Anthony Byrne studied piano in Dublin with Marie Jones and John O’Conor, he continued his studies in Canada, New York and London with such internationally renowned teachers as, Peter Katin, Adele Marcus and Alexander Kelly. He studied conducting in Juilliard with Patricia Handy and Vincent La Selva and in Dublin with Colman Pearse. He has given concerts in Ireland, England, the US, Canada and Japan. In 1986 he made his London debut at the Purcell Room and his Wigmore Hall debut in 1989. He has performed with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra on more than 30 occasions. 1999 saw the release on CD of the complete piano music of John Buckley and Raymond Deane’s Quarternion with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Colman Pearse for Naxos Marco-Polo. In 2001 he released a CD of the piano music of Bernard Geary and in 2002 a CD of piano music by the 19th century Irish composer Arthur O’Leary. Throughout his career he has performed more than 50 works by Contemporary Irish Composers, many of them commissions and first performances.
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