Matt Cranitch (born 1948) is an Irish fiddle player. Cranitch is a founding member of Na Fili. He is a graduate in electrical engineering and music from University College Cork, lectures at the Cork Institute of Technology on subjects of electronic engineering and music technology. He has a particular involvement in the music of Sliabh Luachra, on the Cork/Kerry border, and is engaged in on-going research on the fiddling style of this region at the Irish World Music Centre, University of Limerick. He has written extensively on Irish traditional music. He has also been a member of the band Sliabh Notes.
He currently lives in Cork.
See also Na Fili Discography.
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Irish male fiddlers
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people) 1948 births Musicians from County Cork 21st-century Irish fiddlers 21st-century Irish male musicians Alumni of University College Cork People associated with Cork Institute of Technology