Ben Lee (born 14 September 1980) is a British electric violinist and composer/producer. He is one half of the electric violin band FUSE with Linzi Stoppard.
Lee was born on 14 September 1980 in Eastbourne, Sussex. When Lee was 11, he won a competition on the television show "The Children's Channel" on BskyB. Lee was awarded the "Daily Telegraph Young Jazz Composer of the Year" at 16.
Best known as “World's Fastest Violinist" after setting a new Guinness world record "Flight of the Bumblebee" within 58.515 seconds at Rogue Studios, London, UK, on 14 November 2010. He has also previously held the Guinness World Record for "World's Fastest Violin Player" for 4 years.
Ben Lee smashed about 4 seconds of this record to play “Flight of the Bumblebee” in 54.24 seconds. He still holds the record to date.
By the end of 2007, he joined Linzi Stoppard to form FUSE. FUSE is a rock violin duo that signed their first major contract in 2009.This £1 m deal was signed with Edel AG records and FUSE released their first album the following year.
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