ALEX WEILL

     Alex Weill  began learning the violin at 3 years old, was accepted to Juilliard Pre-College at the age of 8 and by 12  she was concertizing across the globe in the US, Canada, Europe and Asia. She attended New England Prep School, Hopkins School, and was later trained in music and violin performance from The Yale School of Music, Vanderbilt University and The Manhattan School of Music. 

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      Since those early years, Alex has become a leading violinist and major musical force on the multi-genre stage in The US and abroad. Since 2011, Alex has been the violinist for Emmy nominated Music Director, Adam Blackstone. As one of Adam’s lead string members, she has brought her virtuosity to perform and record with the greatest musicians of today. She performs live, on TV, and on radio, making regular appearances on shows such as Saturday Night Live, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Late Night with Seth Meyers , The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Today Show, Emmy nominated NBC's Jesus Christ Superstar Live!, The Four, iHeart Radio Awards, The 90th & 92nd Oscars Academy Awards, NBC Christmas Live at Rockefeller Center, The MTV VMAS, Rihanna's SAVAGEXFENTY Vol. 3, Pretty Woman: The Musical on Broadway, NPR, and many more. Alex was featured on the cover of Vogue.com as Frank Ocean’s violinist at The 2014 Met Gala. She has appeared in publications such as rollingstone.com, billboard.com, MTV.com, VH1.com, the NY Times, The Huffington Post, BuzzFeed and more. 

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      Alex is also a highly sought after recording artist.  In 2018, Alex received 3 Grammy certificates for her recording on PJ Morton's Grammy nominated live album "Gumbo Unplugged." Their live cover of "How Deep is your Love" by The Bee Gees/PJ Morton ft. Yebba won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Performance at The 2019 Grammy Awards. In addition, their performance of "First Began" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance.  In 2019, Alex was the violinist in Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Weber's Emmy winning Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert, starring John Legend, Sara Bareilles and Alice Cooper. Their live production garnered 13 Emmy Nominations and 5 wins, including an Emmy for Outstanding Variety Special (Live). The live special earned Alex her 4th Grammy certificate. 

 

Later in 2019, Alex recorded lead violin for the movie soundtrack "The Farewell," written and directed by Lulu Wang starring Awkwafina. The soundtrack was composed by the multi-talented Alex Weston and also featured her cousin and cellist Susan Mandel. The film was a big contender at the 2019 Sundance film festival and premiered nationwide in theaters July 2019 with rave reviews. The film made the 2020 Oscar nominations short list and was in the running for all categories, including best music score. The film was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language film. It won a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical. The film garnered 33 awards and 157 nominations in 2020.

 

She has recorded film soundtracks for film composer legends Philip Glass,  James Schamus, Paul Cantelon and many others, premiering at The Sundance Film Festival and Tribeca Film Festival, in feature films such as “The Benefactor"  starring Richard Gere, Dakota Fanning, and Theo James and “Indignation” directed by James Schamus, starring Logan Lerman. The film was nominated for awards at The Athens and Berlin International Film Festivals. She recorded lead solo violin for the feature film "Wander Darkly,"  starring Sienna Miller and Diego Luna, which was selected as The Official Selection of the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. In 2021, Alex was the lead violin soloist for two big winners at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival. "The Novice" written and directed by Lauren Hadaway, music composed by Alex Weston, won Best US Narrative Feature Film Prize including best cinematography for Todd Martin and best actress for Isabelle Fuhrman. "Chinese New Year - Nian" directed by Lulu Wang, music composed Alex Weston, won the Tribeca X Award for Best Short Film. The film was produced by Apple and was shot entirely on the iphone 12 Pro Max. Also in 2021, Alex was featured performing with NAS in Rihanna’s SAVAGE X FENTY Vol. 3, streaming on Amazon Prime Video. She performed alongside Jennifer Lopez in her newest feature film, “Marry Me,"  released on Valentine’s Day 2022.

 

     Since 2017, it's been a dream come true for Alex to work with film composer legend Philip Glass, one of her ultimate music icons. Alex recorded  Glass’s soundtrack demos for the 2017 National Geographic Documentary “Jane”which won the award for Best Documentary Original Score at The 2017 Hollywood Music in Media Awards.  In September 2017, Alex was honored to perform a world premiere of “Whistleblower” with Philip Glass himself at his Days and Nights Festival in Carmel, CA. She later put together and led a 28 piece string and wind orchestra for a re-record of Philip Glass’s Violin Concerto & vocals by Blondie. In 2019, Alex hired and led a string & brass orchestra in Philip Glass's recording of IBM's "Dear Tech" commercial. 

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      Trained in composition from The Juilliard School, Alex is also a music arranger who has composed and recorded string parts for Questlove, Solange Knowles, Robert Glasper, Bastille, Gnash, Olivia O'Brien and Kellindo. Since 2013, she has been the violinist for Kellindo Parker, the lead guitarist for Janelle Monae and nephew of Maceo Parker and James Brown. They have performed across The US & UK and are in the process of releasing Kellindo's newest solo album.

 

     Since 2018, Alex has been the violinist for Eminem and performed with him on his 2018 Revival Tour along with Skylar Grey, 50 cent, Royceda59, 2chainz, and Ed Sheeran. They performed on Saturday Night Live, Coachella Music Festival, Bonnaroo Music Festival, Boston Calling Music Festival, Firefly Music Festival, Governor’s Ball Music Festival, and London’s Twickenham Stadium. In 2020, Alex was honored to perform "Lose Yourself" with Eminem at the 92nd Oscars Academy Awards. Their surprise performance received a standing ovation  and became #1 trending on Youtube, reddit, and major online publications. This was Alex's second standing ovation at the Oscars, her first being in 2018 with Keala Settle in their performance of "This is Me" from The Greatest Showman, nominated for best original song in a motion picture. 

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      In addition to Alex’s career as a performer, recording artist, and arranger, Alex maintains a virtual studio where she provides individual violin and piano online lessons for beginner to advanced players. With the realization of an ever-changing music industry, Alex teaches her students through a unique combination of The Suzuki Method and learning through improvisation. She focuses on healthy proper playing technique, music reading and writing skills, music theory, ear training, composition, and multi-genre playing: classical, pop, hip hop, jazz & more. She teaches all of her students how to write, produce, and record their own music. She encourages her students to explore all genres of music and how to utilize modern music technology. Since 2013, Alex has been a guest lecturer at The Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at NYU. In 2014, she was honored to give a TEDx talk about her journey from classical to pop at La Sierra University’s TEDx “Be Possible” Event.

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    Alex contracts the best musicians in the industry for live performances, recordings, weddings, parties & special events. She can compose, arrange and perform any song and tailors each project specifically to your needs. 

 

      Alex is strongly dedicated to giving back to the community and music outreach by inspiring youth and our next generations of musicians. She uses her music as a universal language to spread love, equality, healing, strength and positivity around the world.

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