Elizabeth Bacher

As a solo performance: captivating music to entertain your guests, make your wedding day memorable, and a modern yet elegant performance. Clients can book solo electric or acoustic violin, but also a duo, trio or quartet, or performance with DJ. Dance moves combined with music that you would hear with a DJ to wow your guests or a strolling performance of solo violin roaming through the event space with lounge music for a contemporary and exquisite cocktail hour.

Ensembles for background music and weddings: Styles includes traditional classical genre, a mix of popular arrangements from various decades, light classical, and some special arrangements based on the event. For a more comprehensive song list, please request and if possible, indicate music style preference. Groups include a duo of two violins or a duo of violin and cello, a trio of violin, viola and cello, and a quartet of two violins, one viola, and one cello. The ensemble musicians include some of LA's finest studio musicians, and many special requests can be accommodated.

Music to set the scene or make an impression your guests won't forget with a feature performance!

A graduate of The Juilliard School, Elizabeth Bacher was born in New York and began playing music at the age of 3. Her talent was soon discovered and by the age of 8 she had already performed as a televised national prizewinner on the piano and soloist with an orchestra on the violin. Gaining international exposure at an early age, she attended a specialized music school in England and studied with major teachers from Russia, Germany and Israel. She graduated with a Masters degree from The Juilliard School, and has performed in various international settings such as the Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Salle Gaveau in Paris, the Academia di Santa Cecilia in Rome, Carnegie Hall, and the Konzerthaus in Berlin. She has also been featured on radio shows in the US and abroad as a violinist and pianist and been the recipient of numerous awards and scholarships. Before leaving New York City for Los Angeles, she performed a full solo violin and piano recital in Carnegie Hall including the premier of a special commission for Dan Tepfer called Solo Blues, written to be coordinated as violin and piano by one person simultaneously, live.

Elizabeth now lives in Los Angeles and enjoys collaborating with other artists, finding herself in a variety of settings live and on film. She performs nationally in the corporate electric violin trio The String Angels and the Jingle Punks Hipster Orchestra. Recent public performances include concerts with Sarah Brightman at the Dolby Theatre and contracting and performing Final Fantasy: A New World at Zipper Hall. In addition to public performance and corporate clients, she has vast wedding experience as a contractor in New York and Los Angeles. She has played for various celebrity weddings, including the wedding of George Lucas and Melody Hobson at Skywalker Ranch.

Elizabeth's ensembles are trained in both classical and popular genres. The players are each accomplished soloists in their own right. Their extensive live performing experience in addition to television and film includes Dolby Theatre, Hollywood Bowl, Staples Center, Saban Theater of Beverly Hills, El Rey Theater, Nokia Theater, and Disney Hall among other international venues. Elizabeth has taught students of all ages, from 5 to 65+ and prepared high school students for successful conservatory and preparatory division auditions.

Weddings: Please specify electric violin or classical/popular on acoustic violin!

For all potential outdoor settings: Area protected from inclement weather and direct sunlight without exposure to extreme temperatures, which can be damaging to instruments. *Acoustic instruments are more sensitive to temperature and sun than electric instruments. If you have an outside event and are not sure, please ask me!

For electric violin performances, a PA system or comparable speaker system and adequate power supply. PA can be provided: please indicate approximate guest count and dimensions of the location.

Please note there is a nonsmoking policy in all performance areas.