Ruth Laredo

Ruth Laredo earns my admiration not just for technique but for ambition. Tackling Scriabin's complete sonatas and Rachmaninoff's entire solo piano output, then committing them to landmark recordings, takes a fearlessness most pianists never summon. What moves me even more is what she did in her final years: those 'Concerts with Commentary' at the Met, patiently building a bridge between difficult repertoire and ordinary listeners. To me that generosity is the real measure of an artist. She wasn't content to simply dazzle from the stage; she wanted people to understand. Detroit gave us a quietly heroic champion of the piano.

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Name (English)

Ruth Laredo

Name (Japanese)

ルース・ラレード

Reading

るーす・られーど

Born

November 20, 1937 – May 25, 2005

Origin

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Occupation

musician / pianist / editor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Ox

High school

Mumford High School

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth%20Laredo
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q437058

Tags

• Michigan
• musician
• pianist
• editor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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