Artist Info: Lauri Porra

Lauri Porra is a Finnish composer, performer, and curator known for his genre-defying musical language and visionary large-scale works.

Porra started to study music at age six when he started to play cello in a local music school. In 1993, he switched to bass guitar and continued his studies in the Helsinki Pop Jazz Conservatory (1994–2004). He has also taken lessons in piano, double bass, trumpet and male vocals. From 1997 to 1999, he was a member of the YL male choir, performing for instance with the London Symphony Orchestra. [read more...]