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08.08.2011, 23:21
Linzi Stoppard (born 1979 in Surrey) is a violinist from United Kingdom.
Biography
Linzi Stoppard started taking violin lessons at the age of four.She grew up in Surrey, and was trained under the Suzuki method.
At the age of eighteen, Linzi Stoppard signed her first modeling contract, while still teaching and playing session violin. As of 2010 is currently signed to Models 1.
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, a Belgian-American heavy metal group.Linzi Stoppard then formed a duo called Babe Instinct, for which she provided the vocals. 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. 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. 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.
At the end of 2007 Linzi joined Ben Lee (Violinist) to form a heavy-metal duo known as 'FUSE'.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. 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.The album, released two years later in 2010, features a version of Coldplay's Fix You.
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.
Biography
Linzi Stoppard started taking violin lessons at the age of four.She grew up in Surrey, and was trained under the Suzuki method.
At the age of eighteen, Linzi Stoppard signed her first modeling contract, while still teaching and playing session violin. As of 2010 is currently signed to Models 1.
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, a Belgian-American heavy metal group.Linzi Stoppard then formed a duo called Babe Instinct, for which she provided the vocals. 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. 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. 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.
At the end of 2007 Linzi joined Ben Lee (Violinist) to form a heavy-metal duo known as 'FUSE'.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. 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.The album, released two years later in 2010, features a version of Coldplay's Fix You.
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.