Lawrence Power is a British violist, born 1977,[1] noted both for solo performances and for chamber music with the Nash Ensemble and Leopold String Trio，Power started out as a violist (rather than beginning studies on the violin and switching to viola) at his primary school aged eight. When 11, Power entered the Junior Department of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London studying with Mark Knight. Later Power spent a year at the Juilliard School with Karen Tuttle.