Polly Virr is a freelance cellist based in the UK with a passion for exploring the genre-bending versatilities of the cello. Polly works with artists including Bill Laurance, James, Shed Seven, Johnny Marr, Cara Dillon, Everything Everything, Lottery Winners, Slow Readers Club, Charlatans, The Orielles and is a long-standing member of The Untold Orchestra and Kaleidoscope Orchestra. When she’s not performing live, Polly can be found in the recording studio where she offers the rich, mellow sound of her 240 year old English cello (Benjamin Banks). Polly has a unique ability to improvise limitless string parts in a wide variety of musical genres and she loves being part of the creative process, as well as realising and adding her own flair to pre-written scores. Polly composes and performs her own music for multi-tracked cello and electronics, with notable performances including Manchester International Festival, Aldeburgh Festival, Band on the Wall, Matt & Phred’s, Just So Festival, Lancaster Jazz Festival and Hope Fest. Polly supported Manchester Collective on their Heavy Metal tour in 2021 and the explosive horn and percussion trio Moon Hooch on the UK leg of their tour at Band on the Wall in 2019. Further to Polly’s solo project, she composes and records music for TV and Film, creating albums of multi-tracked cello trailer music for Exodus Music, a music production company based in LA and the UK.