Kevrenn Alre

Kevrenn Alre ("Bagad and Celtic Circle of Auray" in Breton language) is a group of music and dance of Breton traditional inspiration, created in 1951, by railroad employees of the marshalling yard of Auray (Morbihan, Brittany).

Contents

• Lorient 2016 plan large 06 kevrenn alre
• 2017 kevrenn alre r p tition concours brest 12 f vrier
• National Bagado Championship
• National Breton dance Championship
• Discography
• Participations
• Songs
• References

Eight times national champion of bagadoù and ten times national champion of Breton dance, Kevrenn Alre takes place in an avant-gardist position of a Breton cultural movement (Bagad, Celtic circle, show / concert) and of pioneer by compositions and scenic creations combining modernism, musical fusions and dances. The musicians, devoted workers with a union which makes their strength, built up to themselves a style, a sonority jazz with the addition of a writing desk clarinet stemming from the music school, and the working habits, as the week of repetition before Lorient competition.

Training is since its inception in relation to Celtic nations, in his music and in his travels. It has also proven export opportunities abroad, becoming ambassador of music and culture in Europe and in the world, with trips to countries such have Yugoslavia in 1962, the United States in 1989 and 2007 (invited by the Irish band The Chieftains on stage at Carnegie Hall) and China in 2008.