Máiréad Nesbitt

Since breaking into mainstream popularity in 1996, Ireland's Máiréad Nesbitt has enjoyed a successful career both as a solo performer and fiddler for prominent productions like Celtic Woman, Lord of the Dance, and Riverdance. Born in Loughmore, County Tipperary in 1979, Nesbitt studied music from a young age, beginning with piano, then focusing on the violin. While studying at London's Royal Academy of Music and Trinity College of Music, she began to forge a career as a classical violinist while taking more Celtic-oriented side gigs with artists like Clannad, Van Morrison, and...