The 07/11/2026
Music in Celtic Antiquity
"Music in Celtic Antiquity," by Julian Cuvilliez, archaeomusicologist and director of the Center for Research, Interpretation, and Experimental Archaeology.
What do we know about Celtic music? What instruments were played by the Gauls? Who were these bards whom ancient authors describe as figures who were both feared and revered?
During this session, he’ll give you a glimpse into some of his projects dedicated to the Celts: guided 3D projections of rarely seen artifacts, sound demonstrations of instruments reconstructed through experimental archaeology, and stories from the field. A true journey through time that will allow you to discover or rediscover the bust of the Bard with the lyre so dear to Brittany, Grave 195 in the Avicenne necropolis, containing the remains of the oldest known musician from the Celtic world, and the exceptional coins from the Baïocasses hoard.
Throughout the lecture, a portrait of the 1st-century BCE bard and bardess gradually emerges: their instruments, their place in society, what the iconography of coins and statuary has bequeathed to us, and what ancient texts reveal about these millennia-old practices where art and spirituality were one and the same.
A musical lecture accessible to all, followed by a time for meeting and discussion.
What do we know about Celtic music? What instruments were played by the Gauls? Who were these bards whom ancient authors describe as figures who were both feared and revered?
During this session, he’ll give you a glimpse into some of his projects dedicated to the Celts: guided 3D projections of rarely seen artifacts, sound demonstrations of instruments reconstructed through experimental archaeology, and stories from the field. A true journey through time that will allow you to discover or rediscover the bust of the Bard with the lyre so dear to Brittany, Grave 195 in the Avicenne necropolis, containing the remains of the oldest known musician from the Celtic world, and the exceptional coins from the Baïocasses hoard.
Throughout the lecture, a portrait of the 1st-century BCE bard and bardess gradually emerges: their instruments, their place in society, what the iconography of coins and statuary has bequeathed to us, and what ancient texts reveal about these millennia-old practices where art and spirituality were one and the same.
A musical lecture accessible to all, followed by a time for meeting and discussion.
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Espace culturel Le Roëlan 9 rue Abbé le Barh
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