Georges Cadoudal

Georges Cadoudal (6 July 1929 – 13 June 2021) was a French sonneur and musician. Alongside , he formed a group of sonneurs dedicated to the revival of Breton music after World War II. A founding member of , he was its from 1953 to 1964.

Biography Cadoudal was born into a family of musicians in Magoar. He played the bombard alongside his father, who was a talabarder during the turmoil of World War II.

In 1946, Cadoudal founded Kevrenn Rostrenn, one of the first bagads. It was composed of two binioù bras, a few bombards, and a clarinet. In 1958, 1959, and 1960, the two won the . Cadoudal won that year's Bagadoù National Championship alongside Daniel Philippe.

In 1966, Cadoudal created the competition in Rostrenen. In 1994, he created the group Re an Are. Locally, he fought to preserve the and appeared in the 2012 film . In August 2018, Stivell awarded Cadoudal the collar of the Order of the Ermine.

Georges Cadoudal died in Carhaix-Plouguer on 13 June 2021 at the age of 91.

Discography With Étienne Rivoallan En passant par la Bretagne n°4 (1954) Sonneurs de Basse-Bretagne (1959) Airs pour noce bretonne (1959)

Participations Fest-noz Cadoudal (1975) Souvenir de Bretagne Ya Breizh : Danses, Binious et Bombardes (1976) En Bretagne: Noce bretonne et fest-noz Chants et danses de Bretagne: l'Argoat

Singles Dérobée du pays de Guingamp - polka piked - dans tro plin - dans fisel (1957) À travers le pays breton (1959) Heloise et Abellard - Gwerz an anon - suite de dans plin Suite Dans plinn