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She is a classical pianist
born Ruth Meckler in Detroit,
Michigan. When she was two years old she was
able to play "God Bless America"
on the piano and she later graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music
where she was taught by Rudolf Serkin.
Known as "America's
First Lady of the Piano" she was acclaimed for her recordings of the
complete piano sonatas of Scriabin and all Rachmaninov's solo piano
works. She was married to
the violinist and conductor Jaime Laredo for a period and their daughter,
Jennifer, is married to the cellist Paul Watkins. As a performer she has made
countless solo appearances, as a chamber musician has worked with the Tokyo
String Quartet and the Guarneri Quartet and she has performed with
orchestras including the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, the New York Pops,
the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Boston Symphony and the New York
Philharmonic. Her many awards
include three Grammy Award nominations and a nomination for "Woman of
the Year" by the Ladies'
Home Journal. She was also
the author of the The Ruth Laredo Becoming a Musician Book
and appeared as a performer in the movie Small Time Crooks. She died of ovarian cancer in 2005 aged
67.
Isaac Albeniz
recordings
Songs of Spain
MCA 6265 (CD:
Ruth Laredo plays Albeniz and De Falla)
Piano - Ruth
Laredo
Suite Espanola
MCA 6265 (CD:
Ruth Laredo plays Albeniz and De Falla)
Piano - Ruth
Laredo
Sources:
- http://www.ruthlaredo.com/bio.htm
- http://www.stereophile.com/news/053005ruth/
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