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"...a
string quartet who start demure and soon turn demented.."
Mail on Sunday
"..they
punch the air with their bows and perform formation seated dances when
they're not playing flourishes.."
Observer
Siren is a unique, energetic and dynamic female
string quartet featuring four of London's top string players who are
all graduates of the Royal Academy and Royal College of Music in London.
Siren, who are also versatile singers, have been in demand in countries
throughout the world most recently performing their electric crossover
show as headline act for the Sheiks in Dubai.
They have just returned from Gnarls Barkley's
European Tour having also performed with them on BBC1s Later With Jools
Holland, Channel 4s T4 Special, BBC Radio1 and a record 9 weeks in a row
with Gnarls' no 1 hit Crazy. Siren have also completed a European tour
as part of Simply Red's string section and performed in all of the major
venues in the UK and much of Europe.
"(Gnarls Barkley's) string section look
particularly fine, St Trinian's style, even managing to perform
perfectly synchronised dance routines from their seats, shimmying with
their bows.."
Guardian
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Members of Siren have worked live and in the studio
with artists from Kanye West and Jay-Z to Elton John and Ill Divo and
have performed at all the major British Award shows including BAFTAs,
Mobo Awards, Brit Awards, National Music Awards, Smash Hits Awards and
Record of the Year. As classical players they have worked with Sir
Yehudi Menuhin, Sir Colin Davies, Thomas Ades, Avo Part, Maxim Vengerov
and Vladimir Ashkenazy and with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, London
Symphony Orchestra, London Metropolitan Orchestra, Welsh Sinfonia, the
Orchestra and Ulster Orchestra, and have performed in the Royal Albert
Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Royal Festival Hall and Barbican in London
and in concert halls of over 20 cities throughout the world.
All four members of Siren are also versatile
singers, making them extremely unique as a quartet. They have worked as
backing vocalists for Alison Moyet on tour and with producers Rose and
Foster (Sclub, Kylie) and Richard Taylor (BBC, Westlife). Siren perform
their astounding show on matching electric instruments made by Bridge.
Siren can be hired for any event to play classical
music on acoustic instruments or to perform their stunning electric show |
