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Specialist Electric Violinist Ilse van Wyk has been classically trained and plays a wide variety of musical styles that ranges from house music to trance, rock, electro and breaks, hard house and metal as well as her favourite, dance music, to which she adds a classical romantic touch. She creates a mind blowing combination of live music in club environment and has played with some of the biggest names on well known club tours such as; Above & Beyond (UK), Judge Jules, Lisa Lashes, Tim Lyall & Dave Lea.Referred to as "Violin Wiz" at the age of 10, she grew up on stage and performed in all 5 major cities in South Africa and Namibia. As a teenager she was already regularly recording and broadcasting with RSA radio and television. After winning the National Youths Strings Competition she was chosen to represent South Africa in Scotland, at the World Youth Festival, and to make recordings for BBC radio and television. Then chosen as one of only two scholarships in South Africa, she was a member of the World Youth Symphony Orchestra in the USA where she played along side Cellist Master Yo Yo Ma.Declining support for classical arts in RSA, she took up the electric violin and started playing along side DJ's in Cape Town's nightspots to increase her career opportunities. Combining her music with modeling and acting for an income, she starred and played in a Big Screen ad for Star Kinekor for the Dunhill Symphony of Fire, a National Firework display.Three months after arriving in NZ in 2002, she was flown to Australia and played on the major club tour Adventjah "Slinky' with NZ DJ L8N She has played in more than 15 classical orchestras worldwide and in NZ became a member of the Manukau Orchestra and the Auckland Symphony Orchestra, with whom she toured to Tonga. The following year she was asked to lead them as Concert Master for the Kings birthday.During 2003 she filled a weekly Sunday evening spot on radio UP-FM with a menu of trance & house music and in 2006 made an hour appearance as guest artist in which she was the first live performer ever on Juice TV.She played a collection of Mega Dance Parties in NZ which included Chemistry and Slinky at St James Theatre and at the City Hall. Also at Club and Hard House Parties such as Tidy Trax, Wobble, Frantic, High Rollers and National Anthems. In Auckland she made appearances at Night Clubs and Restaurants such as Cube, Code, Sweet Sixteen, Coast bar, Supper Club, Starzz, To To’s, Invito and Morrisons with DJ Simon Paul. She also played back to back with DJ Andy Day.In 2004 she finished cutting a demo CD with MC Energy as well as recordings with NZ Rock bands 'Satellite Spies' and 'Stop Go Men' and Metal band Alpine Fault. She also composed and played together with base players of NZ bands such as Blam Blam Blam and Midnight Oil.When not attached to her violin, Ilse ‘kicks ass’ as a Kung Fu diva and also finds time to be creative as a hair stylist.
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