New York String Orchestra

Jaime Laredo is an American violinist, violist, conductor, and music educator of Bolivian heritage. Laredo burst upon the international classical music scene at age 17 in 1959 when he won First Prize for violin at the International Queen Elizabeth Grand Prize in Brussels, Belgium. Since then, Laredo has had an uninterrupted and celebrated 65-year career in classical symphonic and chamber music, mostly in the United States, as a violinist, violist, conductor, and educator, receiving numerous accolades, awards and honors.