Fulfilling her dream: Allison Eldredge’s life in music

Allison Eldredge says that if you had asked her at age 11 what she wanted to be when she grew up, she would have a said a great concert cellist. Within five years of that age, she was performing as a soloist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Daniel Barenboim, and has continued to bring her music to audiences around the world in recitals, orchestral concerts, chamber music performances and on multiple recordings. Eldredge will perform Tchaikovsky’s “Variations on a Rococo Theme” as the soloist with the Las Cruces Symphony Orchestra in the opening concerts of the 2015-2016 season. She joined Intermezzo host Leora Zeitlin to talk about the Variations, her childhood, her teachers, and what it has meant to live her dream as a musician.