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Linzi Stoppard
Musical artist
Linzi Stoppard (born ) is a British electric violinist.
Biography
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 modelling contract, while still teaching and playing session violin.[3] As of [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 , she married Will Stoppard, son of Tom Stoppard and Dr. Miriam Stoppard.[2][5] In , the director Stephen L'Heureux offered her a cameo role in his next motion picture, after he saw her acting at the Cannes Film Festival.
At the end of Linzi joined Ben Lee to create a heavy-metal duo known as 'FUSE'.[1] FUSE has performed at several events, including C Harmony TV's European launch event at the Cannes Television festival[6] and the British Red Cross International Fundraising Committee Gala Ball.[7]
In , FUSE signed a record deal with Edel AG Records, releasing their debut album "FUSE" the following year.
The album released, in , 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 [9]
In September , Linzi held Fashion for the Brave in London for Aid 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]