Classical/rock violinist Daisy Jopling was born in London, and now lives in NY. She has toured the world with her own band, the Daisy Jopling Band and with the creative string trio “Triology”. She has recorded 7 CDS, 2 with BMG RCA Victor.
Her Solo work has included playing a concerto at the Royal Albert Hall in London at the age of 14, playing before 30,000 people at the opening of the Vienna Festival in May 2004 and 2005, and touring with her band to 23 stunning concert halls in China in 2015.
Daisy has composed music for various ensembles which has been performed in major concert halls throughout the world, and premiered her own show “The String Pulse Experience” for her Band and 200 talented children at the Paramount Hudson Valley on April 5th 2014. She is releasing an album of her own original music on May 17th 2016.
She has participated in writing the music for many films, including arranging and recording with Triology the music of Hans Zimmer in Hollywood, “Spanglish” and “The Road to El Dorado”.
Since living in NY Daisy has become passionate about music education, and invites young talent to perform in fundraisers she produces which support music education programs. (more info on the Daisy Jopling Foundation here!)
In June 2013 she premiered Tristan Schulze’s “Concerto for Violin, Rock Band and Orchestra” with the Westchester Putnam Youth Orchestra.
She has performed and toured with some of the world’s leading musicians, including Rob Evan, Joe Zawinul, Bobby McFerrin, Omara Portuondo, Julian Rachlin, Janine Jansen, Boris Grebenshikov, Shubha Mudgal and Wolfgang Muthspiel. Daisy has performed in many of the major Festivals and concert halls throughout the world, including Carnegie Hall and the Lincoln Center in New York, the Musikverein in Vienna, the Salzburger Festspiele, and the Edinburgh International Festival in Scotland.
In NY Daisy performed at the United Nations Assembly Hall alongside Akon, Gilberto Gil, Ky-Mani Marley, Salif Keita, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Phylicia Rashad, Whoopi Goldberg and Carl Lewis. She has released her solo album “Key to the Classics” with the NYC producer Bojan Dugic.
Her tours in the 2016/17 season include Norway, Austria, Slovenia, England, China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Mexico and the US.