Women In Music: Karen Briggs
Violinist
Portsmouth, Virginia
For over four decades Karen Briggs has wowed audiences from around the world. The American violinist
began playing professionally as a teenager later embarking on her first major tour with the British group, Soul ll Soul.
She would go on to tour with contemporary musician, Yanni for several years garnering the nickname “The Lady in Red” from her electric violin solos.
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Briggs has performed at such locations as Carnegie Hall, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and is the first African-American violinist to perform at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus in Greece, the Taj Mahal in India, and the Forbidden City in China.
In 2014 Portsmouth, officially declared November 15th “Karen Briggs Appreciation Day.”
“Gangsta’s Paradise”
“Persian Strut”
“Lift Every Voice and Sing”
“Renegade” — Performing w/ Yanni
Women In Music: Karen Briggs was originally published on kissrichmond.com
