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Erwan Keravec

Function
highland bagpiper, composer and improviser

Erwan Keravec is a highland bagpiper, composer and improviser. In seeking out the more unusual sounds, and ways of playing and listening to his instrument, far from its original cultural setting, he is exploring improvised music, free and ‘noise’ jazz, and establishing a repertoire of contemporary music for solo pipes, trio with solo voice and with choir. With an interest in movement and in settings associated with reinvention, he also writes, plays and improvises for dance.


"The Breton piper's hypnotic drones and extended techniques are equally at home in the worlds of tradional music, modern composition and experimental improv" - by Francis Gooding, The Wire, Jan. 2026

Events

Improvised Encounters #1

Erwan Keravec

Improvised Encounters is a 30-minute live collective creation bringing together 5 to 6 artists from different disciplines (d...