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Grace Chatto (born 10 December 1985) is an English violinist and co-founder of electronic music bands Clean Bandit and Massive Violins.[1]

Early life

Chatto in 2014

Chatto was born and grew up in Crouch End, North London,[2] later relocated to Shoreditch, before moving back to Crouch Hill, Crouch End.[3] Chatto attended Latymer School[4] and Westminster School, as well as the Royal Academy of Music. She studied Modern Languages at Jesus College, Cambridge.

Career

Grace Chatto and Jack Patterson met while studying as undergraduates at Jesus College, University of Cambridge.[5] Patterson was interested in Chatto’s classical string quartet, The Chatto Quartet, led at the time by violinist Neil Amin-Smith, and began making samples using recordings of the string quartet’s concerts. Patterson then enlisted his younger brother Luke Patterson on the drums. Grace and Jack’s friend Ssegawa-Ssekintu Kiwanuka (also known as Love Ssega) joined as the original vocalist, but later left to undertake a PhD in laser analytics. Love Ssega later appeared on Clean Bandit song “Telephone Banking” from their debut album New Eyes. Chatto also contributed vocals on the song “Come Over” featuring Stylo G.[2]

The band’s name, Clean Bandit, comes from a translation of a Russian phrase from Chatto’s friend, Maria Lisogorskaya; the meaning is similar to the English phrase “complete bastard”, though Patterson later stated that it is actually a more affectionate term similar to “utter rascal”.[6][7]

Personal life

Chatto is the daughter of musician Ricky Chatto, a cello player for Massive Violins and Ruth Chatto.

Chatto endorsed the Labour Party and Jeremy Corbyn in the 2017 UK general election.[8]

Chatto speaks Russian fluently.[9]

Chatto is a supporter of Premier League football club Arsenal.[10]

Awards and achievements

Grace Chatto at Way Out West, Sweden (2014)

Clean Bandit’s 2010 single “Mozart’s House” reached number 17 on the UK Singles Chart when re-released in 2013.[citation needed] In January 2014, they scored their first UK chart topping single with “Rather Be“, a collaboration with Jess Glynne, featuring elements of both classical and dance music.[11] The song also reached number 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

Together with the other members of Clean Bandit, Jack Patterson and Luke Patterson, she has won a Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording 2015[12] for the track “Rather Be” and was nominated for two Brit Awards in 2015 and 2017.[13]

Chatto directed the video for Clean Bandit’s 2016 single “Rockabye“, which features rapper Sean Paul and singer Anne-Marie, and became their second number-one hit in the UK, becoming the Christmas number one single for 2016 in its seventh consecutive week at number-one.[14] Chatto also directed the video for Clean Bandit’s single Symphony in March 2017, which contained an entire orchestra, with Clean Bandit members playing among them with Zara Larsson on lead vocals.[15]

Other projects

Grace Chatto with Clean Bandit in concert at Rome, Italy on 28 June 2017.

Chatto and Jack Patterson formed their own film production company, Cleanfilm, to make music videos for themselves and other artists.[16] Chatto has produced and directed videos with Jack Patterson since the band’s inception.

Chatto, with her father, formed a band of singing cellists called the Massive Violins, with whom she still performs.

On 13 November 2020, Chatto was featured on “Stop Crying Your Heart Out” as part of the BBC Radio 2’s Allstars’ Children in Need charity single.[17] The single debuted at number 7 on the Official UK Singles Chart[18] and number 1 on both the Official UK Singles Sales Chart and the Official UK Singles Download Chart.[19]

Discography

Main article: Clean Bandit discography

References

  1. ^ “Clean Bandit | Artist | GRAMMY.com”. grammy.com. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  2. ^ a b Parrish, Charlie (21 July 2015). “Clean Bandit on Cambridge, being shameless, and turning down MI6”. The Telegraph – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  3. ^ “Planning Application: HGY/2020/0414”. Haringey Council.
  4. ^ Bellotti, Alex. “Highly-strung sounds of success for Clean Bandit”. Hampstead Highgate Express. Archived from the original on 29 December 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  5. ^ “Interview: Clean Bandit”. Varsity, the independent student newspaper for the University of Cambridge. 30 September 2011.
  6. ^ “Clean Bandit: A classical approach to pop music”. BBC News. 26 May 2014.
  7. ^ Augustin, Camille (19 June 2014). “5 Facts You Should Know About Clean Bandit”. Vibe. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  8. ^ Milne, Oliver (8 June 2017). “Who are celebrities voting for in 2017 General Election? The A-Z of famous names supporting Labour, the Tories, the Lib Dems and Greens”. Daily Mirror. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  9. ^ “Clean Bandit: ‘When something sounds good, I don’t think any of the connotations matter’“. The Telegraph. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  10. ^ “❤️ We all love you. @bukayosaka87”. Instagram. 12 July 2021.
  11. ^ Ryan, Patrick. “‘Rather Be’: From global hit to Grammy nominee”. USA TODAY. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  12. ^ “Grammys 2015: Complete list of winners and nominees”. Los Angeles Times. 8 February 2015. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  13. ^ “Brit Awards 2017: the winners and stars in pictures, from Ed Sheeran to Little Mix”. The Telegraph. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  14. ^ “Clean Bandit’s Rockabye reaches Number 1 in the UK”. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  15. ^ “Fuse”. Fuse. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  16. ^ “Interview: Clean Bandit”. Varsity Online. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  17. ^ “All-star BBC Children in Need charity single announced”. www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  18. ^ “Official Singles Chart Top 100 – 20 November 2020 – 26 November 2020”. www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  19. ^ “Official Singles Sales Chart Top 100 – 20 November 2020 – 26 November 2020”. www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 20 November 2020.