FM Duo

Biography

Ffi and Mark are a memorable pair of musicians whose vocals and trumpet playing will add the ideal atmosphere to events of all sorts. This talented pair has worked with some of the music industry’s biggest names – including Tom Jones, Chris de Burgh, Kylie and Shirley Bassey – so you can count on them to delight an audience with their live music entertainment.

FM Duo provide an easy listening/jazz backdrop of songs from the American Songbook to their own arrangements of other popular songs. With smoky duetting vocals and muted trumpet playing to piano and rhythm section backings, FM Duo are a perfect fit for any gathering of corporate drinks, wedding receptions or garden parties, and more.

Ffi is from Wales and graduated with a BMus (Hons) from Goldsmiths’ College. As well as being a musician she was also an actress for many years starring in TV series such as Torchwood, A Mind To Kill, Pobol y Cwm, and Not Getting Any to name a few. She has been the lead singer for Tuxedo since 1996 and has provided music for a wide range of events and venues, including London’s Park Lane hotels, the financial and legal centres of the city, London Business School, John Bishop, Chambers and Partners and The Science Museum.

Ffi was also a backing vocalist for Chris de Burgh on his last two studio albums ‘The Hands of Man’ and ‘A Better World’, working with producer Chris Porter (George Michael, Take That). Ffi also provided backing vocals for Kylie’s ‘At Christmas’ Facebook Live and toured with the multi-platinum album group The Soldiers.

Mark has been a professional trumpet player for over thirty years working with many bands, orchestras, West End shows, TV shows and various pop, jazz and classical artists. These include:

Orchestras and bands
BBC Big Band, The Syd Lawrence Orchestra, The Glen Miller Orchestra UK, BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestras.

Pop/Jazz Artists
Tom Jones, Shirley Bassey, Barbara Streisand, Natalie Cole, Ray Charles, Van Morrison, Robbie Williams, Lionel Richie, Rod Stewart, Diana Krall, Phil Collins, Michel Le Grande, Chaka Khan, Wet Wet Wet and many more.

Theatre/TV Work
Royal Variety Performance, Parkinson, Graham Norton, Stars in Their Eyes, Starlight Express, Sunset Boulevard, Guys and Dolls, Grease, Company, and Priscilla Queen of the Desert to name a few.

FM Duo are perfect for: Corporate event entertainment, wedding entertainment, garden party entertainment, birthday entertainment, outdoor event entertainment, private function entertainment, ceremony entertainment, anniversary entertainment, music event entertainment, hotel entertainment, restaurant entertainment, award ceremony entertainment, gala entertainment, after dinner entertainment