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CV: Sophie Solomon's voice is her violin. Whether she's performing with
the LSO
or playing with her own band, her music is a thrilling combination of technique
and passion that refuses to be confined by the conventional parameters of the
instrument.
Renowned for her high-octane live performances and dubbed 'the Keith Richards
of the violin' by one critic, Sophie was a founder member of Oi Va Voi, three
times BBC World Music Award nominees, and her album Solomon & Socalled's
HipHopKhasene won the German Record Critics' Award for Album of the Year
2004.
Her unique musical vision reaches its full flowering on her self-composed Decca
debut solo album Poison Sweet Madeira, released in February 2006, an audacious
mix of different styles and influences given purpose and unity by her
extraordinary violin playing. Poison Sweet Madeira features guest appearances
by Richard Hawley, KT Tunstall and Ralph Fiennes. Sophie has also worked
with, amongst others, Rufus Wainwright, Heather Nova, Killing Joke, Theodore
Bikel, Yasmin Levy and Th'Legendary Shackshakers of Nashville, Tennessee.
Sophie is an internationally renowned teacher of klezmer violin, leading workshops
in the