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Black Violin is an American hip-hop duo from Florida composed of two classically trained string instrumentalists. Kev Marcus plays the violin and Wil B. plays the viola. Both members attended Dillard High School of Performing Arts. After high school Kev Marcus attended Florida International University and Wil B enrolled at Florida State University. At FIU, Kev met their manager Sam G and the three of them co-founded the production company DKNEX which stands for Di-Versatile Music. The group name "Black Violin" is derived from the influence of a famous jazz violinist, Stuff Smith; six months before Smith's death, he recorded...

The Piano Guys are an American musical group consisting of musicians Jon Schmidt (pianist) and Steven Sharp Nelson (cellist) as well as behind-the-scenes collaboration from Tel Stewart (videographer/editor), Paul Anderson (producer/videographer) and Al van der Beek (music producer). The group was formed in 2011 in St. George, Utah, United States. They became famous through YouTube, where they posted videos of renditions and mashups of popular songs accompanied by professional-looking video shots. Over one million people subscribe to their Youtube channel. In December 2011, they released their first album, titled YouTube Hits, Vol. 1. Their second album, The Piano Guys, reached...

Dmitry Shurov is a young Ukrainian composer, pianist and arranger, who is in the process of creating his first opera, "Leo And Leya". Dmitry has created music for numerous films in Russia and Ukraine, several fashion shows by Russian top-designer Alena Akhmadullina (the latest one was presented in Paris on the 11 of March 2009, it's soundtrack was based on the aria of Leya and the Dragon from Dmitry's opera), co-produced and arranged the latest album of Russian number one female rock-artist Zemfira, toured as a pianist in most cities of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and Baltic countries. Dmitry is a...

Violinski was a shortlived outfit formed in 1978 by the former Electric Light Orchestra members Mik Kaminski on violins, and Mike de Albuquerque on guitar and vocals; plus Baz Dunnery, John Hodson (drums), Paul Mann, John Marcangelo (keyboards), Iain Whitmore (bass and vocals) and Rod Butler who played lead guitar for a while and appeared on the Top of the Pops TV show. At the time Kaminski was still a member of the Electric Light Orchestra, who were then enjoying their greatest success. They released two albums, No Cause for Alarm in 1979, and Stop Cloning About in 1980; and...

Integrat inicialment per quatre violinistes, el grup va néixer, l'any 1996, amb la idea d'oferir una sonoritat nova en el món de la música tradicional. El seu primer objectiu va ser retrobar l'ambient de les festes majors d'abans, quan un sol músic feia ballar tot un poble sencer. Aquest era el cas de violinistes de la vella tradició rural com ara el Pere Blanc de Beget o el Pepito Farré de Tuixent, uns músics molt populars a les valls dels Pirineus durant la segona meitat del segle passat. Els primers treballs de Les Violines es basaven en la música d'aquests...