Flute Player in Kurun

upooper · Post by **upooper** » Wed May 17, 2006 5:43 am

Hello

Would anyone know the name of the flute player in the Breton band Kurun and if he has any solo recordings?

Thanks in advance.

bradhurley · Post by **bradhurley** » Wed May 17, 2006 6:24 am

Brilliant, isn't he?

His name is Yann Cariou. I believe he also plays several kinds of bagpipes; I'm not aware of any solo albums.

pixyy · Post by **pixyy** » Wed May 17, 2006 6:52 am

Very good player indeed (both flute, highland pipes and Binou-koz

). I saw him in concert here in Copenhagen a couple of years ago with the band Spoum.
Attended a workshop with him the day after, which was my introduction to Breton music. The other members of the band gave workshops on their respective instruments and one person working with dancers. At the end of the day we all joined up and played the tunes we learned for the dancers to dance to. It all made sense!

I'm not aware of any recorded work from him - whether with Kurun or Spoum. Would be very interested though!

cheers,
Jeroen

bradhurley · Post by **bradhurley** » Wed May 17, 2006 6:58 am

pixyy wrote:I'm not aware of any recorded work from him - whether with Kurun or Spoum. Would be very interested though!

Kurun does have a CD, called "Kej Mej," and you'll hear plenty of his flute playing there.

pixyy · Post by **pixyy** » Wed May 17, 2006 7:05 am

Thanks Brad!
I knew I could count on you

I'll look for an online place to order it (that gives info in another language then french... I should have paid attention in school)

cheers,
Jeroen

AaronMalcomb · Post by **AaronMalcomb** » Wed May 17, 2006 10:29 am

I'll have to hunt for that one.

Here's what Jean-Michel Veillon said about Kurun - Kej Mej.

Le travail de collectage et d'enseignement est une chose, mais le travail de réappropriation artistique, d'interprétation et d'arrangement en est une autre : Kurun démontre magistralement comment le second peut transcender le premier. Si on l'admet que le pouvoir d'imaginer est en cette fin de siècle une des conditions de la survie culturelle, on reconnait en Kurun, à travers ce très bel enregistrement, l'un des groupes les plus marquants de la musique bretonne.

Or for those qui ne sont pas francophons: a tweaked Babelfish translation.

The work of collecting and teaching is one thing, but the artistic work of reappropriation, interpretation and arrangement is another. Kurun shows magistrally* how the second can transcend the first. If it is admitted that the capacity to imagine is one of the conditions of cultural survival at the end of this century, Kurun is recognizably, through this very beautiful recording, one of the most outstanding Breton music groups.

*The French text says magistralement but I couldn't find an adequate translation so I just changed it from the French adverb suffix to the English adverb suffix.

Yec'hed mat!
Aaron

KateG · Post by **KateG** » Wed May 17, 2006 12:33 pm

magistralement How about "masterfully"?

AaronMalcomb · Post by **AaronMalcomb** » Wed May 17, 2006 1:11 pm

That's how I understood it but I didn't want to assume and lose anything in translation.

bradhurley · Post by **bradhurley** » Wed May 17, 2006 1:23 pm

According to Larousse it means "authoritatively" or "brilliantly."

AaronMalcomb · Post by **AaronMalcomb** » Wed May 17, 2006 1:28 pm

Thanks, Brad. My "Petit Robert" is packed away somewhere. I should let him out.

pixyy · Post by **pixyy** » Wed May 17, 2006 3:44 pm

Apparently not easy to find an oline resource for Breton Music Cd's...
Just left a message on
http://www.musiques-bretonnes.com/index_en.php asking about the availability of Kurun's "Kej Mej". The site claims to be able to supply any music released in Brittany!

Another site listed another album by Kurun called "Trios"... anyone familiar with that one?

cheers,
Jeroen

phcook · Post by **phcook** » Fri May 19, 2006 3:11 pm

What about the CD called "Trios"? (printed by Pixie)

pixyy · Post by **pixyy** » Sat May 20, 2006 1:41 pm

<contact@musiques-bretonnes.com> wrote:We would like to thank for the interest you showed on our products.
Unfortunatly, the cd you looking for is not available.
Musiques Bretonnes et Brittany Shops are focused on the major productions. This item isn't past of their range.
Wishing you the best luck to find out what you are looking for we stay at your disposal for any informations.

the quest continues

pixyy · Post by **pixyy** » Sat May 20, 2006 1:51 pm

phcook wrote:What about the CD called "Trios"? (printed by Pixie)

I actually found a page with sound samples here:
http://tamm-kreiz.com/kalon/tk.php?acti ... bum&id=145
there are also samples of "Kej Mej" there.
Just doesn't look like one can actually order the CD's.

Checked all pages Gooogle returned with "kej Mej" Kurun, and found not one online shop. French Amazon lists Kurun's 2 titles as Actuellement indisponible

Looks like I'm forked

phcook · Post by **phcook** » Sun May 21, 2006 11:30 am

I bought mine second hand (Trios CD).