Alan Stivell

Biography

Subject: Alan Stivell.
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Name: Alan Stivell (born Alan Cochevelou).
Birth Date: 6 January 1944.
Birth Place: Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, France.
Identity/Roles: French, Breton, and Celtic musician, singer, songwriter, recording artist, master of the Celtic harp, composer, actor, bagpiper, and bombard player.
Musical Impact: Revived global interest in the Celtic (specifically Breton) harp and Celtic music as part of world music from the early 1970s. Modernized traditional Breton music and singing in the Breton language. Precursor of Celtic rock.
Known For (Film/TV): In Search of Anna (1978), La merveilleuse visite (1974) / The Marvelous Visit, and Si j'avais mille ans (1983) / If I Were 1000 Years Old.
Father: Georges (Jord in Breton) Cochevelou, a civil servant in the French Ministry of Finance.

Alan Stivell, born Alan Cochevelou on 6 January 1944 in Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, France, is a French, Breton, and Celtic musician, singer, songwriter, and recording artist. A master of the Celtic harp, bagpiper, and bombard player, he modernized traditional Breton music and singing in the Breton language. From the early 1970s, he revived global interest in the Celtic harp and Celtic music as part of world music and is considered a precursor of Celtic rock. Stivell is also a composer and actor known for works such as In Search of Anna (1978), La merveilleuse visite (1974), and Si j'avais mille ans (1983). His father, Georges Cochevelou, was a civil servant in the French Ministry of Finance.