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Lindsey Stirling (born September 21, 1986) is an American violinist, songwriter and dancer. [3] [4] [5] She presents choreographed violin performances, in live and music videos found on her official YouTube channel, which she created in 2007. [6] Stirling performs a variety of music styles, from classical to pop and rock to electronic dance music.
The world never heard of a dancing violinist before Lindsay Stirling. Now she brings in $6M annually.
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Germano was working as a violinist when rock singer John Mellencamp invited her to play on his album. For seven years she toured and recorded as a member of Mellencamp's band, [ 4 ] [ 5 ] appearing on The Lonesome Jubilee (1987), [ 6 ] Big Daddy (1989), Falling from Grace (1991), Human Wheels (1993), and Dance Naked (1994).
Pupil of Jenő Hubay, 1908 / Sister of violinist Adila Fachiri, niece of Joseph Joachim / Owned the "Lord Dunn-Raven" Stradivari, 1710 / Dedicatee of Béla Bartók's Violin Sonatas No.1 Sz.75 (1921) & No.2 Sz.76 (1922), Maurice Ravel's Tzigane (1924) and, with her sister Adila Fachiri, of Gustav Holst's Double Concerto for 2 Violins Op.49 (1929)
She studied classical violin starting at age 4, and at 8 began playing and performing Cajun music. [4] Shaw would have graduated from Mount Carmel Academy in New Orleans in 2008 but she opted instead to continue traveling around the country to perform. Shaw earned her G.E.D. in 2008 and planned to attend Tulane University [1] but did not enroll.
Lara St. John was born in London, Ontario, and spent her early childhood there. [1] As the daughter of two educators (her father was a language teacher and her mother a music instructor), she and her older brother Scott were encouraged at an early age to develop musical talents.
Greta began to take classical violin lessons when she was five years old, followed by Willow and then by Solana, when they reached the same age. [5] One day their mother brought home a video of the theatrical show Riverdance , which inspired the girls to enroll in Irish dance classes, and they also became fond of Celtic music.