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The violinist organised a small weekend gathering in New York to draw attention to allegations of rape by her late Curtis tutor.
Lara St. John had her own story about sexual abuse in classical music.!
Canadian-born violinist Lara St. John has been described as “something of a phenomenon” by The Strad, and as a “high-powered soloist” by The New York Times.
She has performed as a soloist with the orchestras of Cleveland, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver, and with the Boston Pops, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, NDR Symphony, Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Camerata Ireland, Amsterdam Symphony, Brazilian Symphony, Sao Paulo Symphony, China Philharmonic, Hong Kong Symphony, Tokyo Symphony, Kyoto Symphony, and the orchestras of Brisbane, Adelaide, and Auckland, among many others.
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John has traveled to Latin America for appearances with the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela, the Sao Paulo Symphony, Rio de Janeiro’s Orquestra Sinfonica Brasileira, SODRE in Montevideo, and the Sociedad Filarmónica de Lima in Peru.
The Los Angeles Times wrote “Lara St.
John happens to be a volcanic violinist with a huge, fabulous to