SPOTLIGHT |
Lara performed for the first time in her life the Alban Berg Concerto with Paavo Jarvi and the Tokyo Symphony on November 17, 2000. Huge success. See flyer here |
Lara's very first computer
drawing. Can you tell it's
supposed to be Alban Berg? |
FAN MAIL |
Lara receives a lot of fan mail. Throughout the site we feature different letters that we find noteworthy.
December 13, 2000
Lara,
I just wanted to write and tell you your records are great! I absolutly LOVE your playing. You are a great inspiration. I would love to chat music with you sometime.
Also, you are having a wider influence. I started teaching at Berklee College of music this year. I'm a guitarist, jazz/funk/blues/rock. Many of us study the Bach Violin Sonatas, and I've urged some of my students to check out your versions and match the articulations etc with your album.
Anyhow, take care of yourself, I appears you travel a lot. I would love to hear from you. And, of course If you are gonna be in Boston, I'd love to know!
Musically yours,
Scott
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Note: This list was last updated on May 28, 2002 and serves only as a glimpse of Lara's wide-ranging career. Due to her ever-more complex schedule, no further updates will be made in this space. Please call Lorenz Ehrsam at (212) 421-7676x16 for exact availability.
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June 26, 1999
Indianapolis Symphony
Vaughn-Williams, Saint-Saens
July 16
Absolute Ensemble, Alice Tully Hall, NY
Bach E Major
July 20
National Arts Centre Orchestra
Bruch
October 2-3
Knoxville Symphony
Vivaldi Four Seasons
November 3
Flagler Museum, Miami
recital
November 9-11
National Arts Center Orchestra
Ravel
November 27-28
Fontainebleau, France
Beethoven, Chausson Concerto
January 27, 2000
Seattle Symphony
Wieniawski No.2
February 15
Nova Scotia Symphony
Prokofiev
March 3-4
Vancouver Symphony
Bach
April 1
Shanghai Broadcasting Symphony
Carmen Fantasy, Tzigane,
April 17
McGill Chamber Orchestra
Mozart No. 1, 3
May 6-7
Potsdam Symphony (Germany)
Delius Double Concerto
May 19-20
Buffalo Philharmonic
Bruch
May 24-25
Edmonton Symphony
Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky
May 30-31
Zurich Chamber Orchestra
Bruch
September 25
Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra
Vivaldi Four Seasons
October 8,10
Honolulu Symphony
Bernstein Serenade
October 15
Oklahoma City
recital
November 10-11
Hong Kong Philharmonic
Tzigane, Carmen-Fantasie
November 17
Tokyo Symphony
Berg
December 1-2
Calgary Philharmonic
Mendelssohn
January 4-7, 2001
New Jersey Symphony
Tzigane, Chausson Poeme
January 20
University of Winnipeg
Recital with Marc-Andre Hamelin
February 24-26
Toronto Symphony
Wieniawski, Tchaikovsky
March 15
Prague
Recital
April 1
Moscow
Shafran Festival with Peter Bruns
April 17-21
Tour throughout Cornwall, United Kingdom
Vivaldi 4 Seasons
April 29
New York
Rondo Macabre by Ronn Yedidia
May 3
New Haven Symphony
Bruch Concerto No. 1
May 26
Braunschweig Classix
Tzigane, Waxman Carmen Fantasie (televised)
June 25 - July 22
Bowfire Tour
July 26-28
New Hampshire Summer Festival
Tchaikovsky Concerto
August 26
Beijing, Forbidden City
Recital
August 31
Shenzhen (China)
Recital
September 26-28
Orchestra London, Ont.
October 4
Prague Philharmonia
Beethoven Concerto
October 19
Opera de Marseille
Beethoven Concerto
November 2-3
Cincinnati Symphony
Bruch Concerto No. 1
January 17, 2002
Thunder Bay Symphony
Tchaikovsky Concerto
January 28
Quebec City
recital
February 22
Miller Theater, New York
Concertino by Elena Kats-Chemin
March 3
Brantford Symphony
March 19
Van Wezel Performing Arts Center, Sarasota, FL
Recital
April 7
Ladies Morning Musical Club, Montreal
Recital
April 12
Ravinia Rising Stars
Recital
May 3
Amor Artis (New York)
Mendelssohn Concerto
May 11-13
Rostock Philharmonic
Brahms Double Concerto with Peter Bruns
June 3
McGill Chamber Orchestra
Montreal
June 13, 15
Sao Paulo Symphony
Concerto tbd
June 21
Prague Philharmonia
Beethoven Concerto
July 15
Festival Lanaudiere
Recital with Marc-Andre Hamelin
July 25-27
New Hampshire Festival
Waxman Carmen Fantasie, Sarasate Zigeunerweisen
September 5-7
Recitals in Washington State
September 21-24
Symphony Nova Scotia
Prokofiev Concerto No. 2
September 28-29
Oshawa-Durham Symphony
Tchaikovsky Concerto
October 18
Montalvo Center for the Arts, Saratoga, CA
Recital
November 12
Portland Symphony
Mendelssohn Concerto
November 30
Windsor Symphony
Sibelius Concerto
January 10-19, 2003
Recital tour West Coast
February 6-8
Delaware Symphony
Bernstein Serenade
February 15-26
Recital tour Midwest and West Coast
March 21
Northwest Sinfonietta
2 Bach Concertos
April 24-25
Knoxville Symphony
Shostakovich No. 1
May 19-20
Bremen Staatsphilharmonie, Germany
Shostakovich No. 1
May 9-11
Florida Orchestra
Prokofiev No. 2
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REVIEW OF THE DAY |
Bach: The Concerto Album. Lara St. John, violin; with the New York Bach Ensemble. (Allegro 131)
Strings Magazine, May 2002
Lately, folks are starting to take Lara St. Johnthe Canadian-born violinist that Fashion Toronto once called a "six-foot amazon with the waist-length, honey-blonde tresses"much more seriously. Of course, St. John, a shrewd marketer as well as a gifted performer, has caused a storm of controversy, posing nude on the cover of her debut CD (her breasts were obscured by the violin) and often making suggestive comments in the press. A recent review of this CD prompted Gramophone to scoff that St. John (who appears vamping in heavy makeup and see-through dress in a booklet fold-out on a poster-size pin up) "has no need to engage in such ignoble marketing ploys" while praising her "silvery" tone, "fleet tempos," and remarkable technique. St. Johns approach to these demanding works is a combination of supple grace and power. There is so much joy in St. Johns performance (she plays exquisitely on the 1779 "Salabue" Guadagnini known as The Resurrection) that it would be a shame to dismiss her for being crass or just too darn cute. r.
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