Considered one of the leading violists today, Lawrence combines a busy career performing as both soloist and chamber musician. He has recently performed in New York with the Mostly Mozart Orchestra and Joshua Bell, Bergen Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, London Philharmonic, Melbourne Symphony and SWR Symphony. Future performances include performances at the Verbier and Salzburg Festivals Orchestral debuts in the 14/15 season will include the Moscow State Symphony, the Brussels Philharmonic, L’Orquestra Simfonica de Barcelona, the Lucerne Symphony and the Adelaide Symphony. Lawrence plays a viola by Antonio Brensi c1610. Lawrence has been appointed International Professor of Viola at the Zurich Hochschule der Kunst. He is also founder and Artistic Director of the West Wycombe Chamber Music Festival http://www.westwycombechambermusic.org.uk/