Sometimes, you just get lucky. That was the case today at KMFA when we were honored to welcome one of the America’s great musicians.

Fluent in both American classical and traditional styles of music, Grammy Award-winner Mark O’Connor is on a mission to reinvent classical music in America. A student of folk fiddler Benny Thomasson and jazz violinist Stephane Grappelli, O’Connor has channeled his mastery of their music into his work which pushes his instrument to new extremes in both composition and performance of a variety of musical worlds including classical, jazz and country.

Thankfully, plans were able to be made at the last minute, and we were more than happy to welcome this American musical hero to our studios where in addition to talking with Dianne Donovan, he also showed up with friends and lots of fiddles.

Pictured: Mark O'Connor and fellow fiddler, Maggie.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In case you missed it, here is his interview with Dianne: