Experts & Speakers Faculty Profile
Jaime Laredo
Linda and Jack Gill Chair in Violin; Professor of Music (Violin)
Linda and Jack Gill Chair in Violin; Professor of Music (Violin)
Jacobs School of Music
Background:
In more than forty years before the public, Jaime Laredo's career has embraced the roles of soloist, conductor, recitalist and chamber musician. Since his orchestral debut at the age of eleven with the San Francisco Symphony, he has earned the admiration and respect of audiences, critics, and fellow musicians. His private coaches have included Josef Gingold, Pablo Casals, Ivan Galamian and George Szell.
Professor Laredo has performed at most of the venues across the United States and Europe, including Kennedy Center, Washington D.C., Los Angeles, San Francisco, Detroit, Dallas, Portland, Florida, North Carolina, Great Britain, Lisbon, Amsterdam, Spain, Wales, Germany, and the Netherlands. Professor Laredo has performed with such conductors as Barenboim, Leinsdorf, Stowkowski and Szell.
As a conductor and soloist, Mr. Laredo has performed with the Detroit Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, New York String Orchestra, Virginia Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, 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.
Mr. Laredo interweaves solo and conducting dates with the intense chamber music schedule of the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio, winnner of Musical America's Ensemble of the Year 2002. The trio celebrates its 30th anniversary in fall 2006.
He also has recorded extensively, with nearly one hundred discs on labels that include CBS, RCA, Dorian, Sony Classical, and Arabesque Recordings. He received the Deutsche Schallplatten Prize and has been awarded seven Grammy nominations, as well as one Grammy Award for a recording of the Brahms Piano Quartets.
As artistic director of New York's Chamber Music at the Y series, Mr. Laredo has created an important forum for chamber music performance.
