Lauri Porra


Lauri Porra is a Finnish bass guitarist and a composer who has written scores for films and other media, as well as commissions from orchestras such as the Lahti Symphony and the Finnish Radio Symphony. Lauri is also known for his work as the bass guitarist in Stratovarius. Lauri Porra is a fourth generation musician, and the great-grandson of famous Finnish composer Jean Sibelius.

Early life

Lauri started to study music at age 6 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. Additionally he has taken lessons on piano, double bass, trumpet and male vocals. During 1997-1999 he was a member of YL male choir performing for instance with the London Symphony Orchestra.

Career

Lauri has released five instrumental solo albums including ‘Entropia’, released in January 2018 on BIS-records. He has also composed music to films and other media. Lauri´s orchestral compositions have been performed by the Finnish Radio Orchestra, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, the Lahti Symphony Orchestra and the New Bedford Symphony among many others. His live projects include Lauri Porra Flyover Ensemble, which plays the music from his albums and Bach Reimagined project which performs music based on J.S.Bach´s six cello suites arranged and recomposed for electric bass, cello and electronics. Lauri has performed in over 50 countries with performances ranging from The Proms and Wacken Open Air to Pori Jazz. As a session musician he has played on over 50 records with styles ranging from heavy metal to contemporary classical, electronic, hip hop and pop albums. In 2016 Lauri received Nordisk Popularauktors NPU-award and was nominated for HARPA Nordic film composer music award. Lauri is artistic partner of Vantaa Pops orchestra and was artistic advisor of the Helsinki Festival. Lauri is married to conductor Dalia Stasevska.

Discography

Solo albums