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.

Ruth Laredo (November 20, 1937 – May 25, 2005) was an American classical pianist. Laredo became known in the 1970s in particular for her premiere recordings of the 10 sonatas of Scriabin and the complete solo piano works of Rachmaninoff, for her Ravel recordings and, in the last sixteen and a half years before her death, for her series in the Metropolitan Museum of Art “Concerts with Commentary”.

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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

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Ox

Origin

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Blood type

Private

Height

Private

Agency

Private

Occupation

musician / pianist / editor

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

Mumford High School

University

Private

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Motto

Private

• 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

Tags

• Michigan
• musician
• pianist
• editor

Last updated

2026-06-02

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