Lauren Hinds

Lauren Hinds is a violinist/electric violinist based in Leeds, UK. She is extremely versatile and enjoys playing a mixture of popular, classical, and contemporary music. Lauren is available for weddings, parties, corporate events and session work. Lauren studied her undergraduate degree in classical violin at Leeds College of Music and also stayed on to study for her Masters after being awarded a fully funded scholarship from the college. Alongside her studies Lauren has entertained audiences across the UK regularly performing with groups STORM and the Adelia String Quartet. Most recently Lauren performed at the Royal Festival Hall in London alongside Marc Almond, lead singer of the eighties hit, Tainted Love. In the past she has also performed at the Royal Albert Hall, Birmingham Symphony Hall and a variety of theatre’s across France and Belgium.  As a soloist Lauren enjoys performing more contemporary music and recently performed Jacob TV’s ‘Grab It’ for one of her postgraduate recitals in which she received a distinction. She is currently working on John Adams piece ‘Road Movies’ to perform in her final recital. Lauren performs on a Ted Brewer clear Vivo electric violin complete with LED lighting and also her newly made 2016 acoustic violin by luthier Roderick Ward. Although based in Manchester, Lauren is available as violinist for weddings and other events across the whole of the UK