Duo Santorsa - Lawrence
Established in 2025, the duo of Rebecca Lawrence, double bass and Ruben Mattia Santorsa, electric guitar, was grounded out of a desire to explore preexisting repertoire for electric guitar, double bass and electronics, as well as work closely with composers to develop new works in collaboration. The duo will present its first concerts together in December 2025.
Ruben Mattia Santorsa (1992) is an Italian classical and electric guitarist.
Contemporary music is currently at the heart of his work and his artistic manifesto. He firmly believes that through it we can convey a message of openness, acceptance and social, political and cultural renewal, much needed in today’s society.
He premiered pieces of composers such as Luca Francesconi, Rebecca Saunders, Helmut Oehring and Peter Eötvös.
Crucial for his musical growth was meeting and working with composers like Helmut Lachenmann, Giulia Lorusso, Clara Iannotta, Rebecca Saunders, Salvatore Sciarrino, Giacomo Manzoni e Sylvano Bussotti.
Website: www.rubenmattiasantorsa.com
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDFtTkKbruH_M0kX-Qxwpdg
Based in Frankfurt, Germany, Rebecca Lawrence (b. 1995) is known for her collaborative work as a contemporary and early music double bassist in Europe and the USA. Most at home in creative small ensemble environments, Rebecca is passionate about working with living composers and providing a solid ensemble foundation while imagining new possibilities for the double bass and its predecessors in various contexts.
Rebecca is a frequent collaborator of ensembles such as Klangforum Wien, Ensemble Modern, ensemble mosaik, Ensemblekollektiv Berlin, Basel Sinfonietta, and Matter of Facts Studio. In the 2021/2022 season Rebecca was the double bassist of the International Ensemble Modern Akademie. She studied with David Allen Moore and Paul Ellison at the University of Southern California, with François Rabbath in Paris, and most recently with Dane Roberts and Heidi Gröger in historical double bass and viola da gamba at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt.
Website: https://www.rebeccalawrencebass.com/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@rebassca
Videos
Ruben Mattia Santorsa, electric guitar
À fleur de peau by Giulia Lorusso,
Rebecca Lawrence, double bass
HUGS – Five Short Pieces for Double Bass solo, by Patrick Schäfer
Contacts
RebeccaLawrence: rmilawrence@gmail.com
Ruben Mattia Santorsa: rubenmattiasantorsa@gmail.com