Laura Farré Rozada is an award-winning pianist and mathematician specialised in contemporary music. She is currently based in London, where she recently completed her Master of Music degree with Andrew Zolinsky as an RCM Patrons’ Award Holder. She previously graduated from her Bachelor and Master piano studies with Jean-François Dichamp at ESMUC (Catalonia College of Music), and from her Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics at UPC (Polytechnic University of Catalonia). She obtained several Distinction Awards in all her studies.
Laura has just published her first solo album "The French Reverie", funded by 208 patrons from 28 countries.
She has performed as a soloist in Spain, France, Germany, Canada and the UK, and has appeared on the television channel France 3 and the Bulgarian National Radio.
Laura made her debut with Robert Gerhard’s Piano Concerto and “Camerata Eduard Toldrà” Chamber Orchestra conducted by Edmon Colomer. She has also performed with ensembles conducted by Timothy Lines, Thomas Foskett-Barnes, Matthew Hardy and Jean-Bernard Matter.
She has worked with composers such as George Crumb, Michael Finnissy, Albert Sardà, Sergi Ramis, Pablo Carrascosa, Carlos Rojo and Lewis Coenen-Rowe; and premiered works by Philippe Manoury, Vladimir Djambazov, David Lang, Thierry Escaich, Ofer Ben-Amots, Joel Järventausta, Lara Poe, Stella Fiorenzoli, Dani López, Ákos Lustyik, Piyawat Louilarpprasert, Karim Younis, Benjamin Heim, Bronwen McVeigh and Patrick McGraw.
Laura has participated in several masterclasses with professors Stanislav Pochekin, Mikhail Voskresensky, Felix Gottlieb, Konrad Elser, Boris Berman, Dmitri Alexeev, Hortense Cartier-Bresson, Michel Béroff, Marie-Josèphe Jude, Andrew Haigh, Albert Tarakanov, Natasa Sarcevic, Marcel Baudet, Antoine Françoise, Karst de Jong, Kennedy Moretti and Nelly Ben-Or, among others.
As a researcher, she has written essays on music and mathematics and the piano repertoire of the 20th century. Due to her multiple interests and her training in other instruments, Laura has also engaged in several musical projects that involved her in arranging music for the Swedish choir Köörmit, singing in choir festivals in Germany, France and Russia, and performing and recording for bands such as GentleMusicMen, The Pinker Tones and Love of Lesbian.
Recently, Laura was among the 20 performers selected to join the Waterloo Region Contemporary Music Sessions 2017 in Canada, and received a High Commendation from the jury (Mei Yi Foo and Tim Gill) at the RCM Contemporary Competition 2017. She has also been featured at the exposition “D’ONES: Women’s (R)evolution in Music" at the Palau Robert in Barcelona.
Future projects include the premiere of several works by composers Sergi Ramis, Nino Russell, Nathanael Gubler, Alberto Jacopucci, and the concert tour of her new album, "The French Reverie".
