Francesca Lauriissought after as a collaborative pianist specialising in the vocal repertoire of song and opera. Sherecently won thecollaborative piano prize at the 2024 Royal Over-Seas League competition, and previouslythe 2023AESS Dorothy Richardson English Song Prizeand the2022 Somerset Song Prize. Francesca was a finalist in the 2024 Kathleen Ferrier competition alongside prize winners Madeline Boreham and Charlotte Jane Kennedy.Also with Madeline, she won the LSF Schubert Prize and they performed the final recital in the 2024 Summer Festival.She recently made her BBC Radio 3 debut alongside duo partner Dafydd Jones after their performance at the Wigmore Hall in which he won the ROSL Gold Medal.