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Laurence
Lesser • Cello
(MasterClasses)
Laurence Lesser, President Emeritus of New England Conservatory,
has enjoyed a multi-faceted career as concert artist,
teacher and arts administrator. A native of Los Angeles,
Lesser was a top prize winner in the 1966 Tchaikovsky
Competition in Moscow and a participant in the historic
Heifetz-Piatigorsky concerts and recordings. Lesser
has been soloist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra,
the London Philharmonic, the New Japan Philharmonic
and other orchestras worldwide. |
He has performed under the batons of Ozawa,
Rostropovich and Tilson Thomas, among others. As a chamber
musician he has participated at the Casals, Marlboro, Spoleto,
Music@Menlo and Orford festivals.
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