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Béla Fleck Biography
Birth Name:Béla Anton Leos Fleck
Birth Place:New York City, New York, United States
Profession Composer, Editor, Director, Writer, Actor, Producer, Camera department
Fast Facts
- Received the Harmony Award from the Nashville Symphony in 2016
- Started playing professionally with the group Tasty Licks
- Was inspired to play the banjo after hearing musician Earl Scruggs play on the series "Beverly Hillbillies․"
- Started out studying the French horn as a teenager
- Best known for his work playing the banjo on bluegrass songs
- Was featured on the 1998 Dave Matthews Band album "Before These Crowded Streets․"
- Personally finanaced the recording of the Grammy Award-nominated album "Bela Fleck and the Flecktones․"
Awards
- 2009Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Score: nominated