A childhood violin prodigy who began playing at age 2. Lara St. John graduated from Philadelphia's Curtis Institute of Music when she was only 17. She quickly became known as a fiery soloist who mixed talent with some sex appeal. A cover for Playboy magazine and the famous cover of her 1996 album Bach Works for Violin Solo raised highbrows eyebrows. St. Johns' producer on her Bach CD was Magnus Fiennes, brother of actors Joseph and Ralph Fiennes. She made her European debut at 10 appearing with the Gulbenkian Orchestra of Lisbon. After completing her first European tour, St. John studied with Felix Galimir, Linda Cerone, David Takeno, and Arnold Steinhardt. She credits her success to private instructor Joey Corpus, who in her words "taught me everything I know about actually playing the violin." St. John has also studied at the Guildhall School of Music in London, took her certificate from Mannes College in New York, and earned an artist's diploma from the New England Conservatory in Boston. ...
Her Ancalagon CD, BACH, The Concerto album, was recorded in September 2000 and the BACH Double Concerto in D minor, BWV 1043, also featured her brother Scott St. John on cello with the New York Bach Ensemble and was recorded at The Academy of Arts and Letters in NYC.
