The Musicians

Hervé Connan Born in the Trégor region, Brittany. During the late 40's and early 50's he studied the two odd and unique traditional Breton instruments (biniou & bombarde) and the techniques of traditional singing (Kan Ha Diskan) in Breton language when a very small number of teachers were still available, because Breton music & culture were on the way to be extinguished... Emigrated in Canada, he has been for 30 years the musical director of " Triskell ", a Montreal-based Breton folk dance troup.

Gilles Plante is considered to be one huge specialist, collector and player of odd and ancient wind instruments in Canada. Born in Montreal, founder & leader of the thirty-five years old Québec Renaissance music band " Ensemble Claude Gervaise ", he has also been playing traditional music of Quebec, Brittany and other parts of France for many years, everywhere on the folk scene in North America and Europe, and notably as a wind instrumentalist of the new French folk music band " Ad vielle que Pourra " between 1988 & 1994.

Alain Leroux was born in Nantes, Brittany. Classically trained fiddler, formerly co-founder & co-leader of " Ad Vielle que Pourra ", a legendary Canadian folk band having successfully played French country folk music in North America & Europe during the late 80's and the 90's. Before emigrating in Canada, he had created the Breton band " Ar Skloferien " in the 70's with which he toured and recorded extensively in Europe. He also co-founded the French & Breton folk songs duett " Alter Ego " with Jean-Louis Cros. He's a subtle and renowned Breton composer and an promoter of Breton music. He's also internationally famed for his absurd, ravaging celtic humour, his Breton dancing instructions and entertaining talents.

Patrick Graham. His highly personal musical approach is a fusion of his training in the Western classical tradition, multiple frame drumming styles, and his explorations of Japanese, South-Indian, Mediterranean and Irish rhythms. Patrick has studied extensively with teachers such as Glen Velez (New York), Pierre Béluse (Montréal), Trichy Sankaran (Toronto), and Taichi Ozaki (Tokyo). A collaborator with numerous and widely varied artists, Patrick,s musical versatility and cross-cultural percussion can be heard in styles ranging from traditional to avant-garde. His own sound creations reflect his experience in multiple genres of music and his profound fascination with the power of rhythm.

 
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