Phil is a classically trained musician with Celtic roots. Her music contains many influences from classical to traditional including jazz and minimalist inspired sounds.
Phil’s music however transcends category and genre.
Her peaceful, reflective style touches the heart and souls of people of all ages, from all walks of life, all over the world.
Phil is of Irish and Scottish origin, rooted and educated in Celtic music and western classical music.
Her music takes inspiration from her ethnic roots, but also reflects her eclectic background. Her latest work, “Seascapes” is a musical meeting of the Greek and Celtic cultures.
In 2008 Phil opened one of the most important music festivals in Greece, the “Lefkas Speech and Arts Festival”, performing for the president of the Greek Republic, Karolos Papoulias.
In 2009, she conceived and launched the very first Sappho Festival by performing on the rock from which Sappho jumped to her death 2500 years ago.
Phil studied violin and piano at the Royal Academy of Music, London, and worked professionally as a violinist in London and Italy before
opening her own violin school in Cremona, “Divertimento Academy”, and developing her own personal and innovative style, writing music specifically for her students and fiddle group which has held concerts and won awards all over Italy. With her fiddle group she produced in 2001 a CD “On the Red Rock”.

Phil's CDs are available from CDBaby.com and her website is www.philholland.net

 

you can also visit her myspace profile on  http://www.myspace.com/philholland2

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