The Sainte-Hélène chapel will host an exceptional concert this Friday, May 10. It is in fact Kelly Thoma, an internationally renowned Cretan musician, who will be present, accompanied by her accomplice from the group Tokso, Éléonore Billy, and the musicians from Douarnenez Pauline Willerval and Jean Le Floc’h, who formed the duo Nar par love, precisely, for Turkish and Greek music.
The concert repertoire will bring together these original instruments, rarely heard at the end of Finistère. Kelly Thoma will discover all the charms of the Cretan lyra, Éléonore Billy those of the nickelharpa (Swedish hurdy-gurdy), Pauline Willerval being on the gadulka (Bulgarian hurdy-gurdy), and Jean Le Floc’h on the accordion, “a microtonal instrument of my conception,” assures the Douarneniste.
The richness of the Cretan repertoire
He is at the origin of this arrival of Kelly Thoma and Éléonore Billy, a little escape as part of a Tokso tour. “We met Kelly during two internships, which resulted in a creation for the Eurofonik festival in Nantes last year and, since then, we have stayed in touch, working by videoconference,” says Jean Le Floc’h. He promises a memorable evening in Saint Helena, “discovering a very rich Cretan repertoire”.
The man has no shortage of projects, having returned from an eight-date bicycle tour with the duo Nar, and is preparing for a great summer with his Bal Floc’h, without forgetting his quartet Zord present at the maritime festivals.
Practical
Friday May 10, at 8:30 p.m., at the Sainte-Hélène chapel in Douarnenez. Price: €10 (reduced €5), free for children under 12.
