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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
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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. John—the 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. John’s approach to these demanding works is a combination of supple grace and power. There is so much joy in St. John’s 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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