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Daisy Jopling is a British violinist currently residing in New York. She plays an Antonio Gragnani violin, made in Livorno, Italy in 1778.

Early Life and Training
Daisy Jopling was born on February 19, 1969, in London. She began playing the violin at age 3 and at age 14 she performed Bach’s Double Concerto for Violin and Oboe at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Daisy studied the violin with Itzhak Rashkovsky at the Royal College of Music, David Takeno at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and Boris Kuschnir at the Vienna Conservatory, Austria. At age 19, Daisy studied Hungarian folk violin in Gymes, Transylvania. Five years later, Daisy traveled to Ghana alone to study Kpanlogo drumming at the Mustapha Tettey Addy drumming school. Daisy moved from London to Vienna in 1994 and to New York in 2004.

Triology
For 13 years, Daisy toured with the world-renowned string trio, “Triology”. Triology recorded four studio albums. Two of them with BMG RCA Victor. Triology released “Triology plays Ennio Morricone” on November 10th, 1998; and “Who Killed the Viola Player”on May 11th, 2000. On Extraplatte Records, Triology released their third album, “Around the World in 77 Minutes”. Their last studio album was recorded with Jazz guitarist Wolfgang Muthspiel on Material Records in 2003. Triology toured the world, performing in over 23 countries. The group has written the film music for 3 Georg Riha films, Schönbrunn,Die Wachau and Salzburg, and arranged and recorded Hans Zimmer’s score in Hollywood for “The Road to El Dorado” and “Spanglish”.

Collaborations
Daisy has collaborated with some of the world’s top artists. With Triology, Daisy shared a stage with Bobby McFerrin at the Centro Historico Festival in Mexico City, performed along side of solo violinists Julian Rachlin and Janine Jansen, and toured with jazz musician and producer, Wolfgang Muthspiel. With Ensemble Modern in Germany, Daisy collaborated with Shubha Mudgal, and with Kristjan Järvi’s “Absolute Orchestra” she collaborated with Joe Zawinul. In 2005, Daisy performed before an audience of 30,000 people at the opening of the Vienna Festival in Austria with Cuban singer, Omara Portuondo.

In 2000, Daisy and Milagros Pinera-Ibaceta, a Cuban singer, came together to create Son Dos. The two were later joined by tubist Jon Sass. Son Dos combines Cuban, Irish, and Classical music and released one album in 2003 called “Manana Mi Amor” on Extraplatte Records. Son Dos has toured Belgium, Austria, Norway, Sweden, and Germany.

Solo Work
In 2009 Daisy collaborated with NYC producer Bojan Dugic to record her first solo album "Key to the Classics". In 2011, Daisy formed “The Daisy Jopling Band” with pianist/keyboardist Daniel Mintseris, bass player Ben Zwerin, and drummer Doug Yowell. Their style incorporates both classical and contemporary elements. Daisy aims to share classical music with everyone by reinterpreting classical music through a contemporary lens. Daisy continues to perform all over the world.

Daisy has composed the music for documentaries such as Wien: Gesicht einer Stadt, and "Feathers from the Sky", a NYC puppet show. She has performed on fashion runways for Eileen Fisher and Danilo Gabrielli.

Daisy enjoys working with children, and often includes children from local schools in her performances. With her foundation, Daisy plans to start a music program for children in Beacon NY in January 2014, based on "The Harmony Project" in LA.