Dan Brown

Piano​

Cuan a Tuath is a Glasgow based band drawing influence from the Nordic and Scottish Highland traditional styles. The band’s repertoire mixes old traditional Swedish songs & polska’s, with Highland Strathspeys and Reels.

Winners of the Danny Kyle award this year at Celtic Connections.

Members include Séamus Ó Baoighill (fiddle & pipes), Kristina Leesik (vocals & fiddle) & Dan Brown (piano).

Brought up on the Isle of Skye, Séamus Ó Baoighill was introduced to Scottish Traditional Music through the many sessions around the Gàidhealtachd. He furthered his music at Sgoil Chiùil na Gàidhealtachd, Queens University Belfast, Berklee College of Music and most recently completed his masters degree at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Séamus was a finalist in the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year award.

Kristina Leesik studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm during 2015-2020 where she completed her Bachelor and pedagogical studies in fiddle and traditional
Swedish Music. Her passion for Irish and Scottish music began after a trip to Ireland in 2013, leading her to complete a masters degree at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in 2023. Kristina performs solo and internationally with bands: Woodlands, Tern and Slängpolskekompaniet. In 2022, she collaborated and performed with Kristin Hagegård and Almas band at the Jerash festival in Jordan. Kristina has also received the prestigious silver badge Zornmärket and earned the title of Rikspelman, master of Swedish traditional music.

Driven by an innately curious nature, and his capacity to absorb and evolve, Dan Brown has combined the medley of influences from the thriving Glasgow music scene, with inspiration from regular trips into the vast vistas of the Scottish highlands to become a versatile multi-instrumentalist and composer.