Lawrence Power
(Viola)
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Lawrence Power
(Viola) Biography:
"...world-class combination of searingly intense tone, fabulous technique and consummate musicianship.” Andrew Clements, The Guardian, 03 July 2010 Lawrence Power is one of the foremost violists today. He is regularly invited to perform with some of the world’s greatest orchestras, most recently the Boston Symphony, the Royal Concertgebouw, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Stockholm Philharmonic, Warsaw Philharmonic and the Bergen Philharmonic. Recent engagements have included performances of the Rosza Concerto with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Berlioz’s Harold in Italy with the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, the Bartok Concerto in Santiago with the Real Filharmonia de Galicia, in Bergen with the Bergen Philharmonic and in Amsterdam with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra under Markus Stenz, the Rosza Concerto with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Paul Daniel, a tour of Europe and North America with Maxim Vengerov and the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra, the York Bowen Concerto with the Philharmonisches Staatsorchester in Mainz, the Walton Concerto with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and John Wilson, Takemitsu’s concerto, ‘A String Around Autumn’, with the Orquesta Sinfonica de Tenerife, the Mozart Sinfonia Concertante with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood Music Festival, the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic and Georges Lentz’s Monh z Misterium with the Warsaw Philharmonic. Lawrence Power will give the UK premiere of Betty Olivero’s Neharot, Neharot at the BBC Proms 2010 as part of the chamber season at Cadogan Hall in London. His world premiere recordings of concertos by Cecil Forsyth and York Bowen (BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Martyn Brabbins) for Hyperion Records was widely praised and chosen by Gramophone magazine as one of the best hundred CDs of 2005. Other recordings include Brahms Viola Sonatas, the Walton and Rubbra Viola Concerti, which was nominated for a 2008 Gramophone Award, York Bowen’s complete works for viola and piano with Simon Crawford-Phillips (all for Hyperion), and Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante with Maxim Vengerov and the UBS Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra (EMI). Over the last two years he has recorded the complete viola works by Paul Hindemith for Hyperion. He recently completed this project with a recording of the 3 Viola Concerti with BBC SSO/Atherton. November 2010 will see the release of his recording of Bartok/Rozsa Viola Concerti with Andrew Litton and Bergen Philharmonic. The 2011/12 season will see Lawrence Power become Artist in Residence with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, which will see him working with Edward Gardner, Andrew Litton and Francois Xavier Roth, as well as a series of concerts with Camerata Slazburg performing Penderecki’s Viola Concerto, conducted by the composer. Lawrence will also perform with the Bournemouth Symphony and CBSO as well as making his debut with Melbourne Symphony, Australia. He also continues his relationship with the London Philharmonic Orchestra performing Turnage's On Opened Ground in 2011 and a new commission by James Macmillan in 2013/14. Lawrence Power plays a rare viola by the Bolognese maker Antonio Brensi from c.1610 and is fortunate to have had the support of the Nigel Brown instrument scheme in order to secure its purchase. This biography is for website use only. For a full and updated biography please email info@ingpen.co.uk Contact Details: Territories: |
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