Biography
Lawrence Power is one of today’s foremost violists, in demand worldwide as a recitalist, concerto soloist and chamber music partner. His eloquent artistry and penetrating musicianship gains him constant plaudits around the world, reflected in turn in eloquent reviews: ‘No musician today better equipped to play than the minstrel-like Power’ (Financial Times), ‘Power seduces you permanently’ (Trouw), ‘Power is something more: a profound musical personality, his every phrase new and noteworthy’ (Sunday Times), 'He is a player of poise, elegance and individuality' (The Chicago Sun Times), an endorsement underlined by Gramophone’s praise for 'his agility at speed, his warm, walnut tone… and the innate musicality of his phrasing'. He is regularly invited to perform with some of the world’s grea
Performance credits
Upcoming performances Today Onwards
Past performances 2003 — Yesterday
Brett Dean viola, viola d'amore; Lawrence Power viola, viola d'amore; Nash Ensemble; Xiaowen Shang harpsichord, BiberByrdBenjaminDeanBach, J. S.
Wigmore HallViola II + 1 roles
View program, cast and crewNash Ensemble; Bbc Singers; Geoffrey Paterson Conductor; Claire Booth Soprano; Lawrence Power Viola; Adrian Brendel Cello, Birtwistle
Wigmore HallViola
View program, cast and crewNash Ensemble: Theresienstadt-Terezín 1941-1945 - Krasa, Smetana, and Ullman, UllmannSmetanaKrása
Wigmore HallViola
View program, cast and crewNash Ensemble: Theresienstadt-Terezín 1941-1945, Klein, G.KrásaHaas, P.
Wigmore HallViola
View program, cast and crewmusica viva: Duncan Ward & Lawrence Power, Ives, C.BorboudakisDjordjevićGubaidulina
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen RundfunksViola
View program, cast and crewCoptic Light, León, T.GubaidulinaBenjaminFeldman
Hr-Sinfonieorchester FrankfurtViola
View program, cast and crewFeatured past performances
Brett Dean viola, viola d'amore; Lawrence Power viola, viola d'amore; Nash Ensemble; Xiaowen Shang harpsichord, BiberByrdBenjaminDeanBach, J. S.
Wigmore HallViola II + 1 roles
View program, cast and crew
Nash Ensemble; Bbc Singers; Geoffrey Paterson Conductor; Claire Booth Soprano; Lawrence Power Viola; Adrian Brendel Cello, Birtwistle
Wigmore HallViola
View program, cast and crew
Nash Ensemble: Theresienstadt-Terezín 1941-1945 - Krasa, Smetana, and Ullman, UllmannSmetanaKrása
Wigmore HallViola
View program, cast and crew
Nash Ensemble: Theresienstadt-Terezín 1941-1945, Klein, G.KrásaHaas, P.
Wigmore HallViola
View program, cast and crew
musica viva: Duncan Ward & Lawrence Power, Ives, C.BorboudakisDjordjevićGubaidulina
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen RundfunksViola
View program, cast and crewUpcoming performances
9A Sea Symphony, KnussenBrittenVaughan Williams
BBC Symphony OrchestraViola
View program, cast and crewFest Spiel Ouverture, CoplandMiller, CassandraTowerBerlioz
Ludwigsburg Castle FestivalViola
View program, cast and crewProm 16: Shostakovich's Symphony No. 4, Miller, CassandraShostakovich
BBC PromsViola
View program, cast and crewBorealis, CapperauldHillborgMadeleine IsakssonMacMillan
Scottish Chamber OrchestraViola
View program, cast and crewSalonen Conducts Sibelius And Lindberg, WennäkoskiLindberg, M.Sibelius
Philharmonia OrchestraViola
View program, cast and crewLintu Conducts Schumann, SaariahoLindberg, M.Schumann
St. Louis Symphony OrchestraViola
View program, cast and crewBiography
Lawrence Power is one of today’s foremost violists, in demand worldwide as a recitalist, concerto soloist and chamber music partner. His eloquent artistry and penetrating musicianship gains him constant plaudits around the world, reflected in turn in eloquent reviews: ‘No musician today better equipped to play than the minstrel-like Power’ (Financial Times), ‘Power seduces you permanently’ (Trouw), ‘Power is something more: a profound musical personality, his every phrase new and noteworthy’ (Sunday Times), 'He is a player of poise, elegance and individuality' (The Chicago Sun Times), an endorsement underlined by Gramophone’s praise for 'his agility at speed, his warm, walnut tone… and the innate musicality of his phrasing'. He is regularly invited to perform with some of the world’s grea
