Olivia Holland

Violinist, London

Olivia is a British violinist based in London & the South East.

Her extensive experience has seen her perform internationally as both an orchestral and chamber musician.

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Olivia is available for bookings:

  • Session Music
  • Orchestral
  • Weddings

Olivia's Biography

Olivia Holland is a British violinist based in London & the South East. Having graduated from the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance with first-class honours, her playing has been described as "intensive & passionate, with excellent panache & character".


Live Performance

XOYO: Re:imagine

Having performed over 100 sold out shows at XOYO & Jazz Cafe, Olivia is an active member of the string section for Re:imagine, "a London based events series that brings to life music's defining moments and iconic recordings with high production live renditions". Shows include renditions of Notorious B.I.G, Fleetwood Mac, Daft Punk, Madonna, Dr Dre & Kanye to name a small selection. Olivia also performed in the live orchestral rendition of the Stranger Things soundtrack to a sold out Electric Brixton in October 2017.

Alex Mendham Orchestra

Olivia has played with the Alex Mendham Orchestra as part of his violin section, who "perform the sophisticated and stylish music of the 1920’s and 30s with the modern energy and passion of their youthful years"; venues Olivia has performed in with the orchestra include The Ritz London, Cheltenham Town Hall & Petworth Music Festival.

Daniel Herskedal

In November 2015, Olivia performed alongside Daniel Herskedal in his string quartet as part of the EFG London Jazz Festival at King's Place. Previous years have included working with esteemed musicians from British band Empirical to perform songs from their album 'Tabula Rose' as part of Trinity Laban's CoLab Festival.

Sam Jewison Orchestra

She also holds the 2nd violin seat with the Sam Jewison Orchestra, with whom she has played two sold out shows at Camden's famous Jazz Cafe and multiple concerts across London.

Bring Me The Horizon & Alter Bridge

She is a member of the Parallax Orchestra, and with them has performed shows with bands including Bring Me The Horizon & Alter Bridge.

Live Bands

Session work has included performing with electronic bands such as Aquilo, Phoria and Mt. Wolf, and 'The Coveryard Sessions' who combine emerging artists with a live chamber orchestra.

Electric Violin

Olivia is also an electric violinist, performing with Euphonica Live as a member of their DJ Orchestra; she has played as part of a launch event for Peroni and recently performed at the Victoria and Albert museum around the ‘Opera: Passion Power and Politics’ exhibition.

Olivia regularly performs on electric violin at Chino Latino for their live music nights at Park Plaza, River Bank.


Television Appearances

ITV Britain's Got Talent Final 2018

Performing Perfect Symphony by Ed Sheeran and Andrea Bocelli with Gruffydd Wyn.

MTV EMA 2017

Television performances include the 2017 EMA with Parallax Orchestra performing with Clean Bandit, Zara Larsson, Julia Michaels, Anne-Marie & Eminem,

ITV X Factor 2017

Performing Hero by Enruique Iglesias with Lloyd Macey.

ITV X Factor 2016

Performing Impossible by Shontelle with Sam Lavery.


Classical Performance

Trinity Laban

Her passion for orchestral playing has seen her hold many principle positions with the Trinity Laban Sinfonia, Symphony Orchestra & String Ensemble.

Orchestra Vitae

Olivia has regularly performed with Orchestra Vitae since 2014.

Competitions

Olivia's performance of Schubert's Violin Sonata in G Minor (Sonatina) earned her a place in the final of the Leonard Smith & Felicity Young Duo Competition with pianist Claire Habbershaw in 2017.

Holland Quartet

Olivia leads The Holland Quartet, a versatile all female string quartet comprised of some of London's most captivating talent. Throughout 2017 they held a residency at 67 Pall Mall.


Session Recordings

Olivia is an active session musician, performing regularly with string quartets & trios both classically and commercially across the UK. She is the 1st violinist of her string quartet The Holland Quartet, with whom she holds a residency at 67 Pall Mall.