Cyrille Brotto

Cyrille Brotto is a French accordionist and composer, mainly on the diatonic accordion, and a multi-instrumentalist. He has been on the road for more than twenty years, playing concerts and dance nights and giving master classes in France and across Europe.

Between dance floor and chamber music

Brotto’s path runs through folk and traditional dance music. For many years he worked in a duo with singer and flautist Guillaume Lopez (Brotto Lopez), on an Occitan repertoire; he has also played in duo with Stéphane Milleret, and in Groove Factory, a project that mixes traditional dance music with samples and electronics. The Brotto Milleret duo is described as “modern folk dance music rooted in tradition”. Other collaborations include Les Ogres de Barback and, more recently, kora player Ablaye Cissoko, with whom he recorded Instant (2022).

For sync and licensing

The diatonic accordion brings a recognisable, warm and slightly nostalgic colour, and in a duo with the kora the sound is sparse and intimate. Heard as music for picture, it would suit scenes of travel, encounters, memory or rural and village life; the folk-dance and electronic side points to livelier, rhythmic material. These are readings of the music, not claims about placements or rights.

The duo with Ablaye Cissoko

Their record pairs two instruments that rarely meet: the kora and the accordion. Brotto’s side of the project is that of a player rooted in French traditional music who listens to another tradition rather than imitating it. Details of the recording (tracklist, instrumentation, themes) were not found in the sources consulted.