• Beethoven: Cello Sonata in A Major, Op. 69
• Beethoven: Cello Sonata in D Major, Op. 102, No. 2
• Beethoven: Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 5, No. 2
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Cellist Laurence Lesser has enjoyed a multifaceted career as a concert artist, teacher, and arts administrator. A native of Los Angeles, he 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 appeared as a soloist with the world’s preeminent orchestras, including the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the London Philharmonic, and the New Japan Philharmonic, under the batons of Ozawa, Rostropovich, and Tilson Thomas, among others. As a chamber musician he has participated in the Casals, Marlboro, Spoleto, and Santa Fe festivals as well as London’s South Bank Summer Music Festival.
Laurence Lesser is President Emeritus of New England Conservatory (NEC), which he led as President from 1983 to 1996. In 2005, he was named a "Chevalier du Violoncelle" by the Eva Janzer Memorial Cello Center at Indiana University, awarded for distinguished achievement in and contributions to the world of cello playing and teaching.
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