Lauri Porra
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About
Finnish bass guitarist and composer, he has released five instrumental solo albums and written scores for films such as Heavy Trip, Look of a Killer, Hijack gone south, Walker, and V2: Dead Angel. A popular song from his second album, All Children Have Superpowers, has gained over 200,000 streams on Spotify.
Before Fame
He started to play cello at 6 years old. He started his professional career in 1997.
Trivia
He received the Nordisk Popularauktors NPU award in 2016. His orchestral compositions have been performed by various orchestras such as the Finnish Radio Orchestra, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, the Lahti Symphony Orchestra, and the New Bedford Symphony.
Family Life
He married Dalia Stasevska. He is a fourth-generation musician. He is the great-grandson of the famous Finnish composer Jean Sibelius.
Associated With
He paid homage to Ryuichi Sakamoto in 2023 on Instagram following his passing.
