Lowri Porter - Violin
Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera

Lowri was born in Cardiff in 1977 and began playing violin when she was just four years old. After reading music at Selwyn College, Cambridge, she graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in July 2002, having achieved a distinction in the Postgraduate Performance course, studying with Howard Davies and Marianne Thorsen. She was also the recipient of many awards and prizes, including the coveted DipRAM prize for an outstanding final recital.

Lowirie was selected as a member of the European Union Youth Orchestra in 2001 and was appointed leader in February the following year. In April 2002 she won the first Oxfordshire Young Soloist competition and consequently performed Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No.2 with the Oxford Orchestra de Camera.

 

Lowri was appointed principal 1st violin (sitting No.2 ) with the Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera in August 2005, following three seasons with the Northern Ballet Theatre as principal second violin. Before joining the WNO, she also regularly performed with orchestras such as the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra among others. Lowri also plays with the Scottish Ensemble, the Vale of Glamorgan Ensemble and the Adderbury Ensemble, for whom she guest directed a concert in July 2006. Further plans include the Bach Double Violin Concerto in St Davids Hall with the Welsh National Opera in April 2007