David Lawrence
Conductor (UK)
David Lawrence is one of the UK’s most versatile conductors, working with orchestras, symphony choruses and choirs of all genres. He has been nominated for a Gramophone Award, awarded a prestigious ARAM by the Royal Academy of Music, and holds the Guinness World Record for conducting the UK’s largest choir.
He is a popular guest conductor, and an experienced and respected trainer of choral conductors. He has tutored at many summer schools, festivals, and courses in the UK and internationally, and has adjudicated for the prestigious BBC Choir of the Year and Young Musician of the Year competitions.
Amongst many others, David has conducted the London Philharmonic Choir, Hallé Choir, the CBSO Chorus, and the national youth choirs of Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. He has directed large scale projects with the Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, the English Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, and the CBSO. For many years he has been Associate Conductor of the London Symphony Chorus and City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, and he is Choral Adviser to Sinfonia Viva, Principal Conductor of Young Voices, and Choral Director for the Basel Proms Chorus. He conducted Orfeo Catala, Orquestra Simfonica des Valles and the World Festival Singers in Mozart’s Requiem at the Palau de la Musica in Barcelona in 2022 for Interkultur.
Highlights for the 2024-5 season include preparing the Andre Thomas Project Choir for the LSO, conducting the UK première of Taylor Scott Davis’ Magnificat in Harrogate, working with over 150,000 school children in the Young Voices arena tour, and bringing singers together from all over Australia in a performance of Verdi’s Requiem in celebration of the 20th anniversary of Festival of Voices in Hobart.
