Carmine Lauri was born in 1971 and started playing the violin at the age of four later studying with Mario Bisazza. In 1988 he was awarded the Associated Board scholarship to further his studies in London at the Royal Academy of Music with Jean Harvey and Maurice Hasson. He has performed extensively and on a number of occasions he was selected to perform as a soloist in the presence of HM Queen Elizabeth II and other Heads of State.
His two premiere performances of the Walton violin concerto with the Czech State Philharmonic Orchestra of Brno further enhanced his growing international reputation. As a representative of the London Symphony Orchestra, of which he is the Co-Leader, Carmine leads and performs regularly with the World Orchestra for Peace under Valery Gergiev.