| Description | Price |
| Solo violin (with or without backing tracks) - Ceremony and Reception | £350 (GBP) |
| Electric Violin Show - 1 Hour | £300 (GBP) |
| Electric Violin DJ Live - Roaming Ibiza - Sets for up to 3 hours | £400 (GBP) |
Athena Octavia is a brilliant, internationally performing violinist and electric violinist, classically trained to the highest standard whilst also able to switch effortlessly between genres and styles. From performing with Ed Sheehan at the BRIT awards, to improvising electric violin with DJs at Beach Clubs in Tulum, to giving classical recitals at the Wigmore Hall, Athena will give a show-stopping performance for every occasion.
Athena studied at Oxford University and then the Royal Academy of Music, graduating from both with distinction and outstanding marks in her final recitals. She is a member of a 4-piece all-female country-pop band, Iris and Steel, in which she plays violin and sings backing vocals. They released their debut EP, ‘What People Do’, in November 2022 with a sold-out headline show at ‘The Camden Club’, and held a fortnightly residency at The Camden Assembly for most of 2022. They will be making their festival debut at the Alcove stage at Latitude festival this July as part of George Ezra’s selection of emerging artists.
Athena loves incorporating her passion for many different genres of music into her performances as well as using technology such as loop pedals, and with her highly trained ear is able to improvise in many styles from RnB, pop and jazz to EDM and even dubstep. She has perfect pitch, meaning she can improvise with a DJ off the bat and is able to take requests on the spot, creating an electric environment. In 2022 she and the fellow violinist Naomi Wilmshurst founded the electric violin duo, AZUL, which in 2023 they expanded alongside two others to create AZUL strings, a string collective who perform at luxury events and parties across the UK and internationally.
Athena is also a keen pianist, holding distinction in her dipABRSM diploma and regularly doing teaching and accompanying work.
She plays a Bridge Aquila Green and Black Electric Violin, an Aurora 5-string electric violin, and a John Wilkinson Acoustic Violin.
= free travel (up to 10 miles)
I have my own PA system which is fully PAT tested and suitable for inside or outside, up to 100 people. For larger events I will require a PA system either to be provided or I can liaise with audio companies to provide one.
I usually aim to arrive around 45 minutes to an hour before the performance begins to set up.
Ed Sheeran, The Last Skeptik, NAHLI, Jet Blue, Josette Dubai. Encore! Dubai, Vice Chancellor of Oxford,
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PAT tested
Instrumental
100% acoustic (no power)
DJ / background music options
Will travel internationally
PA / sound system included
Uses backing tracks
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