About Solas

A modern professional string group working in the music and entertainment industry, Solas are based in London and perform world wide across many genres and styles of music. Experienced graduates from top UK & US conservatoires they are available for recording sessions, tours, theatre shows, orchestral work, galas, award shows, private events and more.

Solas have many years experience working in the wedding industry across the UK and internationally. They were winners of the Hitched wedding awards in 2023 and Regional Finalists in The Wedding Industry Awards (TWIA) 2023. For more information on our wedding services, please look here.

Officially formed in 2020, Solas players have been working and performing together for several years. Their combined efforts, musicality and professionalism led them to perform alongside So Solid Crew, Duran Duran and others in that same year.

Solas Strings promotes diversity within its group and performs across a wide variety of genres of music such as Classical, Pop, Hip Hop, R&B, Garage, Jazz, Latin, Reggaetón, Bollywood and Iranian music. Solas Strings can perform acoustically, or on electric or amplified acoustic string instruments to suit the needs of each performance.

Solas Strings are well versed in organising rehearsed, high-energy and impactful performances and performing alongside DJs for a DJ Live night club atmosphere.

Solas Strings are experienced and adept session players having recorded at studios such as Abbey Road, Metropolis, Angel Studios, Air Edel and Glastonbury Music and Arts Festival.

Members have performed live with Duran Duran, Burna Boy, Rebecca Ferguson, So Solid Crew, Rick Wakeman, Gary Grosby, Bijan Mortizavi and Leon Jean Marie. Recording with artists like Danny O’Donoghue, Jordan Rees, Guy Farley and Craigy Dodds.

Recent tours have included travelling to Spain, Italy, France, Belgium, Ireland and The United States. Solas performed in early 2020 with UK garage royals So Solid Crew in their band for their 21 Year Reunion Show at the O2 Kentish Town Forum and on screen in early 2021 for Duran Duran’s livestream in Mike Garson’s Just For One Day virtual tribute to the late David Bowie.

Previous Clients

So Solid Crew, Leon Jean Marie, Duran Duran, Jack Hawitt, Danny O’Donoghue, Picture This, Harvey, London Fashion Week ‘21, Sahar Moghadass, Siimon and others.