Biography

Laurie Rich is a Pianist and Composer working in the idiom of improvised music who will begin his studies at London's Royal Academy of Music in September 2025 after graduating from Cardiff University's School of Music in 2025.

Laurie co-leads the Berlin-based modern-jazz collective 'biggerPicture' alongside Danish Bujazzo trumpeter Tobias Bech. He also features in projects such as BBC Young Jazz Musician of the Year 2024, bassist Ursula Harrison's 'Orbit Street', as well as the Liva Strazdina Quintet and 'Turkish Story'.

He was recently awarded both a Presidential Award Scholarship from Manhattan School of Music and a Royal Academy of Music Scholarship.