Cats; in 2000 for Best Classical Crossover Album, Appalachian Journey with Yo-Yo Ma and Edgar Meyer; and in 2016 for Best Bluegrass Album, Coming Home by the O'Connor Band With Mark O'Connor. He was named Musician of the Year by the Country Music Association six years in a row (from 1991–96). His collaborative single "Restless" (with Vince Gill, Ricky Skaggs and Steve Wariner) won the 1991 CMA Vocal Event of the Year award. O'Connor is 4-time National Old-Time Fiddler Champion, 3-time Grand Master Fiddler Champion, 2-time national guitar flatpick champion, and world mandolin champion, all achieved in his teens. He was inducted into The National Fiddler Hall of Fame in 2009. Discography Albums Singles Notes Music videos See also References External links Official Website [ Mark O'Connor] — on AllMusic 'Ep. 92: Mark O'Connor, violinist and composer' Interview by Tigran Arakelyan 1961 births 20th-century classical composers 21st-century classical composers American bluegrass fiddlers American folk musicians American country singer-songwriters American country fiddlers Dixie Dregs members Grammy Award winners American jazz violinists American male violinists Living people American mandolinists Musicians from Seattle 21st-century American composers Singer-songwriters from Washington (state) 20th-century American composers 21st-century American violinists 20th-century American male musicians 21st-century American male musicians American male jazz musicians David Grisman Quintet members American male singer-songwriters People from Mountlake Terrace, Washington Lyle Lovett and His Large Band members