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Pianist Ruth Laredo Brings
Her Musical Flair Back Home

ELIZABETH KAPLAN

Staff Writer

T

he carriage rode along
the quiet streets of
Detroit. It passed
under street lamps that gave
off an eerie, muted light and
traveled by men with tall hats
and women in the heavy
velvet dresses.
And then it stopped. The
carriage door opened and out
stepped a short Russian man
with a long moustache twirl-
ed at the ends.
Alexander Scriabin was
about to begin his concert. It
was 1907:
More than half a century
later, another artist came
here to perform. Wearing a
flowing gown and accom-
panied by the Detroit Sym-
phony Orchestra, Ruth
Laredo played earlier this
month at Meadowbrook
Theater in a musical setting
quite different from those of
Scriabin's day.
It is more than appearances
in Detroit that Laredo and
Scriabin have in common.
Scriabin was praised by his
contemporaries as extraor-
dinary. "Not only a composer,
but an occasion for perpetual
congratulation," Boris Paster-
nak said of him.
Likewise, Laredo has
received numerous accolades
in her day. The New York
Times called her, "The pre-
sent generation's first truly
major American woman
pianist."
Laredo is an unabashed fan
of the late composer. In 1970,
she even went to represen-
tatives of Connoisseur
Records to recommend recor-
ding the Scriabin sonantas.
They welcomed the idea — as
did the public, which eagerly
purchased Laredo's records.
Although she now lives in
New York, Laredo was born
and raised in Detroit and
received much of her training
here.
She began lessons with her
mother, Miriam Meckler, a
talented pianist in her own
right who opted for teaching
over concert tours when she
married. Although Meckler
would not play for her
daughter, Laredo recalls hear-
ing a recording of her mother
at the piano, which she said
was beautiful.
Laredo's father also loved
music and maintained a large
collection of classical records.
An English teacher, he often
took his daughter to plays in-
cluding "Hamlet." His in-

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Ruth Laredo:
Stamina, talent and lucky stars.

fluence continues today;
Laredo is a self-confessed
"Shakespeare fanatic."
When her daughter was 10,
Meckler secured lessons for
Laredo with Edward Bred-
shall. Her lessons lasted all
day, but Laredo was never
bored. When not working on
her piano exercises, she would
listen to Bredshall singing
arias and discussing Chinese
art.
Her third teacher — before
she began studies at the In-
stitute of Music in
Philadelphia — was Mischa
Kottler, who said his young
student was very dedicated,
"but she didn't like to prac-
tice scales."
Kottler was in the audience
for both of Laredo's recent
performances here and at-
tends every one of her con-
certs in the Detroit area.
"She's improving every year,"
he said.
The ritual of constant prac-
ticing that characterized her
youth stayed with Laredo.
She prepares for many
months before a performance,
explaining that, like an
athlete, a musician is con-
stantly perfecting his craft.
"It's a process of being in
shape," she said. "You don't
just wake up one day and run

the marathon."
Devotion to music is one of
the things Laredo believes
helped establish her reputa-
tion. "You have to have
stamina and de_dication and
tenacity," she said, "along
with a natural gift and lucky
stars."
Stamina is one of the
elements many would con-
sider necessary for much of
the music Laredo plays. Two
of her favorites are
Rachmaninoff and Scriabin,
-neither of whom has been ac-
cused of writing simple
melodies.
"One of the most amazing
composers I've ever heard," is
how Laredo described
Scriabin, whose musical im-
agination led him to dream
up a concert that would touch
all the senses. He hoped to
write a piece, "Mystierium,"
the performance of which
would include his music, bur-
ning incense, a light show and
workers to massage members
of the audience.
Another of Laredo's favorite
composers is Prokofiev. While
in Detroit, she performed his
first piano concerto, which
Prokofiev composed when he
was 20.
Prokofiev did not always
receive a warm reception