Máiréad Nesbitt
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Máiréad Nesbitt at Macquarie Shopping Centre, Sydney, in August 2012
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| Born | Loughmore, County Tipperary, Ireland |
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| Occupation(s) | Musician |
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| Years active | 1996—present |
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| Website | www |
| Notable instruments | |
| Fiddle, violin, piano | |
Máiréad Anna Kathleen Nesbitt (pronounced like "parade" with an "M") is an Irish classical and Celtic music performer, most notably as a violinist. She is formerly the fiddler for the group Celtic Woman.
Nesbitt was born to John and Kathleen Nesbitt, both music teachers in 1979 in Loughmore, Ireland. She has a sister, Frances, and four brothers, Seán, Michael, Noel and Karl, all of whom are musicians. She has been a piano player since the age of four, and began playing the violin at age six.
Her formal musical studies began at The Ursuline Convent in Thurles, County Tipperary and progressed through the Waterford Institute of Technology and the Cork School of Music, during which time she participated in the National Youth Orchestra of Ireland. Nesbitt completed postgraduate studies at Royal Academy of Music and Trinity College of Music in London under Emanuel Hurwitz.
Besides her family, Nesbitt has stated that her influences range from Itzhak Perlman and Michael Coleman to bluegrass artist Alison Krauss and rock's David Bowie and Sting.
After finishing her post-graduate studies, Nesbitt joined the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, thus beginning her professional career as a violinist at age 16. She later moved into solo performances, working with a variety of performers, including Van Morrison, Clannad and Sharon Shannon. She also spent some time as fiddler for the Irish group Coolfin, and recorded an album with them.
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