Peter Browne is an accordionist and composer from Dublin. He has been playing traditional music since the age of 6 and has won numerous Fleadhs and accordion competitions over the years.
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Throughout his career he has found himself in an array of different musical settings such as traditional irish music, jazz, tango, Indian and free improvised line ups resulting in a multi-faceted approach on the instrument. He studied jazz at Newpark Music Centre and has given workshops at many festivals and colleges, and is currently the accordion teacher in Maynooth University.
He has toured Asia, the US, and Europe and has performed and recorded with the likes of Arty McGlynn, Slide, Bully’s Acre, Camille O’Sullivan, At First Light, Stockton’s Wing, , Daoiri Farrell, Tony Kenny, Kila, The Fury Brothers, Janette Byrne The RTE Concert Orchestra, Khanda, Freddie White and more recently with his own self-titled band. He launched his debut solo traditional album Sidewinder in 2018 and is currently working on an album of his own works. He has played festivals such as the Ennis Trad Festival, the Frankie Kennedy Winter school, The Pan Celtic Festival, The Trip to Birmingham, Expo and The Cork Jazz Festival.
