Matt Cranitch (Ireland)
Matt
Cranitch is renowned as a
fiddle-player and teacher. He has performed extensively at home
in and
abroad, and has conducted many lectures, master-classes and
workshops. Author of The Irish Fiddle Book, he has
a particular interest in the music of Sliabh Luachra in the
south-west of . For his study on the
fiddle-playing tradition of this region, he received a PhD from
the University
of
Limerick, where he also teaches
traditional music performance.
He is a regular contributor to radio and television programs in , and is a traditional music consultant for TG4, the Irish-language television service. He plays with the group, Sliabh Notes, who have performed at many of the major festivals, and whose recordings have received much critical acclaim.
