Marcus Holden Australian Fiddler  

Performing

I trained as a classical and jazz violinist but am at home with Celtic, bluegrass, gypsy and lots of other genres. It was in the mid 70s I amplified my violin and started to play blues, then rock, jazz, country etc. I started with a Fender Electric violin and went to violin bridge pickups. See Equipment for my instruments and set-ups. You can also read more about my journey through various stages of development with electronics in Read my story.

I perform with many diverse musical groups including: Fiddlers Feast, National Junk Band, Jugalug String Band, Warren Fahey, Merchants Of Menace, Annalisa Kerrigan and Scotland the Brave. I appear with Balcano and Diesel (Mark Lizotte)with Strings from time to time...

Here's some career higlights:

Fiddlers Feast: Tokyo Jazz Festival, Japan Fiddle Festival, Festival InterCeltique Lorient Brittany, Brisbane City Hall, CMAAA Golden Guitar Awards, World Expo Aichi Japan, National NARPACA and Queensland Arts Council Tours, Joan Sutherland PAC, Cairns Theatre Centre, Mackay Entertainment Centre, Bi-Centenary Park Tamworth, Port Fairy and Woodford Folk Festivals, Toyota National Country Music Muster, Adelaide Arts and Brisbane Festivals, World Famous Spiegel Tent Sydney and Adelaide, National Celtic Festival Port Arlington.

National Junk Band: Adelaide Fringe and Perth International Arts Festivals, National Woodford and Port Fairy Folk Festivals, World Famous Spiegel Tent Sydney and Melbourne.

Warren Fahey: Festival InterCeltique Lorient Brittany, Musica Viva, National Folk Festival, Powerhouse Musem, Australian National Maritime Musem, National Museum of Australia, State Library of NSW, NSW Art Gallery , MAHA 2008 Kuala Lumpur, Roxy Theatre Bingara

Jugalug String Band: Southern Highlands Manly and Newcastle Jazz Festivals

Jimmy Barnes and Diesel: Sydney Football Stadium (before Bryan Addams and after Sting)

Scotland The Brave: Roy Tomson Hall Toronto, Lincoln Centre New York (next April), Queensland PAC, The Edge Auckland, Concert Hall Sydney Opera House, Rupert Hamer Hall Melbourne, Derwent and Perth Convention Centre, Adelaide Festival Centre, Michael Fowler Centre Wellington.

Annalisa Kerrigan: Melbourne Town Hall, Hamilton Performing Arts Centre, AFAP Concert Calrossy Auditorium, Roxy Theatre Bingara.

And some other favourite venues

JT Arts Hall Tokyo, O'Carolan's Pub Jiyugoaka Tokyo, Greens Pub Kinvara Galway, Welcome Hotel Balmain Sydney, Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre Mount Gambier, Darwin Entertainment Centre.