Máiréad Nesbitt

Máiréad Nesbitt (pronounced "mah-raid") is a Classical and Celtic music performer, most notably as a fiddler and violinist. She is currently the fiddler for the group Celtic Woman. Nesbitt was born to John and Kathleen Nesbitt, both well-known music teachers. 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, Co. Tipperary, Ireland, and progressed through secondary schooling at the Waterford Institute of Technology and the Cork School of Music, during which time she participated in the National Youth Orchestra of Ireland....