His mother insisted that he learn to play the guitar at the age of five and, by the age of ten had taught himself to play the Flamenco guitar. O'Connor was born and raised in the Seattle suburb of Mountlake Terrace, Washington, where his father was a construction worker and his mother was a dance teacher. His mentors have included Benny Thomasson who taught O'Connor to fiddle as a teenager, French jazz violinist Stéphane Grappelli with whom O'Connor toured as a teenager, and guitarists Chet Atkins, Doc Watson and Steve Morse. He has appeared on 450 albums, composed nine concertos and has put together groundbreaking ensembles.
An expert at traditionally-based fiddle and bluegrass music, he also plays other instruments proficiently, including the violin, guitar and mandolin. He has recorded and performed mostly his original American Classical music for decades. O'Connor has released 45 albums, of mostly original music, over a 45-year career. A three-time Grammy Award winner, he has won six Country Music Association Musician Of The Year awards and, was a member of three influential musical ensembles the David Grisman Quintet, The Dregs, and Strength in Numbers. Mark O'Connor (born August 5, 1961) is an American fiddle player and composer whose music combines bluegrass, country, jazz and classical.
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