In the summer of 2014, Desiree went on tour with Yoshiki, a Japanese legend, to 10 different countries. She served as the first violinist for shows starting in the cities of Costa Mesa, California to Mexico City, Moscow, Berlin, Paris, London, Shanghai, Beijing, Taipei, Bangkok, Tokyo, and Osaka. Additionally in October, she performed with X-Japan at Madison Square Gardens in New York City and also performed at Otakon, an anime convention in Baltimore, Maryland.
Desiree has also appeared on several TV shows, including the Bachelorette, with Andy Grammer, and the 6th season of Glee. She recently performed at the Montreal Jazz Festival with For the Record Live: Baz Luhrmann, as the violin playing, Green Fairy. Additionally, she had the pleasure of performing for the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards Party with Andrea Bocelli and David Foster.
Desiree Hazley is a native to Los Angeles, California. She began studying the violin at the age of five. The opportunity to travel through music began when she was 16, which included tours to Russia, Finland, England, Iceland, France, Austria, and Italy. While receiving her Bachelors of Music in Violin Performance at Azusa Pacific University, she studied abroad in Heidelberg, Germany with Thierry Stöckel, the concertmaster of the Heidelberg Philharmonic. Additionally, in the summer of 2013, she was invited to South Korea to be the concertmaster of the Maranatha Chamber Orchestra.
