LAURENCE LESSER

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Basic


First Name:

Sally

Last Name:

Pendlebury

City:

London

Country:

UK

First Year:

1987

Last Year:

1988


Biography


About:

After finishing studying with Mr Lesser in 1988, immediately became a member of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Founding member of the Vellinger Quartet who won the London International String Quartet Comp in 1994. Married conductor Douglas Boyd in the same year. Currently teaches cello at Trinity Laban and RNCM. Member of the Fitzwilliam String Quartet who are celebrating their 50th anniversary in 2019. The quartet will be releasing recordings of Schuberts last 3 Quartets on gut strings later this year and also re recording the Shostakovich Quartets, the last 3 of which will also be released later this year.

Current Primary Activity(ies):

Member of Fitzwilliam String Quartet. Professor of Cello at Royal Northern College of Music and Trinity Laban in London. Member of the Angell Piano Trio

Other Teachers:

Gayle Smith, Stefan Popov, Johannes Goritzki