Lola Perrin

Passion and commitment are words often overused when describing musicians but having dedicated the best part of 15 years of her life to creating a body of work for the piano, Lola Perrin certainly fits in to this category. Born in America but now based in London, Lola started to play the piano at age four. 'Music picks you,' she says, 'A born musician has no choice. You're completely miserable if you're not doing it.'  Ever  since striking those first keys Lola's natural affinity to music has been the driving passion behind all of her work in teaching, composing and performing.

Lola describes her minimalist piano compositions, which blur the boundaries between jazz and classical genres, as ‘Rave Music for Butterflies'. Her tracks appear on UK TV broadcasts and European & USA radio playlists. Lola has been published by Boosey & Hawkes; "Breakfast in Milestown" in Elena Riu's R&B Collection and has created works after Edward Hopper, Ansel Adams, Rachel Whiteread, Nazarin Montag, Roberto Battista, Carsten Hoeller, Hussein Chalayan, correspondence with Dr Martin Coath and writings by Hanif Kureishi. 

Lola's prowess as a performer is unquestionable, having performed extensively in the UK in recent years at venues including the Design Museum, London's Jazz Café, Latitude Festival, Henham Park 2010, Southbank and the London Jazz Festival. She has also played to audiences at many great venues across Europe and her compositions have drawn comparisons with Debussy and Ravel but have telltale trademarks that show a clearer debt to minimalism.

On top of her work as a concert pianist one of Lola's great passions is to share her musical experience with piano students and other concert pianists. She has released her entire catalogue of works (over 60 compositions) to the general public and actively supports music students and trainee pianists with the ‘Naim Audio Lola Perrin Piano Competition' which rewards young musicians and gives them valuable experience performing her works.