CO-PRESENTERS
Brattleboro Music Center
Chamber Music Society of Detroit
Hudson Valley Chamber Music Circle
Linton Chamber Music

SUPPORTING PRESENTERS
Arizona Friends of Chamber Music
Austin Chamber Music Center
Chamber Music Houston
Concerts International Memphis
International Violin Competition of Indianapolis
People’s Symphony Concerts
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society
Phoenix Chamber Music Society
String Theory at the Hunter

PROGRAM

Handel/Halvorsen: Passacaglia for Violin and Cello
Mozart: Duo for Violin and Cello, after KV 423 in G major
Erwin Schulhoff: Duo for Violin and Cello
Andy Stein: Tango, from Suite for Two for Violin and Cello

The storybook romance of Bolivian-born violinist Jaime Laredo and American cellist Sharon Robinson has, for over 40 years, been expressed in every facet of their lives. Joyous and sophisticated music making, both separately and together, has earned them devoted fans world-wide.

In addition to their duo recitals, the Laredo-Robinson Duo, “the foremost husband-wife team in concert music” (Minneapolis Tribune), has long been a champion of new works.  In addition to the recent André Previn Double Concerto, they have premiered and recorded double concertos by Richard Danielpour, Daron Hagen, David Ludwig, Ned Rorem, and Ellen Zwilich, while continually bringing a fresh approach to violin-cello duos by Ravel, Handel-Halvorsen, Schulhoff, Mozart, and Kodaly. 

As solo artists, as the Laredo-Robinson Duo, and as members of the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio with pianist Joseph Kalichstein for more than 40 years, Jaime Laredo and Sharon Robinson are among the busiest and most respected musicians in the world. In 2012, the husband-wife team joined the esteemed instrumental and chamber music faculty of the Cleveland Institute of Music.

Sharon Robinson - Cello

Winner of the Avery Fisher Recital Award, the Piatigorsky Memorial Award, the Pro Musicis Award, and a Grammy Nominee, cellist Sharon Robinson is recognized worldwide as a consummate artist and one of the most outstanding musicians of our time. Whether as a recitalist, soloist with orchestra, or member of the world-famous Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio, critics, audiences and fellow musicians respond to what the Indianapolis Star has called "A cellist who has simply been given the soul of Caruso."

Highly sought after for her dynamic master classes, she brings insight to her teaching from the rare combination of her lifetime experiences as member of the Houston Symphony Orchestra, the Ciompi String Quartet of Duke University, the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio, plus countless solo recitals and concerto performances. She is the Founding Director of the Advanced Piano Trio Program at CIM, as well as the director of the Cleveland chapter of Music for Food, which has raised funds to provide thousands of meals for food-challenged families in the Cleveland area. 

Jaime Laredo - Violin

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 2018-19 Season, Mr. Laredo tours the United States as conductor, soloist and as a member of the award-winning Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio, which recently celebrated its 40th Anniversary.   This season on violin, he premieres Pas de Deux Chris Brubeck's Double Concerto for Violin and Cello, with his wife, cellist Sharon Robinson at the Classical Tahoe Festival in Nevada with music director Joel Revzen.  Later this season, the work, commissioned specifically for the duo, will be heard with the Greensboro Symphony and Dmitri Sitkovetsky.  Performances for the remaining co-commissioners, which include the Pacific and Vermont symphonies as well as the University of North Carolina School of the Arts will take place throughout  the 2019-2020 season.  Laredo and Robinson have greatly added to the double concerto canon with worked written specifically for them by Richard Danielpour, David Ludwig, Andre Previn, Ned Rorem and  Ellen Zwilich, among others.  As conductor, Laredo  leads the New York String Orchestra in its 50th Anniversary for two performances at Carnegie Hall.  Additional  conducting engagements take him to   the Portland (ME) Symphony Orchestra , The Vermont Symphony and Westchester Philharmionc. Recording releases planned for this season  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.

ABOUT CameraMusic:

"Musica da camera" (the Italian term for "chamber music") takes on a whole new meaning during the COVID-19 crisis, as musicians everywhere find themselves isolated and unable to perform for live audiences. CameraMusic is the Chamber Music Society of Detroit's answer to this, inviting artists to perform live on camera over the Internet from wherever they are. All artists performing on CameraMusic are being compensated for their work.

The Chamber Music Society of Detroit is able to offer these free livestreams only with the generous support of our listeners. Every dollar contributed to the CMSD’s CameraMusic Fund helps to pay musicians for their live CameraMusic performances. Thank you!