Bill Laurance is a five-time Grammy Award winning pianist, composer and performer. He has worked professionally for 22 years, performing all over the world and an original member of Snarky Puppy.
His nine albums, including the latest solo album Affinity, all hit the top of the UK and US iTunes Jazz charts. He has recently released his first duo album with Michael League Where You Wish You Were.
Laurance was a 2018 participant of the Sundance Institute Film Music and Sound Design Lab, taking place at Skywalker Sound in California. His debut feature film score was for Un Traductor (2018), an independent drama by directing brothers Sebastián and Rodrigo Barriuso which was named as Cuba's official entry for the 92nd Academy Awards. Laurance also wrote several themes for Initials S.G. (2019), a film for which co-director and writer Rania Attieh won the 2019 Nora Ephron award at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival. Laurance has also worked alongside Marcus Eaton as composer for the 2019 documentary David Crosby: Remember My Name, receiving multiple nominations including best music film at the 2020 Grammy awards.
Beyond film, Laurance has writen a double cello concerto for the Metropole Orkest, premiered at the 2023 cello bienalle in Amsterdam and is featured as a co writter with artists such as David Crosby's Your own Ride (Here if listen, 2018) and Julian Lennon Gaia (Jude, 2020). Other collaborations include work with prestigious dance componies and coreographers, Alvin Ailey, Mathew Bourne, Hope Boykin and Northern Ballet Theatre, and has produced music for commercials for clients including Apple Mac, Sky Broadband, Nokia, Investec, Hewlett Packard, and Rigby & Peller.
Laurance is a passionate educator and continues to give clinics and masterclasses at institutions all over the world and is a member of industrial advisory board at the university of Leeds, U.K.
Collaborations include:
David Crosby, Morcheeba, Salif Keita, Jacob Collier, Lalah Hathaway, Susana Baca, Laura Mvula, Musiq Soul Child, Chris Potter, Lionel Loueke, Carlos Malta, The WDR and The Metropole Orchestra.
Laurance is a champion of cutting edge keyboard developments and is endorsed by:
Yamaha Pianos, Yamaha Reface, Fender Rhodes, Expressiv E, Roli Seaboard, Dave Smith, Moog, Mellotron, Korg, Nord, MXR, Arp Odyssey, Sound Brenner and Native Instruments.
