Brian Kay

Brian Kay (Medieval lute, citole) is a modern-day troubadour. He is the Artistic Director of the early music meets early theater group THEATRO, and is currently overseeing their international recording of music from the plays of William Shakespeare. He won a GRAMMY® Award for his work on Apollo’s Fire’s Songs of Orpheus with tenor Karim Sulayman. He works as a musician and recording artist for the Netflix music lab and is a featured soloist on the soundtrack of Netflix original series The Witcher. He has performed worldwide, including Folger Consort, the National Concert Hall of Dublin, Belfast Castle (Northern Ireland), Carnegie Hall, and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. His live radio appearances include NPR, Baltimore’s WYPR and WIYY (98ROCK), Boston’s WGBH, and Cleveland’s WCLV. A multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, arranger, and a traditional and historical music specialist, he has recorded with labels Avie Records and Sono Luminus.