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- His teachers included Seattle Symphony Assistant Concertmaster Sergei Kardelian and renowned jazz violinist Joe Venuti, who took Paul on as the only student he ever taught at his home in Seattle.
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Versatile violinist and fiddler Paul Anastasio grew up in Bellingham, Washington, and became fascinated with the violin at age 9. Originally classically trained, he was soon drawn to popular music, playing in country and bluegrass bands and winning a stack of trophies in old-time fiddle contests.
Versatile violinist and fiddler Paul Anastasio grew up in Bellingham, Washington, and became fascinated with the violin at age 9. Originally classically trained, he was soon drawn to popular music, playing in country and bluegrass bands and winning a stack of trophies in old-time fiddle contests.
Oct 27, 2006 · Paul Anastasio began playing the violin at age nine and he was soon drawn to the sounds of fiddle tunes, bluegrass music and hot swing. In his early 20s Paul began studying jazz violin with the great Joe Venuti. His first job on the road was with Merle Haggard's backup band, 'The Strangers'.
Apr 27, 2021 · Paul Anastasio began studying violin at age nine and soon gravitated to popular and folk music. By his mid-twenties, he had studied with jazz violin pioneer Joe Venuti and had begun performing in Merle Haggard’s band, the Strangers.
By last name: Paul Anastasio – Paul has performed many styles of American fiddling. He studied jazz violin with the legendary Joe Venuti, and worked in the bands of Merle Haggard, Asleep at the Wheel, Loretta Lynn and others. He has also studied with a number of great Mexican fiddlers.
Classically trained since the age of nine, Paul played bluegrass, hoedowns, western swing and swing at an early age. He met and studied with the great jazz violinist Joe Venuti, performed regularly with him on stage, and was the only student ever invited to study at Venuti’s home in Seattle.
Born at an early age in a little log cabin he built with his own hands, Paul Anastasio began studying the violin at the age of nine. A few years later, while continuing to study classical violin, he began to explore the worlds of bluegrass, Texas-style fiddling, western swing, and swing.
