User:Sylvain Barou

Sylvain Barou, from Brittany is considered one of the best flute players of his generation. Playing mainly Irish and Breton music, Sylvain plays and has played with Guidewires, Comas, Sualtam, David Pasquet, Guichen, Denez Prigent, Jacques Pellen-Celtic Procession, Gildas & JB Boclé, Dan Ar Braz, Soig Siberil, Gilles Le Bigot, Yvan Cassar.. and has also been heard playing at some occasions with a few of the greatest names of Irish traditional music (Donal Lunny, Liz Carroll, John Doyle, Paddy Glackin…) he has been featured at some of the major festivals and venues of the genre such as Glasgow Celtic Connections, Festival Interceltique de Lorient, Festival de Cornouaille, Festival des Vieilles Charrues, Les Tombées de la Nuit, Transmusicales, Paléo Festival, Ennis Trad Festival, FMM Sines, Théatre de La Ville, Jazz à Vienne, Bercy, Stade de France, Musiques Nomades in Nouakchott, Tanger Festival, Dranouter Folk Fest, etc... He also incorporates oriental influences in his playing, from Turkey, Iran and India in particular. He also plays the north indian bansuri flute.