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Mark & Maggie O'Connor- American Classic Duo

Mark & Maggie will celebrate their journey through music on this evening. https://youtu.be/NWWjN47sHlM

Mark O'Connor (b. August 5, 1961, Seattle, Washington)

"One of the most spectacular journeys in recent American music." - The New York Times

"One of the most talented and imaginative artists working in music -- any music -- today." - The Los Angeles Times

"Brilliantly original." - The Seattle Times

"The audience was on its feet . . . They were moved by Mr. O'Connor's journey without maps, cheering for the only musician today who can reach so deeply first into the refined, then the vernacular, giving his listeners a complex, sophisticated piece of early-21st-century classical music and then knocking them dead with the brown-dirt whine of a Texas fiddle." - The New York Times

A product of America's rich aural folk tradition as well as classical music, Mark O'Connor's creative journey began at the feet of a pair of musical giants. The first was the folk fiddler and innovator who created the modern era of American fiddling, Benny Thomasson; the second, French jazz violinist, considered one of the greatest improvisers in the history of the violin, Stephane Grappelli. Working with classical violin icons Isaac Stern, Itzhak Perlman, Yehudi Menhuin and Pinchas Zukerman, he absorbed knowledge and influence from the multitude of musical styles and genres he studied and participated in. With his body of work including 45 feature albums of mostly his own compositions, Mark O'Connor has melded and shaped these influences into a new American Classical music, and a vision of an entirely American school of string playing.

RECORDINGS (over two-million CDs sold as a solo recording artist)