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Mark O'Connor (born August 5, 1961) is an American fiddle player, composer, guitarist, and mandolinist whose music combines bluegrass, country, jazz and classical. A three-time Grammy Award winner, he has won six Country Music Association Musician Of The Year awards and was a member of three influential musical ensembles: the David Grisman ...
Mark O'Connor (b. August 5, 1961, Seattle, Washington) "One of the most spectacular journeys in recent American music." - The New York Times. "One of the most talented and imaginative artists working in music -- any music -- today." - The Los Angeles Times.
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Feb 14, 2023 · Heard on Morning Edition. By. Olivia Hampton. 7-Minute Listen. Playlist. Enlarge this image. Mark O'Connor plays the five instruments he was studying at age 12 - fiddle, guitar, mandolin,...
Mark O’Connor, a three-time Grammy winner and seven-time CMA Musician of the Year, is a legendary multi-instrumentalist famous for his work on fiddle, guitar and mandolin. He is also a ground-breaking American classical composer known for pieces like “Appalachia Waltz” and “The Fiddle Concerto.”
Crossing Bridges, a memoir by Mark O'Connor out 2/10/23. Crossing Bridges, Mark O’Connor’s aching memoir, traces his journey from his childhood years, when at age 10 he was winning classical guitar competitions against University graduates, and at age 12 was thrust as a soloist onto the Grand Ole Opry stage introduced by the “King of ...
Feb 14, 2023 · By Olivia Hampton. Published February 14, 2023 at 4:09 AM CST. Listen • 7:18. Marty O'Connor. / Mark O'Connor plays the five instruments he was studying at age 12 - fiddle, guitar, mandolin, banjo and dobro. Mark O'Connor's story starts ordinarily enough.
Feb 3, 2023 · Mark O’Connor emerged in the 1970s as a prodigy fiddler who won just about every contest he entered from age 12 on. That grounding in traditional music opened up into the most expansive and outlandishly accomplished career in the history of the violin, with major accomplishments and acclaim in bluegrass, country session playing, jazz, rock ...
