Lili Haydn

Lili Haydn is an American rock violinist vocalist actress and composer 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 15 she had played with the Los Angeles Philharmonic After graduating from Brown University with a BA in political science Haydn started composing original songs and became one of the most requested session violinists around Los Angeles By the time she signed with Atlantic in 1997 she had embraced a variety of genres having played with Quwaali musician Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Porno for Pyros Tracy Chapman The Jayhawks Brandy Tony Toni Tone No Doubt Tom Petty and more In addition she has played with sung with and opened for Sting Josh Groban Herbie Hancock Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Matchbox 20 Seal and George Clinton who calls her the Jimi Hendrix of the violin