Kathleen Nesbitt is an Irish

fiddle A fiddle is a Bow (music), bowed String instrument, string musical instrument, most often a violin or a bass. It is a colloquial term for the violin, used by players in all genres, including European classical music, classical music. Althou ...

player and teacher. She is the mother of famous Irish fiddler

Máiréad Nesbitt Máiréad Nesbitt ( , ) is an Irish musician. She is known for performing Celtic and classical music and being the former fiddler for '' Celtic Woman''. She was also one of the two original fiddlers in Michael Flatley’s '' Lord of the Dance ...

Background

Kathleen Nesbitt began teaching fiddle in 1967 and is among the most well known music teachers in Ireland. In 1983, she began teaching an intensive master class at

Scoil Éigse Scoil Éigse is the official summer school organised by Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann where Irish people and students from the United Kingdom, Europe, Asia and North America go to obtain a better and deeper understanding of Irish music and cultu ...

. She has travelled internationally performing in the US, Canada, Iceland and France. Since 1990, she has taught at the

Festival Interceltique de Lorient __NOTOC__ The (French), Emvod Ar Gelted An Oriant (Breton) or Inter-Celtic Festival of Lorient in English, is an annual Celts (modern), Celtic festival, located in the city of Lorient, Brittany, France. It was founded in 1971 by . This annual ...

. Nesbitt currently serves as assessor and lecturer of Traditional Irish music at the

Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann (; meaning "Society of the musicians of Ireland") is the primary Irish organisation dedicated to the promotion of the music, song, dance and the language of Ireland. The organisation was founded in 1951 and has pr ...

Awards

Nesbitt is the winner of the Oireachtas Gold Medal and also the winner of the Oireachtas duet competition with her husband John.

Books

*''Fidil-Irish Fiddle Tutorial'', (2002)

References

* Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Irish women fiddlers Irish fiddlers 21st-century Irish fiddlers 20th-century Irish fiddlers 20th-century Irish women musicians 21st-century Irish women musicians Irish women violinists Place of birth missing (living people) {{Ireland-musician-stub