L'Héritage des Celtes (The Celts Heritage) is a 50-piece Pan-Celt band with musicians from

Celtic nations The Celtic nations are a cultural area and collection of geographical regions in Northwestern Europe where the Celtic languages and cultural traits have survived. The term ''nation'' is used in its original sense to mean a people who shar ...

, started by two

Bretons The Bretons (; br, Bretoned or ''Vretoned,'' ) are a Celts, Celtic ethnic group native to Brittany. They trace much of their heritage to groups of Common Brittonic, Brittonic speakers who emigrated from Dumnonia, southwestern Great Britain, par ...

in 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 ...

; the producer Jacques Bernard and the guitarist

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 ...

. It started as a gathering of friends to celebrate the 70th anniversary of

Festival de Cornouaille The Festival de Cornouaille (or just Cornouaille Kemper) is an annual festival taking place in Quimper, a city in the south-west of Brittany, a western region of France. The festival begins on the third Sunday of July and lasts for one week. It has ...

in 1993. The adventure surpassed all expectations: 2.5 million albums sold, thousands of spectators in biggest stages of France (

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, Zéniths, stadiums, festivals) and two

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awards in 1996 and 1998 (best album of traditional music). Their fame within France was so great that in 1996 they represented France in the 41st Eurovision Song Contest.Eurovision, participant profile: Dan Ar Braz et l'Héritage des Celtes
/ref> In August 2000 the group played at the Festival Interceltique in Lorient where Dan Ar Braz announced that it would be the final concert.

Discography

* '' Héritage des Celtes'' (1994) * ''En concert'' Live (1995) * ''Finisterres'' (1997) * ''Zenith'' (1998) * ''Bretagnes à

'' (1999) (various artists) * ''Nuit Celtique au

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'' (2002) (various artists)

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Heritage des Celtes Musical groups established in 1993 Celtic fusion groups Celtic rock groups Breton musical groups French folk music groups Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1996 Eurovision Song Contest entrants for France