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Bagad Kemper (using the Breton name for the town of

Quimper Quimper (, ; br, Kemper ; la, Civitas Aquilonia or ) is a commune and prefecture of the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France. Administration Quimper is the prefecture (capital) of the Finistère department. Geography The ...

) is one of the oldest

bagad A bagad (, ) is a Breton band, composed of bagpipes ( br, binioù, french: cornemuse), bombards and drums (including snare, tenor and bass drums). The pipe band tradition in Brittany was inspired by the Scottish example and has developed si ...

Breton Breton most often refers to: *anything associated with Brittany, and generally ** Breton people ** Breton language, a Southwestern Brittonic Celtic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken in Brittany ** Breton (horse), a breed **Ga ...

pipe band A pipe band is a musical ensemble consisting of Bagpipes, pipers and drummers. The term pipes and drums, used by military pipe bands is also common. The most common form of pipe band consists of a section of pipers playing the Great Highland b ...

s. Formed in 1949, its first president was none other than Loeïz Ropars, renovator of the

Fest Noz A Fest Noz (Breton for ''night festival'') is a Breton traditional festival, with dancing in groups and live musicians playing acoustic instruments. Although it is all too easy to write off the ' and ''fêtes folkloriques'' as modern inventions, ...

(dance party) and

kan ha diskan is probably the most common type of traditional music of Brittany. It is a vocal tradition ( translates from Breton as, roughly, ''call and response singing''). The style is the most commonly used to accompany dances. It has become perhaps the ...

singer (Breton traditional vocal dancing). This ensemble holds the record for the most national Championship title wins.''Celtic Music for Dummies'', 2009, p. 21 Over time, this bagad has gradually reoriented itself toward collaborations with musicians from other traditions, like the Galician Susana Seivane and Carlos Núñez or South-African

Johnny Clegg Jonathan Paul Clegg, (7 June 195316 July 2019) was a South African musician, singer-songwriter, dancer, anthropologist and anti-apartheid activist, some of whose work was in musicology focused on the music of indigenous South African people ...

. Bagad Kemper were also a main feature of the very successful

Heritage des Celtes Heritage may refer to: History and society * A heritage asset is a preexisting thing of value today ** Cultural heritage is created by humans ** Natural heritage is not * Heritage language Biology * Heredity, biological inheritance of physical c ...

(Heritage of the Celts) series of concerts, which brought together musicians from all horizons of the Celtic world. They celebrated their 60th anniversary with ''Breizh Balkanik'', a show blending Balkan and Breton music worlds, with the Breton singer

Erik Marchand Érik Marchand (born 1955) is a Breton traditional singer and player of the treujenn-gaol (Breton clarinet). Although born in Paris, his family was of Breton origin, hailing from Quelneuc, Brittany. Influenced by the music of Manuel Kerjean, ...

. Except

Dan Ar Braz Dan Ar Braz (; born Daniel Le Bras on 15 January 1949 in Quimper) is a Breton guitarist-singer-composer and the founder of L'Héritage des Celtes, a 50-piece Pan-Celt band. Leading guitarist in Celtic music, Dan Ar Braz has recorded as a solo ...

, the bagad also accompanied on stage the band

Red Cardell Red Cardell is a Breton rock band that mixes Breton music with rock, folk, blues, world music and chanson réaliste. The group was formed in 1992 by Jean-Pierre Riou (vocals, guitars), Jean-Michel Moal (accordion) and Ian Proërer (drums). With t ...

History

Discography

* Toniou war an Dachenn I (1976) * Toniou war an Dachenn II (1979) * Toniou war an Dachenn III (1984) * Tonioù war an Dachenn IV (1989) * The Best of (1992) * Lip Ar Maout (1995) * Hep Diskrog (1999) * Azeliz Iza (2001) * Sud Ar Su (2004) * Collection 1995 - 2005 (2006) * Best of Gwi@derien (2009) * Live au Cornouaille (2010) * Breizh Balkanik (2011) * Fest-rock (2013) with

* Nerzh (2019) with

References

* Gérard Classe, ''Bagad Kemper, 50 ans sans relâche, hep diskrog'', Blanc Silex, 2000 * Armel Morgant and Jean-Michel Roignant, ''Bagad : vers une nouvelle tradition'', Coop Breizh, 2005

External links

Official site
{{Authority control People from Quimper Musical groups established in 1949 Bagad Celtic music groups 1949 establishments in France