Lawrence has advanced the cause of the viola both through the excellence of his performances, whether in recitals, chamber music or concertos and the creation of the Viola Commissioning Circle (VCC). Lawrence has premiered concertos by leading composers such as James MacMillan, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Julian Anderson, Alexander Goer, and through the VCC has commissioned works by Anders Hillborg, Thomas Adès, Gerald Barry, Cassandra Miller and Magnus Lindberg.
Lawrence opens the 2025/26 season with Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Nicholas Collon) performing Berlioz Harold in Italy and appears again under the baton of Collon alongside violinist Vilde Frang for the Britten Double Concerto with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Concerto highlights include performances of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic (Ryan Bancroft), Trondheim Symphony (Adam Hickox), and play directing the concerto with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
Lawrence and videographer Jessie Roger will join forces again for a newly commissioned project from creative studio Âme at the Barbican Centre, and make their debut in Paris with a performance of ‘Reflections’ at Théâtre de l’Athénée, Paris.
Over the past decade, Lawrence has become a regular guest performer with orchestras from Chicago Symphony, Boston Symphony, Royal Concertgebouw, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Stockholm, Bergen and Warsaw Philharmonic orchestras to the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, BBC Symphony and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic orchestras, with conductors such as such as Osmo Vänska, Lahav Shani, Parvo Järvi, Vladimir Jurowski, Andrew Manze, Edward Gardner, Nicholas Collon, Ilan Volkov and Esa-Pekka Salonen.
Lawrence enjoys play-directing orchestras from both violin and viola, most recently at the Edinburgh International Festival with Scottish Ensemble, Australian National Academy of Music and with Norwegian Chamber Orchestra and leads his own orchestra, Collegium, made up of fine young musicians from across Europe. He is on the faculty at Zurich’s Hochschule der Kunst and gives masterclasses around the world, including at the Verbier Festival.
Lawrence Power plays a violin by Antonio Stradivarius “ex Baillot” and Viola by Brothers Amati 1610 . Both are on generous loan from the Karolina Blaberg Foundation.
