Tony Byrne

"Playing mostly acoustic guitar I've tried so many types of acoustic amplification and pickup sources. Some have been good and some have been bad but the best pickup system to my ears is the K&K Pure Mini. I have these installed on my guitars and can't recommend them highly enough... An extremely true natural reproduction of the guitars sound!”

Tony Byrne, Dublin guitarist, has been involved in music from a young age. Starting out playing in rock bands as a drummer at age 11, Tony began performing around Dublin city centre venues at age 12. Following family holidays in West Kerry, Tony developed an Interest in Irish traditional music and has been involved in the performance, recording and teaching of it since leaving college in 1999

Past performances include concerts with acts such as Danu, Sharon Shannon, Michael mc Goldrick,Gerry o Connor, David Munnelly Band, Matt Molloy, Paul Brady, Julie Fowlis, Lunasa and many more. Tony has also performed with artists of different genres such as legendary guitarist Tommy Emmanuel, Jerry Douglas and banjo virtuoso Bela Fleck, classical violinist Nicola Benedetti and Indian Tabla Master Zakir Hussain with whom he performed at Carnegie Hall, New York and recorded a Live Cd in San Francisco.

Television credits include The Late Late Show, Geantraí, Later... with Jools Holland, BBC Alba and many more.

Tony also works with the Galway Arts Festival and has been a cast member of award winning Irish play “Trad” which has toured extensively including Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the Perth International Festival, Australia.

Tony is also a guitar teacher in Ballyfermot Senior College, Dublin, a position held for the past seven years. Other teaching experience includes guitar instruction in the USA and throughout Europe at various festivals and workshops.