Yann-Fañch Kemener
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Yann-Fañch Loeiz Kemener (April 7, 1957 – March 16, 2019) was a traditional singer and ethnomusicologist from Brittany,[1] born in Sainte-Tréphine, Côtes-d'Armor, France. Known in French as Jean-François Louis Quémener.
He took part in reviving Kan ha diskan (French: chant et contre-chant) in the 1970s and 1980s, especially with Erik Marchand. He collected songs from the oral tradition in the Breton language.[2]
He sang in numerous Festoù Noz.
Kemener died in Tréméven on March 16, 2019 at age 61.[3]
Discography
[edit]- Chants profonds et sacrés de Bretagne, 1977
- Chants profonds et sacrés de Bretagne 2, 1978
- Chants profonds et sacrés de Bretagne 3, 1982
- Kan ha diskan, 1982, with Marcel Guilloux
- Chants profonds et sacrés de Bretagne 4, 1983
- Chants profonds de Bretagne, 1983
- Dibedibedañchaou, 1987, edited again by Dastum in 1999 (small songs for children in Breton language)
- Gwerziou et soniou, 1988
- Ec'honder, 1989, in Barzaz band
- Chants profonds de Bretagne, 1991
- Un den kozh dall, 1992, in Barzaz band
- Roue Gralon Ni Ho Salud, 1993, with Anne Auffret
- Chants profanes et sacrés de Bretagne - Roue Gralon ni ho salud, 1993
- Enez eusa, 1995, with Didier Squiban
- Ile-exil, 1996, with Didier Squiban
- Karnag / Pierre Lumière, 1996
- Carnet de route, 1996 (collected amongst old people)
- Kan ha diskan, 1997, with Valentine Collecter, Erik Marchand, Marcel Guilloux, Annie Ebrel, Claudine Floc'hig, Patrick Marie, Ifig Troadeg
- Kimiad, 1998, with Didier Squiban
- Barzaz Breiz, 1999, with La Maîtrise de Bretagne
- An Eur Glaz, 2000, with Aldo Ripoche
- An dorn, 2004, with Aldo Ripoche
- Dialogues, 2006, with Aldo Ripoche and Florence Pavie
- Si je savais voler, chants de Bretagne et d'Occitanie, 2010, avec Laurent Audemard, François Fava and Renat Sette
- Requiem d'Anne de Bretagne, 2011, on a cd with a recording of a Renaissance Requiem, with Ensemble Doulce Mémoire and Denis Raisin-Dadre
- YFK~2016, 2016, with band ba.fnu
References
[edit]- ^ "Décès de Yann-Fañch Kemener, figure de la musique bretonne, à 61 ans". Le Figaro (in French). Agence France-Presse. 18 March 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ Yann-Fañch Kemener - Biographie chronologique von Jérémie Pierre Jouan (http://www.kemener.com/celtic.htm)
- ^ Colin, Emilie (2019-03-16). "Yann-Fañch Kemener, voix de la gwerz et du kan-ha-diskan est décédé". France 3 Bretagne (in French). Retrieved 2019-03-17.
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