KOCH released the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio's two-CD set of the chamber works of Maurice Ravel, to follow the complete trios and sonatas of Shostakovich.
Jaime Laredo is on an unusually large number of CDs released in the 2002-03 season. In August 2002, KOCH released an all-Zwilich Concerto CD with Mr. Laredo, Sharon Robinson and Joseph Kalichstein as the soloists, including a double concerto written for Laredo and Robinson, and a triple concerto written for the Trio. October 2002 saw the release, on KOCH, of Volume 1 of a two-volume, 4-CD all-Beethoven collection. In Summer 2003 the premiere recording of Richard Danielpour's In the Arms of the Beloved, (a concerto for violin and cello written for Jaime Laredo and Sharon Robinson in honor of their 25th anniversary and premiered in April 2002, with Conductor Michael Stern and the Iris Orchestra, who join Laredo and Robinson on the recording), paired with his piano trio A Child's Reliquary, written for and performed by the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio, was released. Volume 2 of the Beethoven project was released in summer 2003 as well.
As Artistic Director of New York's renowned Chamber Music at the Y series, Mr. Laredo has created an important forum for chamber music performances which has developed a devoted following. His stewardships of the annual New York String Orchestra Seminar at Carnegie Hall and International Violin Competition of Indianapolis have become beloved educational pillars of the string community. A principal figure at the Marlboro Music Festival in years past and more recently with the Aspen Music Festival, he is actively involved at Tanglewood, Ravinia, Mostly Mozart, and the Hollywood Bowl, as well as the festivals in Italy, Spain, Finland, Greece, Israel, Austria, Switzerland and England.
Born in Bolivia, Jaime Laredo, together with wife Sharon Robinson, resides in Vermont and Indiana.
The upcoming season (2007-08) continues to highlight Mr. Laredo's musical versatility. As a conductor, he will guest conduct the Seattle Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Alabama Symphony, at Carnegie Hall with the New York String Orchestra, in addition to his Music Directorship with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra. As the violinist of the Laredo-Robinson Duo with cellist Sharon Robinson, he will appear with Nashville Symphony, Delaware Symphony, and Sacramento Philharmonic in the world premiere of Daron Hagen's Double Concerto; as a chamber musician, he will present multiple chamber music concerts at the 92nd Street Y in New York where he's also the Artistic Director of the Chamber Music Series, including a special Beethoven Trio marathon with his group the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio. Other chamber music engagements throughout the season include concerts in Massachusetts, Arizona, North Carolina, Virginia, Washington, D.C. (Kennedy Center), Detroit, Miami, Indianapolis, Albuquerque, and back to 92nd Street Y for the New York premiere of Richard Danielpour's piano quartet Books of Hours – a special commission for the Trio's 30th anniversary last season.
The 2006-'07 season held special significance for Jaime Laredo, as he and his wife, cellist Sharon Robinson, celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary as well as the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio's 30th anniversary. To commemorate the Duo's 30th, Jaime Laredo and Sharon Robinson commissioned a new work from composer Andy Stein as well as a new double concerto from Richard Danielpour. In addition, Naxos released the Double Concerto by Ned Rorem, also written for Laredo-Robinson, with the Iris Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Michael Stern. The husband-wife team also appeared with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, the Pacific Symphony, the Austin Symphony, as well as at Carnegie Hall and the Mostly Mozart Festival.
The Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio celebrated its 30th anniversary with major concerts at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, the 92nd Street Y in New York, and was also heard in Boston, Philadelphia, Fort Worth, Tucson, La Jolla, El Paso, and Lisbon, Hamburg, Copenhagen in Europe and Calgary, Canada. They have commissioned the stellar American composer Richard Danielpour for a new Piano Quartet, performed in 10 cities nationwide in 2006-'07 and 2007-'08. On the recording front, KOCH International Classics released the Trio's new recording of Arensky & Tchaikovsky trios, as well as re-releases from their vast existing discography.
As a highly sought after conductor and solo violinist, Mr. Laredo appeared with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Ravinia Festival in August 2006, followed throughout the season by engagements with the Seattle Symphony, the Vermont Symphony where he's the Music Director, the Utah Symphony Orchestra, Carnegie Hall and the 92nd Street Y. He also appeared in recitals with legendary pianist Leon Fleisher at UCLA Royce Hall and New York's Zankel Hall, among other venues.
The 2005-06 season was in many ways an important year for Jaime Laredo. Mr. Laredo accepted a chaired position at the Indiana University School of Music, which began in September '05. Also this season, Mr. Laredo balanced solo and conducting dates with the intense chamber music schedule of the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio, Winner of Musical America's Ensemble of the Year 2002.
With his wife, cellist Sharon Robinson, who also joined the faculty of Indiana University School of Music, Jaime Laredo performs and records extensively. Highlights of the celebrated Duo's 2004-05 season included the New York premiere, at Carnegie Hall, of In the Arms of the Beloved, Richard Danielpour's 2002 Concerto for Violin and Cello written for the duo to celebrate 25 years of marriage. The April 2005 performance in New York as well as a subsequent performance in Philadelphia were led by Michael Stern, who conducted the world premiere and the recently released recording.
Mr. Laredo is in demand worldwide as a conductor and a soloist. He has been Music Director of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra since 1999 and is also the Artistic Director of the Brandenburg Ensemble. The 2005-06 season saw him leading the Detroit Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, New York String Orchestra and Virginia Symphony, as well as soloing with the St. Louis Symphony in October 2005.
In past seasons Mr. Laredo's guest engagements included a summer 2004 return to the Los Angeles Philharmonic as conductor and soloist, helping to inaugurate the new shell, along with performances with all of America's major orchestras, including Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, New York, and Philadelphia, with such conductors as Barenboim, Mehta, Ozawa, Slatkin, Colin Davis and great conductors of the past, such as Ormandy, Leinsdorf, Stokowski, and Szell. Abroad, Mr. Laredo has performed as soloist and/or conductor with the London Symphony, the BBC Symphony, the English Chamber Orchestra, the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, the Royal Philharmonic, and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, which he led on two American tours and in their Hong Kong Festival debut. His numerous recordings with the SCO include Vivaldi's Four Seasons (which stayed on the British best-seller charts for over a year), Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream, the "Italian" and "Scottish" Symphonies of Mendelssohn, Beethoven's Violin Concerto and recordings of Rossini overtures and Wagner's Siegfried Idyll.
Mr. Laredo has recorded close to one hundred discs. He has received the Deutsche Schallplatten Prize and has been awarded seven Grammy nominations. He won the Grammy Award for a disc of Brahms Piano Quartets which he performed with his frequent chamber music collaborators Emanuel Ax, Isaac Stern and Yo-Yo Ma. Mr. Laredo's discs on CBS and RCA have included the complete Bach Sonatas with the late Glenn Gould and a KOCH International Classics album of duos with Ms. Robinson featuring works by Handel, Kodaly, Mozart and Ravel. His releases on the audiophile Dorian label include Schubert's complete works for violin and piano with Stephanie Brown, and Virtuoso!, a collection of favorite violin encores with pianist Margo Garrett. Other recent releases include Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante and Concertone with Cho-Liang Lin for Sony Classical and Piano Quartet recordings with Ax, Stern and Ma featuring the music of Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann and Fauré. In May 2000, KOCH released the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio's two-CD set of the chamber works of Maurice Ravel, to follow the complete trios and sonatas of Shostakovich.
Jaime Laredo is on an unusually large number of CDs released in the 2002-03 season. In August 2002, KOCH released an all-Zwilich Concerto CD with Mr. Laredo, Sharon Robinson and Joseph Kalichstein as the soloists, including a double concerto written for Laredo and Robinson, and a triple concerto written for the Trio. October 2002 saw the release, on KOCH, of Volume 1 of a two-volume, 4-CD all-Beethoven collection. In Summer 2003 the premiere recording of Richard Danielpour's In the Arms of the Beloved, (a concerto for violin and cello written for Jaime Laredo and Sharon Robinson in honor of their 25th anniversary and premiered in April 2002, with Conductor Michael Stern and the Iris Orchestra, who join Laredo and Robinson on the recording), paired with his piano trio A Child's Reliquary, written for and performed by the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio, was released. Volume 2 of the Beethoven project was released in summer 2003 as well.
As Artistic Director of New York's renowned Chamber Music at the Y series, Mr. Laredo has created an important forum for chamber music performances which has developed a devoted following. His stewardships of the annual New York String Orchestra Seminar at Carnegie Hall and International Violin Competition of Indianapolis have become beloved educational pillars of the string community. A principal figure at the Marlboro Music Festival in years past and more recently with the Aspen Music Festival, he is actively involved at Tanglewood, Ravinia, Mostly Mozart, and the Hollywood Bowl, as well as the festivals in Italy, Spain, Finland, Greece, Israel, Austria, Switzerland and England.
Born in Bolivia, Jaime Laredo, together with wife Sharon Robinson, resides in Vermont and Indiana.
