Loïc and Ronan Bléjean
2009 lineup

Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin & Mel Mercier with Iarla Ó Lionáird and special guests

Mozaik featuring Andy Irvine and Donal Lunny

Brian Finnegan Band

Jerry O'Sullivan

Alboka

Ronan Le Bars and Nicolas Quemener

Kieran O'Hare & Liz Knowles

Roncos do Diabo

Loïc and Ronan Bléjean

Cillian Vallely & Kevin Crawford

Andrew Carlisle

Edelmiro Fernández

Fraser Fifield & Ali Hutton

Griogair Labhruidh & Síle Denvir

Tiarnán Ó Duinnchinn & Paul O'Shaughnessy

Marc Pollier

Eliot Grasso

Anna Murray

Lorcán Mac Mathúna & Maitiú Ó Casaide

Jarlath Henderson

Peter Browne

Cormac Breatnach

Ronan Browne

Ken McLeod

Armagh Pipers Club

Loïc and Ronan Bléjean
Brittany - uilleann pipes, accordion
12/11/09 - 7.30pm - The Studio Theatre
13/11/09 - 11am - The Market Place
15/11/09 - 1pm - The Stage Bar & Bistro

Loïc and Ronan Bléjean are two renowned musicians of the Breton traditional music scene, and both members of two famous fest noz bands, respectively Carre Manchot and Darhaou.

Loïc started with the uilleann pipes in 1989, and often traveled to Ireland for sessions and festivals, where he met great musicians like piper Brendan Ring. In 1996, he joined fiddler Paul Flynn and singer/guitar player David Muldrew for some gigs in Saint Louis, Missouri. Then he toured over Europe with trad/pop band Glaz, and Quebec trad group Gwazigan. He also plays since 2002 with composer Herve Lesvenan's project "Ars'Ys".

Ronan was 11 when he started to play the box accordeon, learning mostly Breton tunes. He went to Irish music and to C#/D system at the age of 17, under the tuition of Mairtin O'Connor.

He is a founding member of Darhaou and Jamie McMenemy 4 with Kornog's legendary singer.

The two brothers toured in the U.S. with singer/guitar player Nancy Conescu in 1999, and now play as a trio with Herve Cureau on guitar or Ronan Pellen on cittern, and with Mercedes O'Keeffe, an Irish music band with a Breton line-up: Erwan Volant on bass, Philippe Jégou on guitar and Jérôme Kerihuel on tablas.