Linzi Stoppard

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Linzi Stoppard
Born 1979
Surrey
Instruments electric violin
Associated acts Tattoo of Pain, Babe Instinct, FUSE[1]
Website linzistoppard.com

Linzi Stoppard (born 1979 in Surrey) is a violinist from United Kingdom.

Biography

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

At the age of eighteen, Linzi Stoppard signed her first modeling 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.[2][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.[6] In October 2006, Albert II, Prince of Monaco asked her — through a lackey — to play for him at a private dinner, after he saw her performing at a party.[7]

At the end of 2007 Linzi joined Ben Lee to form a heavy-metal duo known as 'FUSE'.[1] FUSE has performed at several events, including C Music TV's European launch event at the 2008 Cannes Television festival[8] and the 2009 British Red Cross International Fundraising Committee Gala Ball.[9] In 2009, Stoppard posed nude for a publicity stunt at the launch of the world's most expensive electric violin, in part to promote the duo's album.[10] The album, released two years later in 2010, features a version of Coldplay's Fix You.[11]

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.[12][13]

See also

Rock violin

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Michael Pilgrim (5 May 2010). "Fuse: Linzi Stoppard interview". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2010-11-28. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hugh Davies (27 May 2006). "The angel who plays a wild violin tames an old devil at Cannes". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2010-11-28. 
  3. ↑ Michale Pilgrim (6 May 2010). "From fashion model to heavy-metal violinist". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2010-11-28. 
  4. ↑ "Linzi Stoppard portfolio". Models 1. Retrieved 2010-11-28. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "As the playwright said to the rock violinist...". The Sunday Times. 16 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-28. 
  6. ↑ Jonathan Isaby (31 May 2006). "Linzi's luck". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2007-11-14. Retrieved 2007-11-12. 
  7. ↑ Richard Kay (29 October 2006). "Prince's music request, no strings!". Daily Mail. Retrieved 2010-11-28. 
  8. ↑ "Hitting the Right Note! C Music TV Launches across Europe" (Press release). C Music TV. 7 April 2008. Retrieved 2010-11-28. 
  9. ↑ "FUSE and Britain’s Got Talent star to perform at British Red Cross Gala Ball" (Press release). British Red Cross. 9 June 2009. Retrieved 2010-11-28. 
  10. ↑ "Linzi-Stoppard-gives-classical-music-1million-rock-n-roll-makeover-models-worlds-expensive-violins". The Daily Mail. 5 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-15. 
  11. ↑ Tom Stoppard and Linzi Stoppard (16 May 2010). "As the playwright said to the rock violinist...". The Times. Retrieved 2010-11-15. 
  12. ↑ "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. Retrieved 2010-11-15. 
  13. ↑ Tamara Abraham (7 September 2010). "Flying the flag: Linzi Stoppard poses in showstopping Union Jack gown to launch fashion fundraiser in aid of military charities". The Daily Mail. Retrieved 2010-11-15. 

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