The Orchestre National de Bretagne, or National Orchestra of Brittany, pursues a diversity of programming unusual among France's regional orchestras. Its repertory extends from traditional classics, to Celtic music of the region, to video game scores.
The Orchestre National de Bretagne was founded in 1989 as the Orchestre de Bretagne in response to a perceived lack of symphonic concerts in France's Brittany region. The group soon began recording, issuing albums devoted to composers Paul Le Flem, Thomas Indermühle, and Joseph-Guy Ropartz in 1995 on the Timpani and Camerata lab...