Podcast - Lorenza Ponce

David Fogel Interviews Grammy®-Winning Violinist Lorenza Ponce

Lorenza Ponce is A Grammy®-winning violinist: composer, vocalist, arranger and beekeeper. She is a member of Jon Bon Jovi’s solo group, and was the violinist/vocalist for the Bon JoviLost Highway World Tour. Lorenza has toured extensively with Sheryl Crow, was the lead violinist and string contractor for Hall and Oates, and string contractor/arranger for The Dixie Chicks Top of The World Tour. Lorenza Ponce has been the featured performer in two PBS Specials: featured violinist/vocalist for John Tesh’s One World , and featured violinist for Japanese new age star, Kitaro’s “An Enchanted Evening.” Lorenza has also toured with John Tesh, Kitaro, and Ben Fold s Five. In addition to the above, Lorenza has performed on stage alongside Sam Smith, Katy Perry, Pearl Jam, Sarah McLachlan, Neil Young, Stevie Nicks, Dolly Parton, Ray LaMontagne, Emmylou Harris, Cyndi Lauper, The Zombies, Paul Rodgers, andmore. Lorenza is also an accomplished pop string arranger. She arranged and played all the strings on the song “Blind Love” for the Bon Jovi album, “Burning Bridges”, and the song “Real Love” for the Bon Jovi album, “This House Is Not For Sale”. Her arrangements can be found on albums by Sheryl Crow, the, “I Am Sam” soundtrack, and The Dixie Chicks, including their No. one hit, “Landslide”. She has also arranged for “Bon Jovi MTV, Unplugged.” Lorenza has six solo records to her credit, “Imago,”“Mystic Fiddler,” “The Instrumentals,” “The Song of Songs,” “Soul Shifter,” and “Christmas World! EP,” and was featured on the cover of New Age Voice Magazine. Lorenza runs the Our Wee Farm Pollinator Sanctuary in New Windsor, Maryland - a 37-acre organic farm dedicated to providing safe habitat for our endangered pollinators. 

Please visit www.lorenzaponce.com for more info. (photo by Gena Chatto).

Please enjoy this long-format conversation between David Fogel (CEO, The Symphonina Foundation) and Lorenza.