Eileen Ivers: Rockin’ Americana’s Celtic Roots

Grammy-winning, Emmy-nominated fiddler Eileen Ivers returns to the Opera House with her band UnIVERSal Roots! Eileen is hailed as one of the great innovators and pioneers in the Celtic and World music genres and has performed with the London Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops, and guest starred with over 50 orchestras. Over the course of her career she has performed with such talent as Sting, Hall and Oates, The Chieftains, ‘Fiddlers 3’ with Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg and Regina Carter, Patti Smith, Al Di Meola, Steve Gadd, and she has performed for Presidents and Royalty worldwide…this is a short list of her accomplishments, headliners, tours, and affiliations. Fiddler Eileen Ivers has established herself as the pre-eminent exponent of the Irish fiddle in the world today.

Ivers’ recording credits include over 80 contemporary and traditional albums and numerous movie scores, including Martin Scorcese’s film “Gangs of New York”. She’s been called a “sensation” by Billboard magazine and “the Jimi Hendrix of the violin,” by The New York Times. “She electrifies the crowd with a dazzling show of virtuoso playing” says The Irish Times. Celebrate the end of summer with this high-energy star of the fiddle!

Tickets are $30 Adults / $25 Veterans / $15 for Students. There will be a cash bar at this event.