Jaime+Laredo

=Jaime Laredo:= Jaime Laredo started to learn how to play the violin when he was five years old. He was born in Cochabamba, Bolivia and moved to the United States in 1948. Laredo is a national hero in Bolivia and has his very own stadium named after him in La Paz, Bolivia. In 1948 Laredo started to study the violin with Frank House and Antonio DeGrass. Beginning in 1953, he moved to Cleveland to study with the Cleveland Orchestra. From there, Laredo moved to Curtis, studied with Ivan Galamian, and got his diploma. In 1959, Laredo competed in the “Queen Elizabeth of Belgium Competition” and won. After he won, Laredo was given $3000 and a tour of Belgium for six whole weeks (Sheila’s Corner). Jaime Laredo has played with numerous important American and European orchestras like, the New York Philharmonic, the Boston Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic, and the London Symphony. He has also preformed with musicians like, Mstislav Rostropovitch, Isaac Stern, Rudolf Serkin, and Glenn Gould (Sheila’s Corner).