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Karina Dey

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About Karina Dey

Sussex & Kent, England-based versatile violinist. Popular covers, House, Blues, Folk, and Classical music styles.
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Tunbridge Wells
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Wedding Violinist, Bachelor of Music (Hons) degree from The Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London and over 10 years of experience performing at weddings, birthday parties, and events, I am deeply passionate about creating enchanting musical moments that add a touch of elegance and emotion to special occasions. My background as a resident cruise ship musician for 5 years has allowed me to develop a versatile repertoire that spans a wide range of musical genres, including waltzes, jazz standards, popular covers, musicals, film music, and more. This diversity allows me to tailor my performances to suit the unique preferences of each couple, making their wedding day truly exceptional. In addition to my solo performances, I am excited to share that I also lead a high-profile String Quartet comprised of talented local musicians. ELEVATING YOUR WEDDING EXPERIENCE WITH KARINA DEY VIOLIN Envision an unforgettable wedding day, where every moment resonates with the essence of love and joy. Karina Dey, a renowned wedding violinist, is your gateway to transforming your special day into a harmonious masterpiece. As a skilled wedding violinist serving Kent, East Sussex, and Brighton, Karina Dey understands the power of music to create emotional connections. Her enchanting performances have graced countless weddings, leaving a trail of mesmerised couples and guests. Picture the ethereal ambiance as Karina's violin strings gracefully serenade you during your bridal entrance, setting the stage for a magical ceremony. Her expertise extends beyond her instrument; she collaborates seamlessly with Encore musicians, curating a symphony of sounds that resonate with your unique love story. Curating the perfect playlist is effortless with Karina Dey. Wondering how to book a band for your wedding? Look no further. Karina's team provides a seamless booking process, ensuring that the musical journey on your big day is everything you've dreamt of and more. From timeless wedding songs to contemporary melodies, Karina's repertoire is as diverse as your love story. Each note she plays weaves seamlessly into the fabric of your celebration, enhancing each emotion and treasured moment. Elevate your wedding day with the melodious artistry of Karina Dey Violin. Let her craft an enchanting soundscape that celebrates your love and creates memories to last a lifetime. Your wedding day deserves nothing less than the magic that only live music can bring.

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Karina Dey's Reviews

From Encore customers:

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Rebekah W
7 months ago
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Karina came to our wedding reception drinks. She was easy to organise, and played beautifully. Our outdoor drinks reception was beautiful thanks to her.

Reply from Karina Dey
7 months ago

Hi Rebekah, thank you for choosing me on your special day. I thoroughly enjoyed performing at your wedding reception. Congratulations to you both.

From other customers:

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Cruise C
6 years ago

Fantastic!! Exceptional talent! On our 15 day cruise, we watched Strings Attached 12 times. Couldn’t get enough! They played all genres and were very accommodating with requests. We highly recommend taking in their performances. 2 thumbs up, hope to see them again!

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Debra C
5 years ago

Our Alaskan Cruise had a lot of wonderful entertainment but Strings Attached was the Best of the Best! I am excited that they have a cd so I can continue to enjoy their music. I have become a Forever Fan!

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Karina Dey's Song list

Pop:
1. Angels Like You Miley Cyrus
2. Blinding Lights The Weekend
3. Your Power Billie Eilish
4. Afterglow Ed Sheeran
5. Deja Vu Olivia Rodrigo
6. Build a Babe Bella Poarch
7. Follow You Imagine Dragons
8. Willow Taylor Swift
9. Faded Alan Walker
10. Levitating Dua Lipa
11. Don't Start Now Dua Lipa
12. Memories Maroon 5
13. Save Your Tears The Weekend
14. Wellerman Nathan Evans
15. Courage To Change Sia
16. Firestone Kygo
17. Nothing Left Kygo
18. Adore You, Harry Styles
19. Fairytale Alexander Rubak
20. More than words Extreme
21. Hear me now Alok
22. Crazy - Gnarls Barkley
23. Don't Let Me Down The Chainsmokers
24. Love Me Again John Newman
25. Ariana Grande One Last Time
26. John Legend All of Me
27. Christina Perry A Thousand Year, Jar Of Hearts
28 Ed Sheeran Shape of You
29. Perfect
30. Castle On The Hill
31. Photograph
32. Galway Girl
33. Thinking Out Loud
34. Coldplay Adventure of a Lifetime
35. A Sky Full of Stars
36. Yellow
37. Magic
38. Viva La Vida
39. Something Just Like This
40. One Republic Apologize
41. Bruno Mars Marry You
42. Just the Way You Are
43. Grenade
44. Treasure
45. Locked Out of Heaven
46. Sunday Morning
47. Sia Elastic Heard
48. Cheap Thrills
49. Titanium
50. Jessie J Price Tag
51. Keane, Somewhere Only We Know
52. Sovereign Light Car
Adele
53. Set Fire To The Rain
54. Rolling in the Deep
55. Make You Feel My Love
56. Avicii Wake Me Up
57. The Nights
58. Hey Brother
59. Daft Punk Get Lucky
60. Sam Smith Stay With Me
61. I’m Not The Only One
62. Dancing With a stranger
63. Rihanna Stay
64. Luis Fonsi Despasito
65. Westlife You Raise Me Up
66. Snow Patrol Chasing Cars
67. Leonard Cohen Hallelujah
68. Charlie Puth We Don’t Talk Anymore
69. Attention
70. Take That Rule The World
71. Lewis Capaldi Someone You Loved
72. Jack Johnson Better Together
73. James Blunt Carry You Home
73. You’re Beautiful
74. Pharrel Williams Happy
75. James Artur Say You Won’t Let Go
76. Maroon 5 Payphone
77. Sugar
78. She Will Be Loved
79. Passenger Let Her Go
80. Jason Mraz, I’m Yours
81. Lucky
82. I Won't Give Up
83. Clean Bandit Symphony
84. Real Love
85. Camila Cabello Havana
86. Shawn Mendes If I Can’t Have You
87. Martin Garricks Scared To Be Lonely
88. Dua Lipa New Rules
89. Swedish House Mafia Don’t You Worry Child
90. James Bay Let It Go
91. Labyrinth Jealous
92. David Guetta Titanium
Musicals:
93. Don't Cry for Me, Argentina
93. Bring Him Home
94. I Dreamed a Dream
95. Cats Memory
96. Can You Feel The Love Tonight
97. Les Miserable On My Own
98. Phantom of the Opera All I Ask of You
99. Rent Seasons of Love
100. Westside Story, I Feel Pretty
101. I Don’t Know How to Love Him
102. Somewhere
103. Maria
104. Blood Brothers Tell Me It’s Not True
105. The Music of The Night
106. The Rhythm of Life
107. The Lion King The Circle Of Life
108. Man Of La Mancha The Impossible Dream
109. Phantom of the Opera Think Of Me
110. Greece Hopelessly devoted to you
111. Fiddler on the Roof
112. Wicked Defying Gravity
113. Pochahontas Colours of the wind
114. Edelweiss - The Sound of Music
80s music:
115. Phil Collins Medley
116. The Police Every Breath You Take
117. Imelda May Tainted Love
118. Aha Take On Me
119. Wonderful Tonight
120. Blondie Call Me
121. Human League Don’t You Want Me
122. Spandau Ballet Gold
123. Dolly Parton 9 to 5
124. Lady In Red
125. UB40 Red Red Wine
126. Toto Africa
127. Journey Open Arms
128. Guns n Roses Sweet Child O’ mine
129. Eye of the tiger
130. George Michel Careless Whisper
131. The Bangles Eternal Flame
132. Bryan Adams Heaven
133. Lionel Richie Hello
134. Lionel Richie Easy
135. Walking on sunshine
136. Power of love
137. Michael Jackson Human Nature
138. Smooth Criminal
139. Black or White
140. Heal the World
Film
141. Gladiator Now we are Free
142. The Godfather Speak softly my Love
143. Breakfast at Tiffany’s Moon River
144. James Bond - Spectre Writing’s on the Wall
145. Skyfall Skyfall
146. Song from a Secret Garden Theme
147. Scent of a Woman For Una Cabeza
148. Ashokan Farewell
149. The Mission Gabriel’s Oboe
150. Game of Thrones Theme
151. Greatest Showman A Million Dreams
152. Rewrite the Stars
153. Starwars Cantina Band
154. The Deer Hunter Cavatina
155. Gods and Generals Going Home
156. Toy Story You Got a friend in me
157. A Star is Born Shallow
158. Dr Zhivago Lara’s Theme
159. Man Of La Mancha The Impossible Dream
50s and 60s music
160. Elvis Presley Always on My Mind
161. Love me tender
162. Jailhouse Rock
163. Can’t Help Falling In Love
164. Platters Only You
165. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
166. Van Morrison & Rod Stewart Brown Eyed Girl
167. The Temptations My Girl
168. Bobby Darin Dream Lover
169. The Beach Boys God Only Knows
170. Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons Can’t Take My Eyes Off You
171. Marvin Gaye Ain’t no mountain high enough
172. Ben King Stand By Me
173. The Righteous Brothers Unchained Melody
174. Etta James At Last
175. Jerry and The Peacemakers You’ll never walk alone
176. UB40 Red Red Wine
177. Tom Jones, It’s Not Unusual
178. Louis Armstrong What a Wonderful World
179. Barry Manilow Weekend In New England
180. Bobby Darin Beyond The Sea
181. James Brown Ones
182. Moon River
183. The Beatles Lady Madonna
184. All You Need Is Love
185. Eleonor Rigby
186. Penny Lane
187. Blackbird
188. Hey Jude
189. I Want To Hold Your Hand
190. Yesterday
191. Love Me Do
192. Let It Be
193. Cocktail tunes Besame Mucho
194. Barry Manilow Copacabana
195. Gypsy Kings Bamboleo
196. Dean Martin Sway
197. Mambo Italiano
198. Astrod Gilberto Agua Da Beber
199. Mas Que Nada
200. Pink Мartini Una Notte Napoli
201. The Girl from Ipanema
202. A. Piazzola Oblivion
203. A. PIazzola Libertango
Classical
204. Ave Maria Schubert
205. Thais Massenet
206. The Blue Danube Johann Strauss
207. Star Wars Main Theme J. Williams
208. The Swan Saint-Saëns
209. The Last Rose of Summer
210. Tales from the Vienna wood J. Strauss
211. Second waltz Shostakovich
Ragtimes Scott Joplin
212. The Entertainer
213. The Easy Winners
214. Maple Leaf Rag
215. Pine Apple Rag
216. Paragon Rag
217. The Strenuous Life
218. Klondike Rag Geo. Botsford
Waltzes
219. Masquarade Waltz A. Khachaturyan
220. Tales from the Vienna wood J. Strauss
221. Second waltz J. Strauss
222. The Blue Danube J. Strauss
223. La Viennoise Polka Mazur J. Strauss

Karina Dey's Prices

Note: prices may vary based on travel distance. For an exact quote, click “Check availability”.

Standard Prices
Performance durationPrice
Short performance (up to 15 min)£250
Up to 1 hour£300
Up to 2 hours£400
Up to 3 hours£600
Packages
Wedding ceremony
This includes music before the service begins, music during the signing of the register, and music as guests leave.
£300
Drinks reception
Two performances of up to 45 mins each during your drinks reception
£400
Wedding ceremony + Drinks reception + Dinner
- Music before the service begins, music during the signing of the register, and music as guests leave. - 2 x 45 min performances at the drinks reception. - 2 x 45 min performances as dinner is being served.
£650

Add-ons

Skype Consultation and 1 New Song Learned
+£15
Customer questions

Which venues have you performed at in the past?

Royal Albert Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Barbican Hall, London UK, Sala Sinopoli Rome, Italy, National Cultural Centre Sofia Bulgaria, and others

Do you have different line-up options?

Yes.

What if my timings change after I've booked you?

Please contact me to discuss. Usually, I can accommodate a reasonable change.

How much time do you need to set up?

30 mins to 45 mins

Can I pick the pieces you play from the set list?

Yes, absolutely. I'd love to hear your personal requests.

Do you bring all the equipment you need to perform?

Yes. Would be helpful if the venue has a PA system but not essential.

Can you learn specific pieces before the event?

Yes, absolutely. I'd love to hear your personal requests.
Musicianship
Genres:
Classical crossover, Traditional church music, Christmas, Contemporary Christian, Classical, Contemporary classical, Film / TV music, Musical theatre, Opera, House, 1960s era music, 1950s era music, 1990s era music, 1970s era music, Folk, Folk rock, Traditional English folk, Jazz, Blues, Gypsy jazz, Dixieland, Swing, Ragtime, Easy listening, Experimental, Light music, Originals, Pop, Covers, Top 40, Acoustic, Balkan, Klezmer, Tango
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Instruments:
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Event types:
Cruise, Wedding, Virtual event, Wedding proposal, Funeral / Memorial service, Hotel / Restaurant event, Bar / Club / Venue event, Private event, Corporate event, New Year's Eve, Christmas party, Birthday party, Theatre / Show, Recording session, Concert, Charity event
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Other skills:
Fluent sight-reader, Fluent improviser, Instrumental teaching
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