{"id":103,"date":"2016-08-24T09:54:08","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T08:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/188.166.168.151\/2016\/08\/24\/lawrence-power-becomes-artistic-director-of-eco\/"},"modified":"2020-05-20T19:43:23","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T18:43:23","slug":"lawrence-power-becomes-artistic-director-of-eco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/lawrence-power-becomes-artistic-director-of-eco\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawrence as Leader: An interview with the new Artistic Director of ECO Charitable Trust"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Our Community Manager, Jonny Venvell, met with international viola star Lawrence Power to chat about his recent appointment as the Artistic Director of the English Chamber Orchestra Charitable Trust and his exciting plans for the future of the ensemble.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I meet Lawrence during a brief period of relative calm amid the busy storm of his musical life. He\u2019s on his way to a make preparations for a tour to Brazil, performing Bartok\u2019s <em>Viola Concerto<\/em> with the Orquestra Sinf\u00f4nica do Estado de S\u00e3o Paulo, but sporting cargo shorts and a welcoming smile it\u2019s easy to forget that you\u2019re in the presence of one of the world\u2019s great viola players.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P6WZCWMkciU\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><center>Lawrence performing in Brazil<\/center><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.joinencore.com\/encore-meets-lawrence-power\/\">Last time we spoke<\/a>, Power was preparing for his fourth <a href=\"http:\/\/www.westwycombechambermusic.org.uk\/\">West Wycombe Music Festival<\/a>, a series of chamber concerts in the Chiltern Hills. Now almost a year has passed and he\u2019s about to embark upon a bigger challenge, the Artistic Directorship of the ECO Charitable Trust. <strong>I wondered how he first encountered the ECO?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m lucky enough to have played with the ECO from the very beginning of my career &#8211; on and off for about 18 years. They\u2019re one of the first orchestras to give me a proper opportunity to play, so I\u2019m always very grateful for that. I was called in after a last minute cancellation, and had 24 hours to learn the pieces! I\u2019m very excited to return to them now in a different capacity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Taking the reins of an orchestra with which you have such a personal connection must be special. How did the appointment come about?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I was very touched that Quintin Ballardie, the founder of ECO and a fine viola player himself, offered me the opportunity, and after some thinking I decided to take it. For me it\u2019s a brilliant opportunity to be creative and try new things!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Quintin_Ballardiewith_HRH_Prince_Charles_at_a_Mansion_House_Dinner-_1979_credit_ANTHONY_WOODHOUSE_1024_800.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><center>ECO co-founder and principal viola Quintin Ballardie talks with HRH Prince Charles at a Mansion House dinner in 1979.<\/center><strong>Last time we spoke, we discussed the West Wycombe Chamber Music Festival which you founded in 2011. Is there a connection between your work in Wycombe and your incoming role at ECO?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes, in a way it feels like a continuation. It\u2019s an opportunity to do something like WWCMF on a larger scale and deal with music outside of the chamber repertory &#8211; though I\u2019m keen for chamber music to remain a key part of ECO\u2019s concerts. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kingsplace.co.uk\/whats-on\/curated-weeks\/eco-at-kings-place#.V6Om9ZMrK34\">The programmes for our King\u2019s Place residency<\/a>, for example, focus on chamber music.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Will you be directing from the ensemble as you have done at WWCMF?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The prospect of play-directing is very exciting to me, whether I\u2019m on <a href=\"https:\/\/encoremusicians.com\/hire\/violinists\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Hire Violinists\">violin<\/a> or viola. But I hope that what I can bring to the orchestra is more fluid than that, particularly as the ECO has a wonderful leader-director in Stephanie Gonley.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You mentioned the residency at King\u2019s Place. Is this the first time ECO has been connected with the venue?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>ECO has had various homes in London, including the Barbican and Cadogan Hall, but this is the group\u2019s first series at Kings Place. I think it\u2019s a great venue &#8211; they have so many different things going, they\u2019re more flexible with their ideas, and they\u2019re not so traditional.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/kings-place.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<small><\/small><\/p>\n<p><center>The pine-panelled interior of King&#8217;s Place&#8217;s Hall One<\/center><strong>Do you think that there\u2019s potential for collaboration between ECO and artists from different disciplines at King\u2019s Place?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The idea of bringing together creative people is something which really excites me. I think it\u2019s too narrow minded to think you\u2019re a good violinist or a good viola player &#8211; you have to embrace everything. Whether that&#8217;s embracing playing in an orchestra, playing a concert, or embracing wonderful writers around the context of the pieces you\u2019re playing. For example, one thing I\u2019d love to do is a words and music-focused event.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How did you plan your 2016\/17 series?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Coming into this opportunity it was clear to me that the orchestra has a rich heritage of working with great musicians and composers. The ECO has worked with genuinely some of the most important musicians of our time &#8211; Daniel Barenboim, Mitsuko Uchida, Benjamin Britten, Maxim Vengerov, Pinchas Zukerman, often providing valuable exposure at the beginning of their careers.<\/p>\n<p>I feel it is my responsibility as artistic director to carry that tradition on. The musicians which will be performing in the upcoming series are all very special in their different ways: Vilde Frang, Mark Padmore, Nicolas Altstaedt, Alison Balsom, and in particular Christian Zacharias &#8211; one of the most important musicians I\u2019ve had the pleasure of working with.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yC0KkeljbY0\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The series also includes a concert celebrating the life of Peter Maxwell Davies which features some of the top composers working today: James MacMillan, Oliver Knussen, Sally Beamish, and Thomas Larcher.<\/p>\n<p>Those are the elements I want to continue into the future: working with great musicians and composers and embracing chamber music.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ECO has also recently formed a partnership with the Royal Academy of Music. How will this work?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The opportunity to collaborate with one of London\u2019s top music colleges is very exciting. Like many musicians I didn\u2019t fit into music education very well &#8211; I just wanted to play. I finished college early, through circumstance more than anything, and went at my own pace.<\/p>\n<p>So I don\u2019t want to be too prescriptive in the way we work with RAM, everyone is different. Having students sitting in side-by-side projects with the orchestra will work well and I\u2019ll also going into the Academy every term to rehearse and talk to the students there.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where do you see ECO going in the next five years?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2020 is the 60th anniversary of the orchestra, so that\u2019s a goal which I\u2019d love to project towards. I\u2019d like to have arrived at that point having embraced ECO\u2019s fabulous heritage but also including emerging young talent and having developed an identity for the orchestra which is clear to everyone.<\/p>\n<p>Essentially, making ECO an exciting place to make music &#8211; that\u2019s what you want to do with any orchestra.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Could you recommend an ECO recording?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nigel Kennedy\u2019s 1989 <em>The Four Seasons<\/em> was a recording which truly caught people\u2019s imagination and ended up becoming the best-selling classical album of all time. Well worth a listen!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d2XM1EMzaWs\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Catch Lawrence and the ECO at their opening Kings Place concert this October. Tickets and programme details <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kingsplace.co.uk\/whats-on\/music\/english-chamber-orchestra-lawrence-power-anthony-marwood-la-battalia#.V-FdF5MrK34\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\nEncore is one of the world&#8217;s largest musicians&#8217; networks and the fastest way to find great musicians. Join now for free at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joinencore.com\">www.joinencore.com<\/a><\/center><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/joinencore.com?ref=travelblog\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/blogbutton-1.png\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/a><\/center><center><br \/>\nNeed a musician? Encore is the fastest way to find great musicians. 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