Live Classes with Andrew Lawrence-King

Baroque opera, orchestral & ensemble director, imaginative continuo-player, Early Harp virtuoso, specialist in baroque gesture & Historical Action, investigator of Flow, Andrew Lawrence-King is the doyen of historical harping, one of the world’s leading performers of Early Music, an internationally renowned scholar, a dedicated and inspiring teacher.

Andrew's pioneering recordings of Trabaci, Ribayaz, Handel and Carolan re-established the lost worlds of Italian, Spanish, Anglo-Welsh & Irish baroque harps; as co-director of Tragicomedia and director of The Harp Consort, he led a revolution in improvisation & continuo-playing; his research into Tactus has redefined our understanding of baroque rhythm; as guest director, he inspires musicians around the world to reach new levels of technical precision and stylish historicity with fun, energy and passion.

Andrew Lawrence-King is Professor of Early Harp & Continuo at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London; and Director of OPERA OMNIA, the Academy for Early Opera & Dance, Institute at Moscow State Theatre 'Natalya Sats'. His hobbies include marathon running, sailing, kayaking, fencing (modern epée & historical rapier) and Tai Chi. He is a qualified hypnotist.