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Biography
Infobox musical artist | name = Lili Haydn| image = Lili Haydn.jpg| caption = Haydn performing in MacArthur Park, LA July 2009| background = solo_singer| alias = "Helicopter"| instrument = Singer|Vocalist , violin , piano | genre = Jazz , Rock music|rock , Classical music|classical ,| occupation = Musician , songwriter , actress , activist | years_active =| label = Atlantic Records|Atlantic , Nettwerk , Arista Records|Arista , Private music | associated_acts =| website = http://www.lilihaydn.com Lili Haydn.com| notable_instruments = Lili Haydn (born in Toronto, Canada) is a violin ist, Singer|vocalist , composer , guitarist , and actress . As a child, she pursued a career as an actress; at age eight she discovered the violin and began to focus on classical music . By the time Haydn was fifteen, she had played with the Los Angeles Philharmonic .cite web|url= http://www.lilihaydn.com/bio.jsp|title=Lili Hayden/Bio|last=Hayden|first=Lili |year=2009|publisher=Official website|accessdate=2009-10-14Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot
After graduating from Brown University with a bachelor's degree|B.A. in Political Science, Haydn started composing original songs and became one of the most requested session musician|session violin ists around Los Angeles. By the time she signed with Atlantic Records|Atlantic in 1997, she had embraced a variety of genres, having played with Quwaali musician, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan , Porno for Pyros , Tracy Chapman , The Jayhawks , Brandy (entertainer)|Brandy , Tony& #33; Toni& #33; Tone! , No Doubt , Tom Petty and more. In addition, she has played with, sung with, and opened for Sting (musician)|Sting , Josh Groban , Herbie Hancock , Robert Plant & Jimmy Page , Matchbox 20 , Seal (musician)|Seal , and George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton who calls her "the Jimi Hendrix of the violin".
Family
Her parents, actress/comedienne Lotus Weinstock and video artist David Jove , both now deceased, allowed her to choose her own first name. She reportedly chose the name "Helicopter" by which she was known briefly.cite web|last=Turakhia|first=Dipali|title=Diva in Focus: American violinist Lili Haydn|url= http://idiva.com/interviews-entertainment/diva-in-focus-american-violinist-lili-haydn/2177|work=idiva.com|accessdate=11 December 2011|date=25 October 2010
Career
As a child actress , Haydn may be best remembered as the young, smart and sassy daughter, Belinda Capuletti, from the 1983 Rodney Dangerfield movie Easy Money (1983 film)|Easy Money . http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085470/ IMDb She also appeared in the first Not Quite Human TV movie in 1987, and was a regular cast member on the syndicated The New Gidget .
Her debut album, Lili , was released in the fall of 1997 and was followed by Light Blue Sun in 2003 and Place Between Places in 2008, which she promoted with television and radio appearances such as The Tonight Show with Jay Leno , and NPR . She has a bit part in the Michael Keaton movie Jack Frost (1998 film)|Jack Frost . She contributed to the score of the Edward Burns / Jennifer Aniston film '' She's the One '' (1996), http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0370768/ IMDb as well as several films with Hans Zimmer , including Disney's '' Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End . Haydn won a fellowship to the Sundance Institute|Sundance Film Institute composing in 2009, and has composed the film score s for three films, Jacklight , The Horse Boy (premiered at Sundance Film Festival and released in 2009 by Zeitgeist Films), and "The Lightmaker".cite web|title=Jacklight (1999) - Full cast and crew|url= http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0479688/fullcredits|work= Internet Movie Database |accessdate=11 December 2011cite web|title=Lightmaker (2001) - Full cast and crew|url= http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133063/fullcredits#cast|work= Internet Movie Database |accessdate=11 December 2011cite web|title=The Horse Boy (2009) - Full cast and crew|url= http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1333668/fullcredits#cast|work= Internet Movie Database |accessdate=11 December 2011
In 2008, Haydn accompanied Roger Waters at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival|Coachella music festival when they played " Dark Side of the Moon ". http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/04/28/coachella-day-three-roger-waters-my-morning-jacket-and-justice-send-revelers-home-happy/ Haydn also performed on Cyndi Lauper 's True Colors Tour 2008 . That same year she appeared on the cable TV series, Californication (TV series)|Californication .
Affiliations
A Social activism|social activist , Lili also performs regularly for various human rights organizations, including Amnesty International, Operation USA, Human Rights Watch, Human Rights Action Center; and her song “Unfolding Grace” appears on a CD compilation with U2 and Sting which benefits Aung San Suu Kyi and the Burmese pro-democracy movement.cite web|last=Theakston|first=Rob|title=For the Lady - Various Artists|url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/for-the-lady-r714619/review|work= Allmusic |accessdate=11 December 2011
Discography
Lili (album)|Lili (1997) Atlantic Records )
Light Blue Sun (2003) BMG / Private Music
Goodbye Stranger Ep (2007) Nettwerk Music Group)
Place Between Places (2008) Nettwerk Music Group)
References
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External links
official website| http://www.lilihaydn.com
IMDb name|0370768
Persondata | NAME =Haydn, Lili | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = December 25, 1975 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Haydn, Lili Category:Brown University alumni Category:Canadian child actors Category:Canadian film actors Category:Canadian session musicians Category:Canadian television actors Category:Living people Category:People from Toronto Category:1975 births Category:Canadian jazz violinists
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