Despite being terrified of heights, Linzi Stoppard, the contemporary electric violinist daughter-in-law of playwright Sir Tom, braved the roof of the InterContinental Park Lane for a spectacular performance to mark the hotel’s official reopening.
She played renditions of Beethoven’s 5th Symphony and samples of music from the film Harry’s Game and Jimi Hendrix’s Voodoo Child, stopping traffic in its tracks on the glamorous West End streets below.
To celebrate $170M refurbishment to the InterContinental Park Lane electric string artist Linzi Stoppard also headlines the opening gala to a celebrities packed audience and InterContinental executives from all around the world.
The renamed InterContinental London Park Lane has completed the multi-million dollar refurbishment to reinvigorate one of London’s finest hotels and to position it as a global flagship for InterContinental Group. Now fully open, the hotel boasts luxurious new guest rooms and spectacular suites including the famous Cinema Suite, new destination restaurants Theo Randall at The InterContinental and Cookbook Cafe, contemporary event space and the chic urban Spa InterContinental. With a passionate team and an ‘in the know’ service culture; ITC ensure that their guests enjoy a truly authentic London experience.
InterContinental London Park Lane recently unveiled its new meetings and event space following a much talked about refurbishment. Located on the mezzanine level, the events floor provides a space to host any event, however spectacular or discreet. Offering a spectacular ballroom, six event suites and six meeting spaces, InterContinental London Park Lane has created London’s premier event address.
When Linzi and her rock violin duo FUSE were approached by CLIC SArgent to front their national Practice-a-thon campaign the ITC ballroom was the perfect venue to showcase exclusively commissioned FUSE tracks and launch the competition to media.
Following Linzi enviable solo career she teamed up with fellow electric violinist Ben Lee to form the powerhouse of contemporary violin - new rock electric violin band FUSE, and they will be launching their debut album in the Spring 2010.
Taking inspiration from their classical roots while combining it with modern well known melodies. FUSE believe it is possible to narrow the gap between the classical and pop audiences,. Their repertoire includes contemporary arrangements of well known hits and rock anthems. FUSE are the 'face of' the new international classical chillout music video channel, C Music TV, which they launched at the Cannes MIP Television Festival.
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