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Mary Bergin

 
Artist: Mary Bergin
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  • Active: '70s, '90s
  • Genres: World
  • Instrument: Whistle (Instrument), Flute (Wood)

Biography

The tin whistle traditions of Ireland have been preserved through the playing and teaching of Dublin-born Mary Bergin. A former member of the Green Linnet Ceili Band, Ceoltoiri Laigheann, and DeDanaan, Bergin continues to explore her musical roots with Dordan, a Baroque/traditional Celtic ensemble she founded in the early '90s. Bergin's love of traditional music was inherited from her parents. Her mother played classical and traditional fiddle while her father played melodeon. Although she initially studied violin and piano, she found her natural musical voice after switching to the tin whistle and, later, the flute. As a youngster, she was inspired by the music that she heard during vacations in County Clare and County Waterford. Accompanied by her sister, Antoinette McKenna, on harp, Bergin began playing at pub sessions. After touring England and the United States with Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann, she joined with flautist Mick Hand, fiddlers Tommy Peoples and Liam Rowsome, and accordionist Johnny McMahon to form the Green Linnet Ceili Band, with whom she toured for five years. After continuing her musical education as a member of Ceoltoiri Laigheann, Bergin was invited to join internationally renowned Irish trad folk group DeDanaan. She performed with the group for a very short period. Bergin maintained a low profile until the early '90s when she helped form Dordan and began writing her own tunes. ~ Craig Harris, All Music Guide
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Mary Bergin (1949 – ) is an Irish folk musician who is widely acknowledged as one of the great masters of the tin whistle.


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Biography

Born in Shankill, County Dublin, she started learning to play the tin whistle at the age of nine. Largely influenced by the great player of old, Packie Duignan. She won the All Ireland tin whistle championship in 1968[citation needed]. Her two virtuosic recordings of solo tin whistle, Feadóga Stáin (1979) and Feadóga Stáin 2 (1993), have been critically cited as "outstanding and unequalled."[1].

Bergin moved to Spiddal, County Galway in the early 1970s and played with many of the up and coming stars of the Irish music scene, notably De Danann. She is currently a member of the group Dordán, who perform Irish traditional music and Baroque music.

In addition to releasing two solo albums, which aided the popularisation of modern traditional Irish tin whistle playing, and three albums with Dordán, she has taught hundreds of students, in Ireland, across Europe, and in the United States, to play the whistle. Her playing is characterized by great feeling, technical virtuosity, and a respect for the music.

Discography

Mary Bergin

  • Feadóga Stáin (1979)
  • Feadóga Stáin 2 (1993)

Dordán

  • Irish Traditional and Baroque Music (July 1, 1991)
  • Jigs to the Moon (October 18, 1994)
  • The Night Before...A Celtic Christmas (August 25, 1998)
  • Celtic Aire (July 13, 1999)


External links

Notes

  1. ^ Vallely

References


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