Lindsey Stirling
Lindsey Stirling ( born September 21, 1986 in Orange County, California) is an American violinist, stage performer and composer. It presents choreographed violin performances both live and in music videos.
Private life
Stirling grew up with two sisters in Gilbert (Arizona ). She studied therapeutic relaxation at Brigham Young University in Provo. As a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter -day Saints, which belongs to the group of the Mormon denomination, she completed a voluntary missionary service in New York. Since December 2012 she has been living in Arizona.
Musical Career
At the age of six, she got her first violin lessons. However, the urge of learning this instrument went from Stirling from themselves, their parents had her initially denied this request due to the costs incurred. At age 16, she was part of the rock band Stomp On Melvin, who beside her also belonged to her four best friends and with whom she made the first experiments in the direction of rock and roll. Also at the age of 16 years, Stirling began composing her own songs, which she describes as "violin rock songs".
In 2007 she opened her YouTube channel lindseystomp on which she has published many of her music videos. Since then (as of March 28, 2013 ) reached the channel over 584 million video views. 2010 Stirling quarter -finalist was in the fifth season of America's Got Talent, where she became known as hip-hop violinist.
Stirling has participated in numerous national competitions and is known for her musical versatility, to hip hop ranges from Country, known. She played in clubs in Las Vegas, NBA halftime shows and other venues throughout the United States. She also appeared as a supporting act or together with artists such as Sean Kingston, Donny Osmond, Alan Jackson, Samuel Ameglio, Shaun Barrowes, Benton Paul and with the become known also by Youtube Artists Piano Guys and Tiffany Alvord. 2013, it launched the first time in her career on a world tour and presented her violin playing, among other things with dubstep. From 14 to 24 January 2013, it was sold-out concerts in Germany. 2014 Stirling was in the category of crossover ( national or international) awarded the Echo and was nominated for another award as a newcomer.
Discography
- 2010: Lindsey Stomp (EP)
- 2012: Lindsey Stirling
- 2013: Lindsey Stirling ( Re-Release)
- 2014: Shatter Me
- 2012: Crystallize
- 2014: Beyond the Veil
- 2011: On the Floor - Take Three
- 2011: River Flows in You
- 2011: Electric Daisy Violin
- 2011: Zelda Medley
- 2011: Silent Night
- 2011: Celtic Carol
- 2011: Do not Carry It All ( with Shaun Barrowes )
- 2011: Spontaneous Me
- 2011: Transcendence
- 2011: By No Means ( Eppic with )
- 2011: Party Rock Anthem ( Jake Bruene, Frank Sacramone )
- 2012: Good Feeling
- 2012: Shadows
- 2012: Lord of the Rings Medley
- 2012: Crystallize
- 2012: Skyrim ( with Peter Hollens )
- 2012: We Found Love ( with VenTribe )
- 2012: Starships - Nicki Minaj ( with Megan Nicole )
- 2012: Phantom of the Opera
- 2012: Grenade ( with Alex Boyé )
- 2012: Game of Thrones ( with Peter Hollens )
- 2012: Elements
- 2012: Moon Trance
- 2012: Assassin's Creed III
- 2012: Song of the Caged Bird
- 2012: Good Feeling Violin Remix
- 2012: What Child Is This
- 2012: Lying ( Justin Williams)
- 2012: A Thousand Years ( with Kurt Hugo Schneider, Aimée Proal )
- 2013: Some Kind of Beautiful ( Tyler Ward)
- 2013: Thrift Store ( with Tyler Ward, Samuel Ameglio )
- 2013: Daylight ( with Tyler Ward, Chester See )
- 2013: I Knew You Were Trouble ( Tyler Ward, Chester See )
- 2013: Mission Impossible ( with The Piano Guys)
- 2013: Radio Active ( with Pentatonix )
- 2013: Halo Theme ( with William Joseph )
- 2013: My Immortal
- 2013: Star Wars Medley ( with Peter Hollens )
- 2013: element ( Orchestral Version )
- 2013: All of Me ( with John Legend)
- 2013: Minimal Beat
- 2013: Oh, Come Emmanuel ( with Kuha'o Case)
- 2014: Stars Align
- 2014: Some Kind of Beautiful ( Tyler Ward)
- 2014: Transcendence ( Orchestral Version )
- 2014: Beyond the Veil
Awards
- 2014: Echo in the category crossover National / International