Artist description Violinist for Sheryl Crow and John Tesh. Lorenza's eclectic blend of world beats, cascading strings & mesmerising vocals brings to mind a moody Enya inhabiting the body of Siouxsie Sioux.

Music Style New Age/World

Musical Influences pop, rock & classical

Similar Artists Loreena McKennit, Enya, Enigma, Dead Can Dance

Artist History As the violinist for Sheryl Crow's 1999 Globe Sessions tour and featured violinist/vocalist for new age megastar John Tesh's One World 1999 tour, Lorenza Ponce spent the year dazzling audiences worldwide with her virtuosity. Amazingly, she also found time to write and record her second album, self-titled, Lorenza Ponce. With its pulsing world beats, exotic instrumentation, and inspiration culled from her travels around the world, Lorenza Ponce is, quite simply, a look straight into the heart of a mesmerizing artist. . She feels that "through extensive traveling, a person gains the understanding that all people are fundamentally the same. They all desire love, companionship, belief in a higher entity, and something better for their children." It is from these universal themes that Lorenza found the inspiration for her new record. Having written, arranged and co-produced the record herself, Lorenza Ponce is more than a travelogue of her experiences. It is most strikingly a showcase of her classical violin and vocal technique, as well as her ease at embracing elements of pop, and world music. Lorenza has developed a reputation as a sought-after session musician and performer. In addition to Sheryl Crow, John Tesh, Kitaro, and Ben Folds Five, Lorenza has also worked with Sarah McLachlan, Moby, Stevie Nicks, Deborah Harry of Blondie, Tricky, Jon Anderson of Yes, and Silverchair. With more countries and places yet to be discovered, we can look forward to a lifetime of music from this unique artist.

Albums Mystic Fiddler

Press Reviews The public has been quick to notice Lorenza's talents. The Boston Globe singled her out while on tour with Kitaro and wrote "the group's standout was violinist Lorenza Ponce, a classically trained talent whose playing...was spellbinding." Of her performance with Sheryl Crow they wrote that her playing, " added a simpatico poignancy and power." The St. Petersburg Times wrote of her performance with John Tesh that, "Ponce is a violin virtuoso, plucking her strings while singing on the ethereal ?Canta Domine?." The L.A. Times Syndicate called her first solo album "captivating" and went on to say, " Imago smoothly blends elements of rock, jazz and world music. In Ponce's eclectic universe, a stately passage can segue into a bouncy banjo.?

Location New York, NY - USA

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