YAS Interview- working w/ San Holo on album, performing w/ Miley Cyrus at Grammys, female in music

“My buddy hooked me up with them because they just needed a violinist. We performed at the Grammys with Miley. It was really eye opening because there’s something outside of classical I could do.”

YAS is a classically trained violinist-vocalist, songwriter, composer, string arranger, and producer. Picking up the violin at age 6, she’s toured the world performing with symphony orchestras since she was 16 years old. In the past couple of years she has recorded and written for the following artists and producers: Teyana Taylor, Desiigner, NAS, San Holo, The Game, Vic Mensa, Travis Barker, Jaymes Young, Wrabel, Alessia Cara, idk, 070 Shake, Mike Dean, Mike Zombie, Charlie Heat, and Keyon Christ. She’s received credits on two Kanye West produced albums, Teyana Taylor’s “NTSE” and NAS’s “NASIR”, as well as two tracks on San Holo’s “album1.” In December she joined San Holo on stage at his sold out show at the Shrine and in February accompanied Shawn Mendes and Miley Cyrus at the Grammys. She was also a violinist in Hans Zimmer’s soundtracks for Interstellar and Inception.