DESCRIPTION:
Lili Haydn is a violinist, vocalist, composer, guitarist, and actress. As a child, she pursued a career as an actress; at age eight she discovered the violin and began to focus on classical music. By the time Haydn was fifteen, she had played with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.George Clinton calls her "the Jimi Hendrix of the violin." Rolling Stone called her music "fiery and virtuosic...

Lili Haydn has released four critically acclaimed major label recordings as a solo artist. She has played with, sung with, and opened for everyone from Roger Waters, Herbie Hancock, Sting, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Josh Groban, Seal, Matchbox 20, Cyndi Lauper, and George Clinton's P-Funk All Stars to name a few. In addition to Lili's extensive recording and touring career, Lili is the featured voice and violin on several films ans she is also an accomplished actress performing in various films & on TV. After performing and improvising on filmscores for several years, Lili has launched her own film scoring career, earning a fellowship from the prestigious Sundance Institute for film composing, and has scored six feature in the last several years.

A humanitarian and activist, Lili also performs regularly for many human rights organizations. At the center of all Lili Haydn's musical ventures is a belief that music has the power to uplift and to heal, no matter what the medium. For an artist whose music has always been eclectic, cinematic, and broad in scope, there are no boundaries, and Lili looks forward to continuing to bring her unique voice to film and TV, as well as to her inimitable performances and recordings.

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