Linzi Stoppard
Linzi Stoppard | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1979 Surrey |
| Instrument | electric violin |
| 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[update] 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.
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[6] and the 2009 British Red Cross International Fundraising Committee Gala Ball.[7] 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.[8] The album, released two years later in 2010, features a version of Coldplay's Fix You.[9]
FUSE are also keen educators and were interviewed in the "European String Teachers Association" magazine in the summer of 2010. [10]
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.[11][12]
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.[13]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Michael Pilgrim (5 May 2010). "Fuse: Linzi Stoppard interview". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2010-11-28.
- ^ a b Hugh Davies (27 May 2006). "The angel who plays a wild violin tames an old devil at Cannes". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2010-11-28.
- ^ Michale Pilgrim (6 May 2010). "From fashion model to heavy-metal violinist". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2010-11-28.
- ^ "Linzi Stoppard portfolio". Models 1. Retrieved 2010-11-28.
- ^ a b c "As the playwright said to the rock violinist..." The Sunday Times. 16 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-28.
- ^ "Hitting the Right Note! C Music TV Launches across Europe" (PDF) (Press release). C Music TV. 7 April 2008. Retrieved 2010-11-28.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Linzi-Stoppard-gives-classical-music-1million-rock-n-roll-makeover-models-worlds-expensive-violins". The Daily Mail. 5 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-15.
- ^ Tom Stoppard and Linzi Stoppard (16 May 2010). "As the playwright said to the rock violinist..." The Times. Retrieved 2010-11-15.
- ^ Jonathan Bungard (June 2010). "JESTA Magazine: FUSE interview". ESTA. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ mirror.co.uk (11 September 2013). "Rock violin band FUSE hoping to strike gold – with 24 carat instruments". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
