Oliver Lewis (born 12 May 1971) is a British violinist and founder member of the electronic music group Deviations Project.
Lewis played the piece during a live broadcast on the BBC children's television programme Blue Peter, in October 2010, in one minute, 3.356 seconds.
[2][3] He has featured in film and commercials; starring as the violinist in the car manufacturer Opel's Astra campaign; as the concert violinist in Marks & Spencer Christmas advertisements; and he recorded music for, and featured in, the 2004 British drama film written and directed by Charles Dance, Ladies in Lavender.
Playing the role of a crazy fiddler onstage, Lewis performed Rimsky-Korsakov's Flight of the Bumblebee; an orchestral interlude written for the opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan.
[6][7] Further television performances by Lewis of the Flight of the Bumblebee include ITV’s This Morning, for presenters Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby, on 29 October 2010.