Lorenza Ponce - Imago [1997]

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Violinist/vocalist Lorenza Ponce has been mesmerizing audiences worldwide with her mastery of the violin, hauntingly beautiful vocals, and her dramatic yet graceful stage presence. Her performances with Bon Jovi in "The Concert for NYC", and "America: A Tribute to Heroes" garnered her praise from critics and fans alike. Lorenza recently performed with Bon Jovi at "The Concert-20 Years of Aids," an all-star benefit for AIDS Project Los Angeles and Elton John AIDS Foundation. Lorenza is also violinist for Sheryl Crow and featured violinist/vocalist for new age megastar John Tesh's One World PBS Special. For Lorenza, the greatest aspect of her professional success has been the opportunity to travel around the globe, experiencing foreign places and cultures first hand. In addition to Sheryl Crow and John Tesh, Lorenza also toured with Japanese superstar Kitaro, and pop band Ben Folds Five. A resident of New York City, Lorenza has taken full advantage of the city's richly diverse music scene, and as a result, has developed a reputation as a sought-after session musician. In addition to Sheryl Crow, John Tesh, Kitaro, and Ben Folds Five, Lorenza has performed on stage alongside Sarah McLachlan, Stevie Nicks, and Deborah Harry of Blondie. Lorenza is also a much-in-demand session musician and has appeared on albums by artists as diverse as Tricky, Jon Anderson of Yes, Stevie Nicks, Silverchair, Christine Lavin, Kitaro, John Tesh, Sheryl Crow, and Ben Folds Five. In addition, Lorenza Ponce is gaining quite a reputation as a solo artist. She has three solo records to her credit, Imago, Mystic Fiddler, and The Instrumentals, and was featured on the cover of the April 2002 issue of New Age Voice magazine. The public has been quick to notice Lorenza's talents. The Boston Globe singled her out while on tour with Kitaro and wrote "The group's standout was violinist Lorenza Ponce, a classically trained talent whose playing...was spellbinding." Of her performance with Sheryl Crow they wrote that her playing, "added a simpatico poignancy and power." The St. Petersburg Times wrote of her performance with John Tesh that, "Ponce is a violin virtuoso, plucking her strings while singing on the ethereal 'Canta Domine'." The L.A. Times Syndicate called her first solo album "captivating" and went on to say, "Imago smoothly blends elements of rock, jazz and world music. In Ponce's eclectic universe, a stately passage can segue into a bouncy banjo." With more countries and places yet to be explored, we can look forward to a lifetime of music from this unique artist.

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Tracklisting
1. Summer
2. Contigo
3. The Road to Hasedera
4. Imago
5. Night on Ontaké Mountain
6.The Beauty Way
7. Isle of Arran
8. Masquerade
9. Salvation
10. This Town
11. Give it to the Sea
Total Playing Time: 49:05 (min:sec)