Linzi Stoppard

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Linzi Stoppard
Born (1979-01-07) January 7, 1979 (age 45)
Surrey, England
Instrument Electric violin
Labels Edel AG/Universal Music Group
Website linzistoppard.com

Linzi Stoppard (born 1979) is a British electric violinist.

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Biography

Stoppard started taking violin lessons at the age of four. [1] She grew up in Surrey, and was trained under the Suzuki method. [2]

At the age of eighteen, Linzi Stoppard signed her first modelling contract, while still teaching and playing session violin. [3] As of 2010 is currently signed to Models 1 . [4]

At nineteen, she was spotted by the music producers Oliver Adams and Praga Khan during a violin session. This resulted in her fronting Tattoo of Pain, an American heavy metal group. [5] Linzi Stoppard then formed a duo called Babe Instinct, for which she provided the vocals. [5] Later, she went back to electric violin and gave several performances.

In June 2004, she married Will Stoppard, son of Tom Stoppard and Dr. Miriam Stoppard. [1] [5] In 2006, the director Stephen L'Heureux offered her a cameo role in his next film, after he saw her performing at the Cannes Film Festival.

At the end of 2007 Linzi joined Ben Lee to form a heavy-metal duo known as 'FUSE'. [2] FUSE has performed at several events, including C Music TV's European launch event at the 2008 Cannes Television festival [6] and the 2009 British Red Cross International Fundraising Committee Gala Ball. [7]

In 2009, FUSE signed a record deal with Edel AG Records, releasing their debut album "FUSE" the following year. The album released, in 2010, features a version of Coldplay's Fix You. [8]

FUSE are also keen educators and were interviewed in the "European String Teachers Association" magazine in the summer of 2010. [9]

In September 2010, Linzi held Fashion for the Brave in London for Help for Heroes, the Household Cavalry Operational Casualties Fund, and ABF – The Soldiers Charity. [10]

In a collaboration with society jeweller Theo Fennell, Ben Lee & Linzi Stoppard created the world's first 24 carat gold plated electric violins encrusted with diamonds, sapphires and rubies. [11]

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  2. 1 2 Michael Pilgrim (5 May 2010). "Fuse: Linzi Stoppard interview". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 28 November 2010.
  3. ↑ Michale Pilgrim (6 May 2010). "From fashion model to heavy-metal violinist". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
  4. ↑ "Linzi Stoppard portfolio". Models 1 . Retrieved 28 November 2010.
  5. 1 2 3 "As the playwright said to the rock violinist..." The Sunday Times . 16 May 2010. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
  6. ↑ "Hitting the Right Note! C Music TV Launches across Europe" (PDF) (Press release). C Music TV. 7 April 2008. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
  7. ↑ "FUSE and Britain's Got Talent star to perform at British Red Cross Gala Ball" (Press release). British Red Cross. 9 June 2009. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
  8. ↑ Tom Stoppard and Linzi Stoppard (16 May 2010). "As the playwright said to the rock violinist..." The Times . Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
  9. ↑ Jonathan Bungard (June 2010). "JESTA Magazine: FUSE interview". ESTA. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
  10. ↑ "The best of British fashion and the British Armed Forces to unite for a charity event like no other". The Daily Telegraph . 8 November 2010. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
  11. ↑ "Rock violin band FUSE hoping to strike gold – with 24 carat instruments". Daily Mirror . 11 September 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
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