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Mark O'Connor (born August 5, 1961 in Seattle, Washington) is an American bluegrass, jazz and country violinist, fiddler, composer and music teacher. O'Connor 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 the fiddle. His mentors include Texas 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.

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  • Mark O'Connor (born August 5, 1961 in Seattle, Washington) is an American bluegrass, jazz and country violinist, fiddler, composer and music teacher. O'Connor 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 the fiddle. His mentors include Texas 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. (en)
  • Mark O’Connor (* 5. August 1961 in Seattle) ist ein US-amerikanischer Geiger, Fiddlespieler, Gitarrist, Mandolinspieler, Komponist und Musikpädagoge. O’Connor hatte als Kind Gitarrenunterricht und lernte autodidaktisch Flamencogitarre zu spielen. Im Alter von elf Jahren wechselte er zur Fiddle und wurde Schüler von Benny Thomasson. Später studierte er bei dem französischen Jazzgeiger Stéphane Grappelli, mit dem er auch auftrat. Er arbeitete dann mit David Grisman und seinem Quintett und Steve Morese und seinen Gregs zusammen und gewann zwischen 1975 und 1982 Wettbewerbe als Gitarrist, Fiddler und Mandolinspieler. (de)
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