Review Centre: Classical Soloists

"Strutting, swaggering and seducing (his) way across the stage in spangly suits - every smirk oozing slick, amoral entitlement - Neil Balfour the beatboxing (and how!) wingman Mercurio, just kept boogying away with the whole show. Boy, it looked fun to be him – titillating, shocking and appallingly enjoyable."

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"We had the absolute pleasure of having Dani Sax entertain our guests for my daughters baby shower yesterday. From start to finish our guests were dancing. Dani really did make the event go much better than expected. The comments we've received from the ladies that attended were amazing and complemented Dani that she was outstanding and her performance was amazing. I have never been to an event with a saxophone player, going forward I will definitely have Dani at any party I have . I honestly cannot recommend her highly enough, absolutely brilliant and made our baby shower memorable. "

Reply by Dani Sax
Thanks Angela, I had an amazing time and am glad Rebecca enjoyed it! I'd love to come and play for any future event you have.

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"Ray Louise Coyle ROCKS! There's not enough words to express how fabulous your performance was last night. You pulled out all the stops to meet all requests and every guest was blown away - exceedingly professional. 1 million percent satisfaction! THANKS"

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"Zoe was absolutely amazing during our wedding.. she set the most amazing atmosphere throughout and we had so so many comments at how beautiful her music was! She really made our day :) highly highly recommend! :) "

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"Came across this guy through the internet and made contact and ask for a few melody’s which he kindly did so we could play for our wee nan as she was on end of life and instantly our Nan wanted this guy as she was a pipe major back in Ireland many moons ago so knew a piper when she heard them play Billy was very reliable very very good and very helpful the guy is top class and worth every penny made the special day a lot easier And the whole family was over the moon with billy and partner "

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"Spud came to my work place, The Craigellachie Hotel, to pipe for a large group of Portugese guests as part of a traditional Scottish dinner and they loved it!! They all asked about him the following morning and we spoke about how i had known him for several years, through other events and family, and he was the best in the industry. He never fails to bring a crowd together (even when there are language barriers!) and it’s always a pleasure having him and listening to him do what he does best! Safe to say we’ll be seeing him again soon! X"

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"Lee was fantastic on our wedding day. We are so happy with how he performed and constantly had a smile on his face. We had a lot of our guests coming up to us saying how brilliant he was. The music choices were so good and fit our wedding perfectly. I will certainly re-book Lee again if we have another event in the future. Big thank you to Lee for being part of our special day. "

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"I would like to thank you and Arabesque Strings for providing such beautiful music for our wedding at Chiddingstone Castle on the 1st August. It made the ceremony absolutely perfect. The guests were hugely complementary of your performance and it was so fitting to have you as part of the afternoon tea on the lawn also."

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"Thank you so much for playing at my son’s wedding. we had a beautiful day - the whole wedding was just perfect. I was singing along! "

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"Tamilla played the violin at my 40th Birthday Party on the 3rd June 2022. She was exceptionally brilliant, very professional, has a wealth of experience and extremely helpful. She asked me to select my favourite pieces before hand and played them so beautifully too! It was such a delight to hear such beautiful music from the violin. All the guests were so impressed with the quality of the music! I will definitely keep in touch and use Tamilla's service over and over again. Thank you for making my birthday party so beautiful. I have so many lovely memories to keep and cherish. Its a 5 star service with Tamilla! Well done and a massive thanks!"

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"We were very pleased to hire Jonny Kerry for our wedding. He was a pleasure to deal with whilst organising the wedding. On the day he did a great job. His playing is lovely and he created the atmosphere we were hoping for during the build up to the ceremony and after. Thank you very much."

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"I hired Spud to pipe open my Tavern. He flew over to Virginia in March but unfortunately we weren’t ready to open. Instead of sitting in his cabin enjoying his holiday, he chose to pipe for me at our local churches and schools. My community benefited from my poor planning! I have to say my family benefited too. There’s nothing like hearing the bagpipes coming from your cabin, surrounded by the mountains, it was beautiful. I hope he’ll make it back to Virginia soon!"

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"Couldn’t recommend Dave highly enough. He entertained our guests at our wedding, Cooling Castle 30.01.19 and they were all so complementary and it really set the mood. Can’t thank him enough for his amazing service."

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"Kathleen provided a beautiful performance of two pieces at my mother's funeral."

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"Emily was simply fab when she played at our wedding last weekend. She was professional and easy to communicate with, and was simply amazing on the day. Would highly recommend! Review received June 2025"

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