Mark O'Connor
Bluegrass, Composer
1961 –
Who is Mark O'Connor?
Mark O'Connor is an American Classical, bluegrass, jazz and country violinist, fiddler, composer and music teacher. O'Connor's music is wide-ranging, critically acclaimed, and he has received numerous awards for both his playing and his composition. As a teenager he won national string instrument championships for his virtuoso playing of the guitar and mandolin as well as on the fiddle. His mentors include Texas old-time fiddler Benny Thomasson who taught O'Connor to fiddle as a teenager, French jazz violinist Stéphane Grappelli with whom O'Connor toured as a teenager, and guitarist Chet Atkins.
O'Connor currently resides in New York City.
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- Born
- Aug 5, 1961
Seattle - Also known as
- Mark O Conner
- Mark O'Conner
- Mike O'Conner
- Mark O' Connor
- O'Connor, Mark
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
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on July 23, 2013
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