JAIME LAREDO, violinist & conductor

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“He has everything a virtuoso violinist needs. But he has more than that. He is a violinist of profound musicianship”
— The New Yorker

Violinist

Performing for over six decades before audiences across the globe, Jaime Laredo has excelled in the multiple roles of soloist, conductor, recitalist, pedagogue, 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 his teachers Josef Gingold and Ivan Galamian, as well as by private coaching with eminent masters Pablo Casals and George Szell. At the age of seventeen, Jaime Laredo won the prestigious Queen Elisabeth of Belgium Competition, launching his rise to international prominence. With 2009 marking the 50th anniversary of his prize, he was honored to sit on the Jury for the final round of the Competition.

In the 2023-24 season, Laredo toured the United States as conductor and soloist at venues including the Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall and as chamber musician for the first full season of Espressivo!, a new piano quartet. For over 45 years, Laredo appeared as a member of the beloved Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio, which left a lasting legacy of commissions and premieres, including recent performances with violist/composer Nokuthula Ngwenyama of her piano quartet, "Elegy," written specifically for them in response to the tragic events of 2020, as well as the New York and Washington, DC premiere of "Abgang and Kaddish" with clarinetist David Shifrin, written by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Ellen Zwilich. Laredo and Robinson have greatly added to the double concerto canon with works written specifically for them by Richard Danielpour, David Ludwig, Andre Previn, Ned Rorem and  Ellen Zwilich, among others.

Laredo's stewardships of the annual New York String Orchestra Seminar at Carnegie Hall and the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis have become beloved educational pillars of the string community. He is Co-Artistic Director of Cincinnati’s Linton Chamber Music and the Hudson Valley Chamber Music Circle. He recently completed twenty years as Music Director of the Vermont Symphony. 2024 marks Laredo’s 13th year on the faculty of the Cleveland Institute of Music. 

Recent recording releases include The Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio's premiere recording of Stanley Silverman's Trio No. 2 "Reveille"  which features a vocal movement performed with Sting and a duo recording of Violin and Cello, highlighting the rare gem of the Schulhoff Duo for Violin and Cello that Laredo and Robinson have championed in recent seasons.


Conductor

In six decades before the public, through concerts in twenty-eight countries on five continents, Jaime Laredo has earned a reputation as one of the world's premiere violin virtuosi and as a conductor with a unique ability to inspire musicians to realize their fullest potential. 

In addition to ongoing relationships with the Vermont Symphony and Westchester Philharmonic, and as Artistic Director and Conductor of the New York String Orchestra Seminar at Carnegie Hall, he brings his generosity of spirit to guest conducting roles around the globe. His programming of beloved works and connections to many generations of wonderful artists have served him well as an artistic advisor to orchestras between music directors. Recent appearances as conductor/soloist include the Orchestre National de Lyon, New World Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Sarasota Orchestra, on tour with the Curtis Institute Orchestra and at Severance Hall in Cleveland.  Acclaimed programs featuring former students Leila Josefowicz, Hillary Hahn, Jennifer Koh, and Bella Hristova, as well as many orchestra principals, among others, are often season highlights. 

 

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