Máiréad Nesbitt

Máiréad Nesbitt Anna Kathleen spoken, " mah - raid", ( born April 18, 1979 in Loughmore, County Tipperary, Ireland) is an Irish Classical musician and member of the group Celtic Woman. In the group she plays the violin.

Background

Nesbitt was born as the daughter of two music teachers John and Kathleen Nesbitt. She has a sister, Frances, and four brothers, Seán, Michael, Noel and Karl. All are also musicians. She started at the age of four years, the piano and the violin with six games.

She studied at the Ursuline Convent in Thurles ( County Tipperary ), Waterford Institute of Technology and the Cork School of Music. While she went to school, she was temporarily a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Ireland. Nesbitt, the Royal Academy of Music and Trinity College of Music in London, led by Emanuel Hurwitz, attended and completed a doctorate.

In addition to her family and the music of Itzhak Perlman, Michael Coleman and Alison Krauss, David Bowie and Sting had taken influence on their musical development.

Career

After her studies, Nesbitt played in the RTÉ Concert Orchestra. There she began at the age of 16 years, her professional career as a violinist. Later she performed in collaboration with various singers such as Van Morrison, Clannad and Sharon Shannon. She also played as a violinist in the Irish group Coolfin and recorded an album with them.

Nesbitt was invited by Michael Flatley in the show Lord of the Dance in 1996. There they played the first violin until 1998. Afterwards they played in the second production of Flatley Feet of Flames re the first violin until she left the show in 2001. Nesbitt plays on the albums to the show as well as on the album to show Riverdance.

Nesbitt released her debut solo album Raining Up in 2001. Thereupon she performs pieces from musicals and traditional as well as contemporary works. On the album several guest appearances can be heard, including from her family. To promote the album, she toured with her family as a band.

In 2004 she was invited to play for Celtic Woman in the Helix Theatre in Dublin. Due to the popularity of this work, which was also televised and released on a live album, five trips were made by the United States. Celtic Woman have so far released eight albums: Celtic Woman, Celtic Woman: A Christmas Celebration, Celtic Woman: A New Journey, Celtic Woman: The Greatest Journey, Celtic Woman: Songs from the Heart, Celtic Woman: Lullaby, Celtic Woman: Believe Celtic Woman: Home for Christmas

2005 Nesbitt worked with the bhangra fusion band The Dhol Foundation at their album Drum - Believable. The album was composed by Tibor Kasza for the tour of Irish Dance Invasion. The album was produced with the group Afro Celt Sound System in Budapest. Nesbitt also gave a private concert for Princess Anne during her visit to Dublin in September 2004. 2006 Live in Concert DVD of Celtic Tenors with songs by Nesbitt was published.

Nesbitt acts as a soloist at Walt Disney's Direct-to - DVD film Tinker Bell. Joel McNeely composed specifically on their characteristic style tailored music and worked with her ​​in mind to give the music the finishing touch for Celtic authenticity.

Nesbitt was described by Irish Music Magazine as " Best Traditional Female in 2003."

Currently, Nesbitt is working on her second solo album and an album with her musical family.

Shortly before Thanksgiving 2011 married Jim Nesbitt Mustapha Jr., the illuminator of Celtic Woman, in Maui, Hawaii.

Discography

• Lord of the Dance (March 1997)
• Feet of Flames ( February 1999)
• Raining Up ( 2001 UK release, 2006 U.S. Release)
• Drum - Believable (2005)
• Celtic Woman (March 2005)
• Celtic Woman: A Christmas Celebration (October 2006)
• Celtic Woman: A New Journey ( January 2007)
• Celtic Woman: The Greatest Journey ( October 2008)
• Tinker Bell ( October 2008)
• Celtic Woman: Songs from the Heart ( January 2010)
• Celtic Woman: Lullaby (February 2011)
• Celtic Woman: Believe ( May 2011, January 2012)
• Celtic Woman: Home for Christmas ( October 2012 )

Filmography

• Lord of the Dance (November 1999)
• Celtic Woman (March 2005)
• Celtic Woman: A New Journey ( January 2007)
• Celtic Woman: A Christmas Celebration (October 2007)
• Celtic Woman: The Greatest Journey ( October 2008)
• Celtic Woman: Songs from the Heart ( January 2010)
• Celtic Woman: Believe ( January 2012)