Ruth Laredo (nee Meckler, November 20, 1937, Detroit, Michigan - May 25, 2005, New York, New York) was a Jewish- American classical pianist referred to as "America's First Lady of the Piano". A precocious starter, she was able to play God Bless America on her mother's piano at age two. Under the tutelage of Rudolf Serkin, she graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music in 1960. She was married for some time to violinist Jaime Laredo. Wikipedia
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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. www.ruthlaredo.com/
