Patrick O'Brien (musician)
- Patrick O'Brien (musician)
Patrick O'Brien is American musician-lutenist born in 1947 in New York. He is a recording artist, the foremost pedagogue in the field of Early plucked instruments, and expert in musicians' hand anatomy. He is credited (along with Frank Wilson) with the first successful treatment of focal dystonia.
Patrick O'Brien has taught early, classical, and other guitars, lute, archlute, theorbo and early harp in his native New York City for over thirty years. He is active as a continuo lutenist, guitarist, citternist and theorbist, and has performed throughout Europe and North America with the Harp Consort, Baltimore Consort, Schola Antiqua, New York City Opera; and at the Caramoor, Spoleto and Boston Early Music festivals. He also serves on the faculties of the Mannes College of Music, the State University of New York and the annual Lute Society of America's Seminar.
His students include Andrew Rutherford, Roman Turovsky and Jozef van Wissem.
Discography
Patrick O'Brien has made several recordings with the Harp Consort, The King's Noyse and Paul O'Dette.
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