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Laredo-Robinson Duo

IN PERFORMANCE WITH SHARON ROBINSON, cello

The storybook romance of the 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 many devoted fans the world over. 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 Andre Previn Double Concerto that has delighted audiences on both sides of the Atlantic — “sophisticated and well-crafted…a terrific addition to the double concerto repertoire” (cincinnati.com), — they have premiered and/or recorded double concertos by Chris Brubeck, Richard Danielpour, Daron Hagen, David Ludwig, Ned Rorem, and Ellen Zwilich. They continually bring a fresh approach to double concertos by Brahms and Rosza and duos by Ravel, Handel-Halvorsen, Schulhoff, Mozart, and Kodaly. As much-in-demand solo artists as the Laredo-Robinson Duo and as members of the new piano quartet ESPRESSIVO!, Jaime Laredo and Sharon Robinson are among the busiest and most respected musicians in the world. For 45 years, they toured with pianist Joseph Kalichstein as The Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio — called “chamber music royalty” by the Washington Post. In 2012, the husband-and-wife team joined the esteemed instrumental and chamber music faculty of the Cleveland Institute of Music. They continue to serve as co-artistic directors of Linton Music in Cincinnati and New York’s Hudson Valley Chamber Music Circle.