Aphrodite Strings
Female String Group
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Aphrodite Strings
Female String Group
Manchester & London
Insured
£1,000 - £2,000
Booked 67 times on FixTheMusic ⚡

About Aphrodite Strings – professional string group based in Manchester & London

Aphrodite Strings are one of the UK’s leading string ensembles.

They are available for hire as a quartet, trio, duo or soloist for anyone looking for exceptional string players for their special occasion. The group can perform all of the string covers from Bridgerton (Netflix) if requested.

From large corporate events, weddings and restaurant openings, to small parties, our group will provide the perfect musical experience to enhance your memorable day.

Please take a look at our 2023 SET LIST

We're regularly booked to perform for weddings and events at Hedsor House in Buckinghamshire, Middleton Lodge Estate in Richmond and Jack Barclay Bentley in Berkeley Square, London.

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With a large repertoire to choose from, the music will be perfectly tailored to your occasion.

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Music options include Classical, Pop, Rock, Jazz, Funk, Bollywood, Film/Musicals/TV Themes Hymns and Christmas carols.

They are based in Greater Manchester, but they are happy to travel to surrounding areas including Leeds, Liverpool, Cheshire, Lancashire, Cumbria, North West, Sheffield, etc.

These are some of the most important clients they've worked for: Manchester City Football Club, University of Manchester, University of Suffolk, Northern Power Women, Audi, Royal Northern College of Music, the Palace Hotel in Manchester, the Hilton Hotel in Manchester, National Football Museum, Dancefloor Couture and Selfridges.

With a large repertoire of music to choose from, you are assured the music chosen will be perfectly tailored to your occasion.

Based in Manchester, our female string group is composed of current music students at the prestigious Royal Northern College of Music.

Here are just some of the locations where we have been booked by clients on FixTheMusic for weddings and events...

  • Middleton Lodge Estate, Richmond
  • Hedsor House, Buckinghamshire
  • Keele Hall, Keele University, Staffordshire
  • Fitzrovia Chapel, Pearson Square
  • Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn
  • Jack Barclay Bentley, Berkeley Square
  • Hawkstone Hall & Gardens, Shrewsbury
  • Wildhive Callow Hall, Ashbourne
  • Amrita Hall, Bromley, UK
  • Froyle Park, Alton
  • Marylebone Town Hall, London, UK
  • Merchant Taylors’ Hall, Threadneedle Street
  • Fulham Palace, Bishop's Avenue
  • Osea Island, Maldon, Essex, UK
  • Colton, Rugeley

We specialise in live classical, pop, and jazz music for weddings, receptions, private parties, and corporate events throughout the UK.

We are all highly experienced string players and have worked with artists such as Olly Murs, Claire Teal and Gregory Porter.

We have performed at various prestigious venues including the Royal Albert Hall, The Grosvenor Hotel, The Sage at Gateshead, Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Manchester Town Hall and Liverpool Philarmonic Hall.

We are also firm favourites for both wedding ceremonies and receptions.

One of our favourite performances has been at the Bright Star Ball in London alongside Sir Tom Jones, Jack Whitehall and Sam Bailey.

We have also performed at the Etihad Stadium for their annual Woman’s Awards Ceremony and the Coronation of Awards at the RNCM. We have even been featured on Sky News!

As well as playing the standard repertoire, we also create our own arrangements. Our session work experience includes collaborations with the RNCM Session Orchestra, the James Vezer Band, James Bradshaw and the Dom Lawson Band.

Please contact us to discuss your event. We would be delighted to play for you and make your day truly memorable.

Weddings

Aphrodite Strings play classical strings at weddings, balls, receptions, corporate events and parties.

At weddings, we often starting off with classical music of your choice during your ceremony and perhaps your wedding breakfast.

The choice is entirely yours and we will play whatever you like, or suggest music from our very extensive repertoire.

Drinks Reception

Aphrodite Strings will perform some beautiful background music to entertain your guests during the drinks reception.

The music will be a mixture of different styles, including pop, jazz and some of the most well-loved classical pieces. All or any part of the set list can be picked by yourself.

The Wedding Breakfast

Aphrodite Strings will perform some light background music as the Wedding Breakfast is served.

The setlist normally includes jazz and light pop music but we are happy to include the music of your choice.

For your first dance, we will be delighted to play the music of your choice if you wish.


16 verified reviews

"Ines and the girls have been incredible from the start, response to emails and ending the best option for music on our day was perfect. On the day the ladies created the most beautiful atmosphere at our ceremony and drinks, it filled our venue perfectly and I am so glad we decided to have live music. Incredibly talented and the nicest people. Wish I could thank them more. Will always recommend aphrodite strings in future. Thank you again ladies!"

Amy Clavey, 6 November 2023, wedding at Hawkstone Hall & Gardens, Shrewsbury, UK
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"Aphrodite Strings played at our wedding ceremony and drinks reception. Their music was absolutely stunning - they played beautifully and have a great repertoire. They were super communicative and everything went so smoothly on the day. Could not be happier to have booked them :)"

Hanna Kereszturi, 4 September 2023, wedding at Hedsor House, Bourne End, UK
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"Unfortunately we didn’t manage to speak to the ladies on Saturday, but we just wanted to say a big thank you for being there and playing really beautiful music. It really made the ceremony and the drinks reception."

Hanna Kereszturi, 22 August 2023, wedding at Hedsor House, Taplow, Bourne End, UK
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"Hi Ines, We hope you had a good weekend. We wanted to get in touch to thank the band for such an amazing performance at our wedding on Friday. So many people came up to us to say how impressive the string music was. Our only regret is that we didn’t get to thank you on the day! However, we are truly grateful for your contribution to such a memorable day for us. Wishing you all the best in the future, Richard and Rebecca."

Richard Jennings, 24 July 2023, wedding at Fulham Palace, Bishop's Avenue, London
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"Happy Monday Ines, Thank you so much for your help in the past few weeks. You’ve been an absolute dream to work with! The 13th July night was a great success and I’m in love with the quartet! They performed beautifully and we can’t thank them enough for helping us create a memorable experience for our guests. We’ve got very positive feedback from the event attendees and I’m grateful for all of your help and I’m in awe of all of your talent – absolute stars of the show! Best wishes, Linh."

Linh Nguyen, 17 July 2023, corporate event at Lincoln's Inn, London, UK
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"Aphrodite Strings played during our ceremony and our drinks reception - they helped to make our day even more special and one we will never forget! We had so many comments throughout the day and have had so many since on how great they were. The song selection was perfect and I couldn’t recommend them highly enough. The booking was easy and once in contact they were so helpful and answered all our questions quickly. We couldn’t have asked for a better quartet to play at our wedding! Amazing."

Dominique Lambert, 12 June 2023, wedding at Middleton Lodge Estate, Richmond
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"Aphrodite's group played at our wedding. They were brilliant! Such talented and nice girls. They even arranged a piece I had written and played it for our first dance, it made it even more special."

Amy Waters, 13 March 2023, wedding in Manchester
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"Aphrodite played at my daughter's wedding recently. The girls arrived early, played as the guests entered and then played All Of Me by John Legend for my daughter to walk down the aisle to and it was absolutely beautiful. I would definitely recommend them and will be using them in the future!"

Sally Lynch, 5 February 2023, wedding in Manchester
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"Aphrodite Strings played at my 50th birthday party. They blew us all away with their amazing playing and went out of their way to ensure the music was exactly what I wanted. Made my birthday very special indeed."

Annabel Claris, 24 November 2022, birthday party in London
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"Hey Aphrodite Strings, Well that was just beautiful. The song as I walked in blew me away and all the way through the music was tingly and gorgeous. We loved you, very professional. You did an incredible job. Thank you for being part of our most memorable and cherished day. Thanks again."

Lucy and Paul Jedburgh, 1 August 2022, wedding in Yorkshire
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"We had these lovely ladies to play at our daughter's wedding, they were amazing, everyone loved listening to their music. From first contact, communication has been very good, and I would definitely recommend them."

Fiona Harris, 17 May 2022, wedding in Derbyshire
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"We booked Aphrodite Strings for our Annual Corporate Event and they were a great choice. The girls are incredibly talented and the music was so good, everyone loved them! We will definitely be booking them again soon. Thanks girls!"

Dan Saunders, 15 January 2022, corporate event in Manchester
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"Wonderful music, lovely girls, just perfect for our wedding. Thank you so much."

Simon Perry, 10 May 2021, wedding in Cheshire
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"Everyone loved the music our trio played. They were a great addition to the ambience and, dare I say, class of the event. Flexible too. Steve."

Steve Clarke, 25 January 2020, wedding in London
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"I saw Aphrodite performing on their instruments at an awards ceremony. They incorporated choreography into their playing and really made the venue come alive! Brilliant!"

Gaynor Littlewood, 17 June 2019, awards ceremony in Manchester
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"Beautiful music in a beautiful setting for our wedding. Thank you so much x."

Melissa Hampton, 10 September 2018, wedding in Cheshire
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Audio samples
Habanera from Carmen (Trio)
Chasing Cars (Trio)
James Bond Theme (Quartet)
Goldfinger (Quartet)
A Thousand Years (Trio)
Canon In D (Trio)
Viva La Vida (Trio)
Sweet Child Of Mine (Quartet)
All Of Me (Quartet)
Largo From Xerxes (Quartet)
Wake Me Up by Avicii (Quartet)
Hello (Quartet)
Counting Stars (Quartet)
In The Name Of Love
Pachelbel Canon (Duo)
Secrets (Duo)
All The Small Things
Game of Thrones
Hey Brother
Love Me Like You Do
Love Actually
Greatest Showman
Rockabye
Rolling in the Deep
Someone You Loved
You Belong With Me
Set List
Classical

Albinoni - Adagio In G Minor

Bach - Air From Suite In D

Bach - Jesu, Joy Of Man’s Desiring Beethoven - Ode To Joy

Bizet - Habanera From Carmen

Brahms - Hungarian Dance No. 5 Capua - O Sole Mio

Clarke - Trumpet Voluntary

Debussy - The Girl With The Flaxen Hair

Delibes - Flower Duet

Elgar - Salut D’amour

Gounod - Ave Maria

Handel - Arrival Queen Of Sheba

Handel - Air In F (water Music)

Handel - Air In D (water Music)

Handel - La Réjouissance (firework)

Handel - Hallelujah Chorus

Handel - Hornpipe In D

Handel - Hornpipe In F

Handel - Largo From Xerxes

Handel - Zadok The Priest Mascagni - Cavalleria Rusticana Massenet - Meditation From Thais Mendelssohn - Wedding March Mozart - Ave Verum

Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Pachelbel - Cannon In D

Piazzolla - Libertango

Puccini - O Mio Babbino Caro

Saint Saens - The Swan

Schubert - Ave Maria

Tartini - Cantabile

Schumann - Träumerei

Strauss - Pizzicato Polka

Strauss - Radetzky March

Tchaikovsky - Sleeping Beauty Waltz Tchaikovsky - Waltz Of The Flowers Verdi - La Donna E Mobile

Verdi - Nessun Dorma

Vivaldi - Spring

Vivaldi - Winter

Wagner - Wedding March

From Bridgerton

Bad Guy - Billie Eilish

Dancing On My Own - Robyn Diamonds - Rhianna

Girls Like You - Maroon 5

In My Blood - Shawn Mendes Material Girl - Madonna

Sign Of The Times - Harry Styles Spring 1. 2012 - Max Richter Thank You, Next - Ariana Grande What About Us - P!nk

Wildest Dreams - Taylor Swift Wrecking Ball - Miley Cyrus

Film And Tv

Aladdin – A Whole New World

Aladdin – Friend Like Me

Beauty And The Beast – Be Our Guest Beauty And The Beast – Tale As Old As Time Book Of Love – Main Theme

Breakfast At Tiffany's – Moon River Dirty Dancing – Time Of My Life

Ennio Morricone – Ecstasy Of Gold Ennio Morricone – Gabriel's Oboe Fiddler On The Roof – Sunrise, Sunshine Friends (tv Series) – I’ll Be There For You Frozen – Into The Unknown

Game Of Thrones - Main Theme

Game Of Thrones – The Rains Of Castamere Ghostbusters - Main Theme

Godfather Love Theme

Greatest Showman - A Million Dreams Greatest Showman - Never Enough Greatest Showman - Rewrite The Stars Greatest Showman - This Is Me

Harry Potter Suite (medley)

James Bond - Main Theme

Jungle Book – The Bare Necessities

Jungle Book – You’ve Got A Friend In Me Jurassic Park - Main Theme

La La Land - City Of Stars

La Vie En Rose By Edith Piaf

Lion King – Can You Feel The Love Tonight Lion King – Circle Of Life

Little Mermaid - Kiss The Girl

Little Mermaid – Part Of Your World

Little Mermaid – Under The Sea

Lord Of The Rings –concerning Hobbits Love Actually – Portuguese Love Theme Mamma Mia - Mamma Mia

Mamma Mia – I Dreamed A Dream

Moulin Rouge – Your Song

Once Upon A Time In America – Amapola Phantom Of The Opera – All I Ask Of You Pinocchio - When You Wish Upon A Star Pirates Of The Caribbean Medley

Pretty Woman – Main Theme

Romeo & Juliet – Everybody's Free

Romeo & Juliet – Kissing You By Des’ree Scent Of A Woman – "por Una Cabeza" By Carlos Gardel

Schindler’s List - Main Theme

Shrek – Accidentally In Love

Singing In The Rain – Singing In The Rain Star Wars - Main Theme

Star Wars - The Imperial March

Star Wars - The Throne Room

Tangled – I See The Light

The Avengers - Main Theme

The Entertainer – Main Theme

Thriller – Michael Jackson 'this Is It' Titanic – My Heart Will Go On

West Side Story - America

West Side Story - Maria

West Side Story - One Hand, One Heart West Side Story - Somewhere

West Side Story - Tonight

Pop / Modern

A Million Love Songs - Take That

A Thousand Years - Christina Perri

Ain’t No Mountain High Enough

All Of Me - John Legend

All The Small Things - Blink 182

All You Need Is Love - Beatles

Angels - Robbie Williams

Another One Bites The Dust - Queen

At Last - Etta James

Bad Romance - Lady Gaga

Ben - Michael Jackson

Billie Jean - Michael Jackson

Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve

Blurred Lines - Robin Thicke

Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

Burn - Ellie Goulding

Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen

Can’t Take My Eyes Off You - Frankie Valli Can’t Help Falling In Love - Elvis Presley Come On Eileen - Dexys Midnight Runners Chandelier - Sia

Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol

Cheap Thrills - Sia

Clocks - Coldplay

Counting Stars - One Republic

Crazy In Love - Beyonce

Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen Dancing Queen - Abba

Despacito - Luis Fonsi

Don’t Look Back In Anger - Oasis

Don’t Stop Believing - Journey

Don’t Stop Me Now - Queen

Eleanor Rigby - Beatles

Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall - Coldplay Everything I Do - Bryant Adams

Eye Of The Tiger - Queen

Fields Of Gold - Sting

Final Countdown - Europe

Firework - Katy Perry

Fix You - Coldplay

Flashlight - Jessie J

Fly Me To The Moon - Frank Sinatra Galway Girl - Ed Sheeran

Get Back - The Beatle

God Only Knows - The Beach Boys Greatest Day - Take That

Hall Of Fame - The Script

Halleluja - Jeff Buckley

Halo - Beyonce

Happy - Pharrell Williams

Havana - Camilla Cabello

Hello - Adele

Here Comes The Sun - Beatles

Hey Jude - The Beatles

Hey Brother - Avicci

Highway To Hell - Acdc

Hold My Hand - Jess Glyne

Hoppipolla - Sigur Ros

How Long Will I Love You - Ellie Goulding Hotel California - The Eagles

I Don’t Wanna Miss A Thing - Aerosmith

I Feel Good - James Brown

I Giorni - Ludovico Einaudi

I Got Rhythm - Gershwin

I Shot The Sheriff - Bob Marley

I Want To Hold Your Hand - The Beatles

I Want You Back - The Jacksons

I Will Always Love You - W. Huston

I’m Yours - Jason Mraz

Imagine - John Lennon

Iris - Goo Goo Dolls

Isn’t She Lovely - Stevie Wonder It Must Be Love - Madness

It’s All About You - Mcfly

It’s My Live - Bon Jovi

Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry Just Dance - Lady Gaga

Just Give Me A Reason - Pink

Just The Way You Are - Bruno Mars Kids - Mgmt

Love And Marriage - Frank Sinatra Life - Ludovico Enaudi

Live On Mars - David Bowie

Love On Top - Beyoncé

Love Story - Taylor Swift

Make You Feel My Love - Adele Mamma Mia - Abba

Mardy Bum - Arctic Monkeys

Marry You - Bruno Mars

Money - Abba

Mr. Brightside - The Killers

My Girl - The Temptations

My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion No Tears Left To Cry - Ariana Grande No Woman No Cry - Bob Marley Nothing Else Matters - Metallica One Day Like This - Elbow Otherside - Red Hot Chili Peppers Palladio - Jenkins

Paradise - Coldplay

Perfect - Ed Sheeran

Please, Please, Please - The Smiths Radioactive - Imagine Dragons Rather Be - Clean Bandit

Rehab - Amy Winehouse

Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley Rockabye - Clean Bandit

Rolling In The Deep - Adele

Royals - Lorde

Rude - Magic

Rule The World - Take That

Say A Little Prayer - Aretha Franklin

The Scientist - Coldplay

Secrets - One Republic

Señorita - Camila Cabello

Set Fire To The Rain - Adele

Sex On Fire - Kings Of Leon

Shape Of You - Ed Sheeran

She’s The One - Robbie Williams

Shut Up And Dance - Walk The Moon Signed, Sealed, Delivered - Stevie Wonder Sky Full Of Stars - Coldplay

Skyfall - Adele

Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana

Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple Smooth Criminal - Michael Jackson Somebody To Love - Queen

Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi Something Stupid - Frank Sinatra Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Israel Kamakawiwo’ole

Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin

Stay With Me - Sam Smith

Starlight - Muse

Stay - Rhianna

Stitches - Shawn Mendes

Strangers In The Night - Frank Sinatra Stronger - Kelly Clarkson

Sway Cherry Pink - Ruiz Louiguy

Sweet Child Of Mine - Guns And Roses Symphony - Clean Bandit

Summertime - Gershwin

Take Me To Church - Hozier

Thank You For The Music - Abba

Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran

Titanium - David Guetta

Toxic - Britney Spears

Time Of Your Life - Green Day

Unconditionally - Katy Perri Uptown Funk - Bruno Mars Viva La Vida - Coldplay Wake Me Up - Avicci

Wake Me Up When September Ends - Greenday

Walking On Sunshine - Katrina & The Waves We Found Love - Rihanna

What A Wonderful World - L.armstrong Whatever - Oasis

When I Was Your Man - Bruno Mars Who Wants To Live Forever - Queen With Or Without You - U2

Without You - David Guetta Wonderwall - Oasis

Yellow - Coldplay

Yesterday - Beatles

You Got The Love - Florence & The Machine You’re Beautiful - James Blunt

You’re My Best Friend - Queen

Irish Repertoire

Ballydesmond Polka

Black Velvet Band

Danny Boy

Finnegan's Wake

Girl I Left Behind Me

Jug Of Punch

Maggie In The Woods Polka Molly Malone

Seven Drunken Nights St. Anne's Reel

The Chronos Reel The Gold Ring Jig

The Irish Rover

The Rights Of Man Hornpipe The Wild Rover

Top Of The Cork Road Jig Whiskey In The Jar

Bollywood Repertoire

Afreen Afreen

Aye Ho Meri Zindagi Me Balle Balle

Churaliya

Dheere Dheere

Do Dil Mil Rahe Hain

Ek Ladki Ko Dekha

Ghal Aaja Sonja

Jai Ho

Kabhie Kabhie

Kabootar Ja Ja Ja

Kal Ho Na Ho

Mein Huu Na

Tera Meri Pyar Mein

Teri Ore

Tere Liye

Monsoon Wedding Theme Tumhi Dekho Naa

Beegey Hont

Main Yahaan Hoon

Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

Pehli Nazar Mein

Jewish Repertoire

Chosen Kale Mazel Tov Dona, Dona

Hatikvah

Hava Nagilah

Kuando El Rey Nimrod Lecha Dodi

Mayim Mayim

Oif'n Pripetshok Siman Tov Mazel Tov Tumbalalaika

Tzena, Trena, Tzena Yedid Nefesh

Christmas Music

Away In A Manger

Deck The Halls

Ding Dong Merrily On High

The First Nowell

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

Good Christian Men Rejoice

Good King Wenceslas

Hark, The Herald Angels Sing

The Holly And The Ivy

I Saw Three Ships

In The Bleak Midwinter

It Came Upon A Midnight Clear

O Come All Ye Faithful

O Come, O Come Emmanuel

O Little Town Of Bethlehem

Once In Royal David’s City

Silent Night

We Three Kings

While Shepherds Watched

We Wish You A Merry Chirstmas

Jingle Bells

Joy Of The World

The Coventry Carol

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

O Christmas Tree

What Child Is This?

Carol Of The Bells

All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth The Christmas Waltz

I’ll Be Home For Christmas

Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

The Little Drummer Boy

Winter Wonderland

The Twelve Days Of Christmas

Hymns & Christian Music

A Mighty Fortress Is Our God

All Creatures Of Our God And King All Hall The Power Of Jesus Name Amazing Grace

At The Cross

Be Thou My Vision

Blessed Assurance

Come Thou Fount Of Every Blessing Crown Him With Many Crowns

Give Me Oil In My Lamp

Great Is My Faithfulness

How Firm A Foundation

How Great Thou Art

Holy, Holy, Holy

I Will Glory In My Redeemer

In Christ Alone

It Is Well With My Soul

Jerusalem

Jesus Paid It All

Jesus, Thank You

Lord Of The Dance

One More Step Along The World I Go Praise To The Lord, The Almighty Shine Jesus, Shine

To God Be The Glory

Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus

What A Friend We Have In Jesus When I Survey The Wondrous Cross 10,000 Reasons (bless The Lord)

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