"CLASSICAL GUITAR'S NEW CHAMPION"
PRESS
BBC RADIO 3
'THIS CLASSICAL LIFE'
Interview with Jess Gillam
Laura joins host Jess Gillam for a listening party including music by John Tavener, Laurie Anderson, Berlioz and the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. This episode was also featured on Laura Barton's BBC Radio 4 'Pick of the Week.'
LAURA COMMISSIONED TO WRITE FOR NEW ROCKSCHOOL CLASSICAL GUITAR SYLLABUS
August 2022
Laura has been selected to compose a series of pieces for Rockschool's new classical guitar syllabus, alongside renowned composers past and present.
LAURA'S COMPOSITION IS FEATURED ON NEW ALBUM FROM VIOLINIST JOO YEON SIR
May 2022
Laura's piece 'Through the Fog' was featured on the album 'Solitude' from violinist Joo Yeon Sir. The album received a 5 star review in BBC Music Magazine.
GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE - COMMISSION FOR JOO YEON SIR
Gramophone Magazine,
May 2022
"The standout performance here was specifically commissioned for this album: Through the Fog by Laura Snowden..."
LAURA FEATURES ON ALBUM 'PHRASES' FROM SOPRANO HELOISE WERNER
Editor's Choice for Gramophone Magazine, July 2022
Laura featured on the debut Album 'Phrases' from soprano Heloise Werner, released in June 2022 by Delphian records. The album was selected as editor's choice for Gramophone Magazine in July 2022, alongside an exclusive video.
LAURA SNOWDEN SHOWS STAR POWER IN HER SAN FRANCISCO DEBUT
Classical Voice, March 2022
"Snowden is a sensitive artist who makes exquisite use of her instrument’s colors while always working to make the dramatic arc of each composition vivid..."
FEATURE ON 'ACOUSTIC GUITAR SESSIONS IN PLACE'
Video for Acoustic Guitar Magazine, December 2021
Laura performs 'The Parting Glass' for Acoustic Guitar Magazine's 'Acoustic Guitar Sessions in Place' series.
LAURA COMMISSIONED TO WRITE NEW WORK IN HOMAGE TO JULIAN BREAM
July 2021
Laura was commissioned to write a new work for the New York Guitar Festival in homage to Julian Bream. The piece was released in July 2021 via the New York Guitar Festival Youtube Channel and New York City Radio Station WNYC.
LAURA FEATURED AS A SOLOIST ON 'BLACK WIDOW' MARVEL MOVIE SOUNDTRACK
July 2021
Laura featured as a soloist on Lorne Balfe's soundtrack for the Marvel movie 'Black Widow'.
LAURA MAKES US DEBUT AT LONG ISLAND GUITAR FESTIVAL
Classical Guitar Magazine, April 2019
"Award-winning UK classical guitarist Laura Snowden made her eagerly awaited U.S. debut as part of the 27th annual Long Island Guitar Festival on Friday, April 12, 2019..."
BBC RADIO 3
ADOPT A
COMPOSER FEATURE
Laura Snowden and Chandos Chamber Choir
Making Music's Adopt a Composer scheme, in association with Sound and Music, paired composer and choir to create a piece of music. Follow Laura Snowden and the Chandos Chamber Choir behind the scenes here in this short feature about their journey together.
CLASSICAL
GUITAR
INSIDER
Podcast interview
Laura visited Bret Williams in Brooklyn to talk about
all things guitar.
LAURA SNOWDEN DEFTLY LINKS THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE’
Classical Guitar Magazine, Fall 2016 issue
"In this 100th anniversary celebration year of the birth of virtuoso violinist Yehudi Menuhin (1916–1999), it seems fitting to also celebrate the blossoming career of Laura Snowden, the first guitar graduate of the Yehudi Menuhin School..."
LAURA SNOWDEN ON HAVING FUN AND PLAYING WITH INTENTION
Podcast interview
Laura spoke to Tina Margareta Nilssen from the Timani Podcast for Embodied Musicians about her lessons with Julian Bream, her folk band Tir Eolas, singing, composing and more.
Q&A WITH LAURA SNOWDEN
Strings, Classical Music Magazine Autumn 2016
“The young guitarist is a special performer in many ways. Playing with great intensity with a very relaxed posture, her musical communication has both clarity and directness. She is also more than one type of all-rounder, being a composer, arranger and improviser working in various musical fields ..."
'‘LAURA SNOWDEN DAZZLES WITH PREMIERE AND OLD FAVOURITES AT WIGMORE HALL’
Classical Guitar Magazine
April 2016
"Laura Snowden’s November 21 2015 recital, sponsored by the Julian Bream Trust, was one of the highlights of the season ..."
JOHN WILLIAMS IN GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE
Gramophone Magazine
April 2016
"The guitarist John Williams spoke about Laura’s eclectic musical output in an interview for his 75th birthday with Martin Cullingford."
‘A YOUNG GUITARIST OF POISE AND INTENSITY'
The Guardian
November 2015
"Julian Bream is the classical guitarist who inspired a generation of 20th-century composers to look seriously at the instrument. Now 82, he no longer performs, but his trust still commissions new work and supports those who might play it – young guitarists such as Laura Snowden..."
BBC RADIO 3 IN TUNE HIGHLIGHTS
Laura’s folk ensemble Tir Eolas
Folk ensemble Tir Eolas talk to Suzy Klein about their debut album, and play live in the studio
YOUNG ARTIST INTERVIEW:
LAURA SNOWDEN
The Musician's Company
"I suppose that ultimately the Spice Girls are to blame for my dedication to music. Their break-up in the year 2000 left me heartbroken and terribly disillusioned with the world of pop, and it seemed at the time that the only logical solution was to drown my sorrows in classical music..."