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The musician :
At first traditionnal Bombard and Biniou player, Gilles LEHART begun to learn these instruments in St-Brieuc in the "MJC du Plateau", at the end of 1978 : he was 14. Mr Georges EPINETTE was his master ( Champion of Brittany 1974 and 1994 ). He played with him several months later only, and even get selected to the championship of Brittany, where they got the fourth place in 1979! Since then Gilles played with many friends : Pascal MICHEL, Daniel LE FEON, Gildas MOAL, Jean-Michel ALHAITS, Yves-Marie LE BRAS, Kristen BODROS, Dominique MAHE, Mathieu MESSAGER, winning many first prices in championships ( see " Competitions" ). He plays both biniou and bombard, playing bombard with some friends and biniou with others.
With Daniel PHILIPPE ( from Bourbriac ) he wins Breton championship biniou-bombard players in Gourin in 2010.
He plays in groups too : with STROBINELL from 1985 to 1995, and with MARIALLA since 2000. He plays clarinet ( called "Treujeun-gaol" in Breton ) and saxophone, and is also a singer, in Breton language.
The instrument-maker :
At the age of 15-16 years old, he thought he played on bad instruments; so he bought a small wood lathe and begun to work. He broke many pieces of wood, got nervous many times (!), but went on working again and again, making pieces of biniou, bombardes, ...His first instruments were bad and ugly (!), but soon they were playable. He played with them, made some for friends, and begun as a professionnal instrument-maker in May 1987. Before, he went however to Rennes University, where he studied English and Breton. His friend Jean-Michel VEILLON asked him to make flutes : he made the first ones in 1989.
Without any advertising, he sells now instruments all over the world, for amateurs or professionals.
The Workshop!
Interview Radio Kreiz Breizh in Breton :
Interview Radio Kreiz Breizh in Breton :
Gilles LEHART, instrument maker in Trezelan-Begard, speaks here about instrument making. Each instrument is carefully tested before being sent, sometimes very far from home! Himself a famous musician in Brittany, where he won many music competitions, he explains the relations between his work and his experience of musician. Conversation about music in Brittany. About 60 minutes. In Breton, from Radio Kreiz Breizh:
Interview Le télégramme :
Interview Le télégramme :
Jil LEHART is instrument-maker in the "Côtes d'Armor ". They are but about ten in Brittany! Born in the St-Brieuc region, he begun playing music at the age of 14. " Then, as lots of other musicians, I tried to make my own instruments, learning myself ..."
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