Lorenza Ponce
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For Lorenza, the greatest aspect of her professional success has been the opportunity to travel around the globe, experiencing foreign places and cultures first hand. In addition to Sheryl Crow and John Tesh, Lorenza also toured with Japanese superstar Kitaro, and pop band Ben Folds Five. 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. A resident of New York City, Lorenza has taken full advantage of the city's richly diverse music scene, and as a result, has developed a reputation as a sought-after session musician. In addition to Sheryl Crow , John Tesh, Kitaro, and Ben Folds Five, Lorenza has performed on stage alongside Sarah McLachlan, Stevie Nicks, and Deborah Harry of Blondie. Lorenza is also a much-in-demand session musician and has appeared on albums by artists as diverse as Tricky, Jon Anderson of Yes, Stevie Nicks, Silverchair, Kitaro, John Tesh, Sheryl Crow, and Ben Folds Five. 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.” With more countries and places yet to be discovered, we can look forward to a lifetime of music from this unique artist.
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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, Lor enza Ponce
is, quite simply, a look straight into the heart of a mesmerizing artist.
Homepage: http://www.lorenzaponce.com
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Discography
Solo Albums
Tim Gorman
"Lorenza Ponce" 1999—LMP records** Real Audio (.ra) sample: "The Vision" **
"Imago" 1997—Angel/EMI Records
Other Appearances
Cheryl Crow - "The Globe Sessions"
Tricky - "Angels with Dirty Faces"
Mitchel Froom - " Dopamine"
Ben Folds Five - " The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner"
Stevie Nicks - "Practical Magic" soundtrack
Sheryl Crow - "Tomorrow Never Dies" Theme from the James Bond movie
Vonda Shepard -" By 7:30"
Ron Sexsmith - "Whereabouts"
Lori Carson - "Stars"
Kitaro - "An Enchanted Evening"
Jon Anderson - "Deseo"
Silverchair - "Freakshow"
Ruth Ruth - "Are You My Friend?"
Star People - "... Are Coming"
