Alan Stivell is a Breton and Celtic musician and singer, songwriter, recording artist, and master of the Celtic harp. From the early 1970s, he revived global interest in the Celtic harp and Celtic music as part of world music. As a bagpiper and bombard player, he modernized traditional Breton music and singing in the Breton language. A precursor of Celtic rock, he is inspired by the union of the Celtic cultures and is a keeper of the Breton culture.
Stivell in concert at Festival de Cornouaille (Quimper, Brittany), 2016
"Crystal Harp" solid-body (Goas-Stivell, 1987)
Alan Stivell at Nuremberg, Germany, 2007
Alan Stivell and Nolwenn Leroy performing "Brian Boru" at the Paris Olympia in 2012
Celtic music is a broad grouping of music genres that evolved out of the folk music traditions of the Celtic people of Northwestern Europe. It refers to both orally-transmitted traditional music and recorded music and the styles vary considerably to include everything from traditional music to a wide range of hybrids.
Rapalje performing in 2010
An 18th century depiction of an ancient Druid playing the harp
Celtic harp performed at a modern Celtic festival
Alan Stivell at Nuremberg, Germany, 2007