Ruth Laredo Passed Away on 5/25/05

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The following exerpt from New York Times. The whole article (registration required) is at:
https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/27/arts/music/27laredo.html?oref=login

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Ruth Laredo, Pianist Who Recorded Rachmaninoff, Dies at 67

By DANIEL J. WAKIN
Published: May 27, 2005

Ruth Laredo, a pianist equally at home in chamber music and solo works who was known for landmark recordings of Scriabin and Rachmaninoff, died on Wednesday at her apartment in New York. She was 67.
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Steve J. Sherman, 1999

Ruth Laredo in 1999 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where she performed in the long-running "Concerts With Commentary" series.
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Ms. Laredo, who played her last concert on May 6 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, had cancer and died in her sleep, said her manager, James Murtha.

[Alde]

A phenomenal pianist.  I heard her perform the Rachmaninov 1st piano concerto with the Detroit Symphony about 10 years ago.

[Barbosa-piano]

          I am sad that she died... I have seen some of her videos which she was playing Rachmaninoff and telling the general story behind his music. Very sweet and humorous lady.
        My goodbye to a fellow pianist, the musical world has lost a powerful element.

                                                                   Mario Barbosa

[liszt1022]

I saw her play Rachmaninoff about eight years ago, I liked it.



I'm going to play my Laredo/Tocco Rite of Spring for 2p4h now.

[quantum]

Quite sad.  Some of her Scriabin recordings are my favourites. 

[Lex]

Sad news indeed. She was a wonderful pianist.

R.I.P.

 

[sharon_f]

She was a wonderful pianist and, to those who knew her, a wonderful human being. She will be missed.