Kerenza Peacock studied at the Royal Academy of Music and has just returned to the UK after several years in Los Angeles. She has recorded several albums as a soloist with the Royal Philharmonic and one album with the London Symphony Orchestra, featuring pieces written for her by Oliver Davis. Her recordings are often played on classical radio stations worldwide. Kerenza led the Pavão String Quartet on five albums and 15 years of tours throughout Europe and the Middle East. She has performed in palaces and hospices, at the Oscars during Will Smith’s tantrum, and once smuggled her violin into the Great Pyramid past the armed guards.

A keen fiddle player, Kerenza toured with the alt-bluegrass band The Coal Porters and wrote two songs on their last album. Kerenza has played on many film and television soundtracks, including Encanto and Avatar, and has recorded with a huge number of artists, including Harry Styles, Celine Dion, Madonna and Barbra Streisand. She was concertmaster for Adele’s World Tour and Vegas residency and led Billy Joel’s orchestra at the Grammys.

When Putin invaded Ukraine, Kerenza gathered 94 violinists from 29 countries to play in harmony with young Ukrainian violinists hiding in their bomb shelters. The video went viral and raised much money for humanitarian aid.