Laura Vaughan

Laura Vaughan is gaining a reputation as Australia’s most exciting viola da gamba and lirone player of the rising generation. She has had a distinguished list of teachers, including Wieland Kuijken, Philippe Pierlot, Miriam Morris and Anneke Pols.

Following her return to Australia in 2004 from studies at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, Laura has established a busy schedule of teaching and performing from her base in Melbourne. She performs a wide range of solo and chamber repertoire across Australia, Europe and the United States. Recent engagements have included recitals at the Holywell Room in Oxford, solo performances with Auckland Philharmonia and Roy Goodman, as well as performances with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra and Pinchgut Opera company.

Laura has performed in many major festivals such as the Utrecht Early Music Festival, the Festival d’Aix-en-provence, Adelaide and Melbourne Festivals and records regularly for ABC Classic FM as a soloist and chamber musician. Laura performs with numerous ensembles such as Musica Poetica Lübeck, Vox Antiqua, Consort Eclectus, Elysium Ensemble, E21, Astra, the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Arcadia, Project 1600, La Compañia, Past Echoes, Pinchgut Opera, the Auckland Philharmonia, Melbourne Bach Choir, viol duo Convivio with Miriam Morris, the Victorian State Orchestra, Opera Australia and the newly formed ensemble Fifth Continent.