Ben Lee

Ben Lee (born 14 September 1980) is a British electric violinist and composer/producer. He is one half of the electric violin band FUSE with Linzi Stoppard. In 2010, Lee set a Guinness World Record for "world's fastest violinist" by playing "Flight of the Bumblebee" in 64.21 seconds, and later set the record for "fastest electric violinist" in 2013. He had also previously held the Guinness World Record as the world's fastest violin player for four years. This record was criticised by the popular violin duo TwoSet Violin, as well as prominent violinist Ray Chen in 2023, with Chen saying "It goes to show there is no limit to stupidity". The difficulty of comparing and monitoring "fastest musician" attempts with regard to the quality of the renditions later led Guinness World Records to retire and no longer monitor records of this type. Early life Lee was born on 14 September 1980 in Eastbourne, Sussex. When Lee was 11, he won a competition on the television show "The Children's Channel" on BskyB. Lee was awarded the "Daily Telegraph Young Jazz Composer of the Year" at 16.