Lizzie/Classical Kicks is delighted to be supported by the PRS Spotify Sustaining Creativity Fund-another vital lifeline for Lizzie to continue her work as an independent artist and also to plan the future for Classical Kicks, whilst live performances are not possible in the current coronavirus pandemic.
Hope everyone is continuing to stay well and healthy. Like most of the professional music community, I have had most of my live performing schedule cancelled for the year and at present almost no live events are taking place throughout most of the world. In this very challenging time, I’ve pivoted and have been using the time at home to revisit my home studio and improve my skills in this area as well as enjoying new collaborations with other artists at home. These include film composer Edward Farmer-we are slowly building upon a body of collaborative work which we are excited about. I gave a sneak peak of this in a recent appearance on Scala Radio, for their popular Live Sessions, featuring one of his compositions for me ‘Rhapsody Inside’, written and performed in response to the challenging feelings of being in lockdown. In addition I featured a brilliant new arrangement of Paul Simon’s iconic song ‘The Boxer’ by James Turner, and a beautiful rendition of Time Remembered by Bill Evans featuring James Pearson on piano. If you want to hear my live broadcast you can listen here , I appear at 1h 44 mins! Listen to Lizzie Live on Scala Radio
Lizzie is delighted to announce she has new management representation from the excellent Pro Artist LTAM Agency, as their first Special Projects signing under their Manager and CEO Laura Tear. Joining an illustrious family of musical friends who appear on their roster including the Maxwell Quartet, Tom Poster, Morgan Szymanski, Aronowitz Ensemble and O Duo, Lizzie and Laura will be focusing on bookings for three of her Classical Kicks Productions as well as be available for wider programme requests as desired. READ MORE HERE https://www.proartist-ltam.co.uk/news/pro-artist-ltam-presents-violinist-and-vocalist-lizzie-ball
Lizzie enjoyed chatting to Jack Pepper in a recent interview for his ‘Culture Bunker’ programme on Scala Radio last week-you can replay the interview here https://planetradio.co.uk/scala-radio/player/ 
Lizzie was delighted to make a welcome return to Ronnie Scott’s upstairs bar with her Classical Kicks night, last Sunday September 8th. The night was a complete sellout and featured the most stellar line up of artists and music. The night ended with an amazing bagpipe rendition of AC/DC’s Thunderstruck played by David Colvin, complete with CK band. Videos and photos coming soon! 
Photo by Silvia Cruz
Lizzie was delighted to be interviewed for Johnian Alumni Blog last week-this is the college that she attended at her time reading Music at Cambridge University. Read here for the full interview which included a career retrospective and details the joy of finding kindred spirits to collaborate with, referring to her recent partnership with Emily Blacksell, co-creator of their show Corrido: A Ballad for the Brave https://medium.com/@stjohnscamalumni/career-spotlight-lizzie-ball-d0bac591fb82
Lizzie is absolutely delighted to be included in a list of top 50 inspiring women as selected by a panel of Femail contributors in today’s Daily Mail. The piece was written to mark 50 years of the magazine. Lizzie shares the list with a list of truly remarkable women who are changing the world..’from cardiac surgeons to cricket bosses, and technology supremos to television whizz kids, the scope and range of these women is truly remarkable.’
Lizzie Ball by Lezil and Rose
CORRIDO: A Ballad for the Brave, premiered on 2nd November to a sold out audience and standing ovation. Lizzie’s combined credits for the show as Lead Violinist, Vocalist, Composer, Co-Producer and Co-Creator set the scene for a tremendously bright and altogether fitting celebration for Mexico’s Day of the Dead Festival. The show was hosted exclusively by the museum as a part of the hugely successful Frida Kahlo: Making Herself Up exhibition, in which many of Frida‘s personal possessions left the shores of her beloved Mexico for the first time in 50 years.
Lizzie shared the stage with Polish accordionist Bartosz Glowacki, Chilean guitarist Jorge Bravo, Mexican guitarist Morgan Szymanski and award-winning, critically acclaimed Actress and Director, Eve Best.
CORRIDO: A Ballad for the Brave is an immersive concert which pays musical homage to artistic self-expression, amplifying female voices and honouring established heroines, including the life and works of Frida Kahlo. Drawing inspiration from the cultural landscape of her time, the concert carries an audience on an impressionistic audio-visual journey through exquisite music, original art and animation, and bold video design.
Behind-the-scenes the piece starred some of the entertainment industry’s most talented production team in Director, Co-Producer and Writer, Emily Blacksell (Old Vic), Animator and Art-Director, Coline Brun-Naujalis, Sound Designer, John Leonard and Video and Light Designer, Rod Machlachlan.
It’s no wonder that the show was welcomed with international press acclaim and riotous applause from as far away as Mexico itself where the show was celebrated as ‘a triumphant debut of a show honouring Mexico, Frida and other strong women of the age’.
For more information about the show and to download its Programme, visit the V&A website.
CORRIDO Animation by Coline Brun-Naujalis
Lizzie was recently awarded an honorary degree in recognition of her achievement in the field of music and her innovative and creative approach to classical music from University of Derby.
Upon receiving her degree, Lizzie performed to a standing ovation from all in attendance at University of Derby’s graduation ceremony at the Devonshire Dome on Saturday 10th November.
Inspired by her recent travels to Mexico, Lizzie has been working on a brand new solo show called Viva La Vida con Frida, which takes a musical journey through the life and times of Mexican artist and female icon Frida Kahlo, together with her long time colleague and collaborator Morgan Syzmanski. The show will premiere at Chatsworth House’s Art Out Loud Festival this September 22nd 2017, alongside other great artists such as Grayson Perry, Jasper Conran and Tristram Hunt. She was recently featured in an article by Sothebys. You can read more here… http://www.sothebys.com/en/news-video/blogs/all-blogs/sotheby-s-at-large/2017/07/viva-frida-lizzie-ball-brings-an-icon-to-life-for-art-out-loud.html
