Ruth Laredo recently took part in Russian Festival "International Week"

Review of Performance at the Cleveland Museum of Art

Pianist summons perfect storm of music

"Ruth Laredo, known as 'America's First Lady of the Piano,' is gifted with steely fingers, prodigious technique, a passionate temperament and an affinity for dark and heavy music.

In her superb recital Wednesday night at the Cleveland Museum of Art, the renowned artist plunged into pieces by composers who pushed and expanded the expressive powers of the piano. Shrewdly balancing familiar and lesser-known works, she played with ringing tone, intense presence and innate musicianship."

--The Plain Dealer, Cleveland 4/17/04   

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2004-2005 Season Highlights

September 20-27, 2004
Russian Festival "International Week"
St. Petersburg State Conservatory
Dedicated to the bicentenary of Mikhail Glinka

October 6-10
Tour with Manchester Music Festival Orchestra
Mozart Concerto K. 449

Tuesday, October 12
Appearance as soloist with Manchester Music Festival Orchestra
Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts
Mozart Concerto K. 449

Sunday, October 17
Recital - Opening concert - Mostly Music Series
Westfield, NJ

Sunday, October 24 at 7:30 P.M.
Guest artist with St. Petersburg String Quartet
JCC of W. Orange, NJ
Brahms Quintet

Thursday, October 28
Guest artist with St. Petersburg String Quartet
Ashland, Oregon Chamber Music Series
Shostakovich Trio No. 2 and Brahms Quintet

Concerts with Commentary at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
"The Russian Spirit"
Special guest artists:
Courtenay Budd, soprano and the St. Petersburg Quartet
Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
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Friday, November 5, 2004 at 7:00 P.M.
Scriabin - Works for Solo Piano
Rachmaninoff - Songs
Tchaikovsky - Trio in A Minor, Opus 50

Friday, January 21, 2005 at 7:00 P.M.
Rachmaninoff - Works for Solo Piano
Tchaikovsky - Songs
Shostakovich - Piano Quintet

Friday, May 6, 2005 at 7:00 P.M.
Scriabin - Works for Solo Piano
Rachmaninoff - Songs
Prokofiev - Sonata No. 1 in F Minor for Violin and Piano, Opus 80
Tchaikovsky - String Sextet in D Major, Opus 70, "Souvenir de Florence"
 

Concerts with Commentary
at the Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts:

Wednesday, December 1, 2004 at 7 P.M.
American Classics: Gottschalk to Gershwin, Bernstein to Barber

Wednesday, January 5, 2005 at 7 P.M.
The Russian Spirit: Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin, Prokoviev

Sunday, February 6, 2005 at 7 P.M.
French Delicacies: Ravel and Franck
Introducing special guest artist Nicholas Kendall, violin

Monday, March 28, 2005 at 7 P.M.
Beethoven and his Influence

CONCERT SERIES

Concerts with Commentary  
at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, and throughout the U.S.
In addition to her regular recital and symphony engagements, the Concerts with Commentary series is now being presented in many other cities around the U.S. in the form of single events or a 3-concert series.

Three Piano Crossover
Ruth Laredo teams up with Dick Hyman and  Marian McPartland for this refreshing program which explores the boundaries between  Classical Music and Jazz.

25th Anniversary Concert

25th Anniversary Concert
Reviewed in The New York Times,  September 15, 2001 

"A Pianist With Sustenance at an Anniversary Concert"

"'It was important for me to play,' Ms. Laredo said in a brief address to the audience before the concert. 'Great music gives us spiritual sustenance and gives us hope. It is in that spirit that I play tonight.' ...The sustenance that Ms. Laredo's rich program offered was on the order of a haute cuisine feast, set down with a pure heart "

--The New York Times   

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RECENT RECORDINGS/MAGAZINES/BOOKS

Ruth Laredo Plays Chopin	Ruth Laredo Plays Samuel Barber	Ruth Laredo Plays Tchaikovsky

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Brahms Piano Quartets
Ruth Laredo's latest recording is a 2-CD set of the complete Brahms Piano Quartets with the Shanghai Quartet, recorded on the Arabesque Label.    

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    LISTEN TO CLIPS FROM THE CD:
       Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25 - Allegro (mp3, 378K)
       Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25 - Andante con moto (mp3, 690K)
       Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 26 - Allegro non troppo (mp3, 830K)
       Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 26 - Finale. Allegro (mp3, 784K)
       Quartet No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 60 - Allegro non troppo (mp3, 862K)
       Quartet No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 60 - Andante (mp3, 502K)

Such Good Friends 
Recorded on an authentic 1893 Bechstein Piano from the Metropolitan Museum's instrument collection, this recording highlights the personal relationships between Brahms, Mendelssohn, and the Schumanns.  Available in the Metropolitan Musuem of Art Gift Shop.

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The sensational Steinway artist's first PianoDisc release, Artist Series:
Ruth Laredo-Bach to Rach (PD 3026) is available.

Featured in Woody Allen's 
" Small Time Crooks"

Ruth Laredo appeared in the Woody Allen film, "Small Time Crooks", which stars Hugh Grant.  Hugh Grant tries to impress Tracy Ullman by taking her to an important  N.Y. Concert, a piano recital in which Ruth Laredo plays music of Rachmaninoff. 

Featured on the cover 
of the Fall 2000 Piano Today.

Serkin, Casals, and Woody Allen
Ruth Laredo's Musical Journey

The Ruth Laredo 
Becoming a Musician Book 
European American Music Corporation (EA 714)
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Also available from:
Warner Brothers Publications
(800) 628-1528

SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
PRELUDE, Opus 3, No. 2 in C-sharp Minor
TEN PRELUDES, Opus 23
Edited by Ruth Laredo
Edition Peters (P66900)
Available from your local music dealer.

Also available from:
Frank Music Company
250 West 54th Street, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10019
Telephone (212) 582-1999
Fax (212) 582-6215

Or direct from C.F. Peters Corp.  (718) 416-7800