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Máiréad Nesbitt (/ ˈ m ɔːr eɪ d / MOR-ayd, [citation needed] Irish: [ˈmˠaːɾʲeːd̪ˠ]) is an Irish musician. She is known for performing Celtic and classical music and being the former fiddler for Celtic Woman.
Kathleen Nesbitt began teaching fiddle in 1967 and is among the most well known music teachers in Ireland. In 1983, she began teaching an intensive master class at Scoil Éigse. She has travelled internationally performing in the US, Canada, Iceland and France. Since 1990, she has taught at the Festival Interceltique de Lorient.
Horan was born in New York City [4] to Irish parents [5] and studied piano (taught by her father, a carpenter and musician) [6] and Irish fiddle playing at a young age. [7] She attended and graduated from the New England Conservatory [8] in Boston, Massachusetts, where she studied classical violin, [7] [9] and the Aspen Music Festival and School in Aspen, Colorado. [5]
Irish Ed Reavy: Irish: Irish-American Bridget Regan: American: Irish punk Juan Reynoso: Mexican: Tierra Caliente Bonnie Rideout: American: Scottish Laura Risk: American: Scottish, French-Canadian Fiddlin' Doc Roberts: American: Old time Eck Robertson: American: Old time Posey Rorer: American: Old time Jonathan "Jazz" Russell: American: Jazz Ric ...
Máire Breatnach (Irish pronunciation: [ˈmˠɑːɾʲə ˈbʲɾʲan̪ˠəx]) is an Irish fiddle, violin and viola player. She also sings in Irish on some of her albums. Since the early 1990s, she has recorded five solo albums, participated in many collaborations, and developed didactic material for children, mostly in Irish.
Sharon Shannon (born 8 June 1968) is an Irish musician, [1] best known for her work with the button accordion and for her fiddle technique. She also plays the tin whistle and melodeon . Her 1991 debut album, Sharon Shannon , was the best-selling album of traditional Irish music ever released in Ireland. [1]
She went on to win two more All-Ireland fiddle titles in the 1970s and the National Slogadh Competition for Solo Fiddle and The Stone Fiddle Competition in County Fermanagh in 1981. [ 3 ] Donnelly went to college in Dublin and when she graduated she moved to live in Clare. [ 2 ]
Fiddlers who play Irish traditional music. This category includes fiddlers who are from Ireland as well as those from other nations (either as part of the Irish diaspora or from non-Irish cultural backgrounds).