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Yann-Fañch Loeiz Kemener (April 7, 1957 – March 16, 2019) was a traditional singer and

ethnomusicologist Ethnomusicology is the study of music from the cultural and social aspects of the people who make it. It encompasses distinct theoretical and methodical approaches that emphasize cultural, social, material, cognitive, biological, and other dim ...

from

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, born in Sainte-Tréphine,

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, France. Known in French as Jean-François Louis Quémener. He took part in reviving ''

Kan ha diskan is probably the most common type of traditional music of Brittany. It is a vocal tradition ( translates from Breton as, roughly, ''call and response singing''). The style is the most commonly used to accompany dances. It has become perhaps the ...

'' (french: chant et contre-chant) in the 1970s and 1980s, especially with

Erik Marchand Érik Marchand (born 1955) is a Breton traditional singer and player of the treujenn-gaol (Breton clarinet). Although born in Paris, his family was of Breton origin, hailing from Quelneuc, Brittany. Influenced by the music of Manuel Kerjean, ...

. He collected songs from the oral tradition in the

Breton language Breton (, ; or in Morbihan) is a Southwestern Brittonic language of the Celtic language family spoken in Brittany, part of modern-day France. It is the only Celtic language still widely in use on the European mainland, albeit as a member of t ...

. He sang in numerous Festoù Noz. Kemener died in Tréméven on March 16, 2019 at age 61.

Discography

* ''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 Dastum is a Breton cultural organization based in Rennes, the capital of the Ille-et-Vilaine department of France, in the region of Brittany. Founded in 1972, its mission is "to collect, protect and promote the cultural heritage of Brittany ...

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 Annie Ebrel (born 1969) is a traditional Breton singer of traditional '' Kan ha diskan'' (dance songs) and '' Gwerz'' (ballads). Background Annie Ebrel was born in 1969 in the village of Lohuec, near Callac, Côtes-d'Armor department, part o ...

, 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

External links

Official website

Personal blog
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