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

Brittany Brittany ( ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the north-west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica in Roman Gaul. It became an Kingdom of Brittany, independent kingdom and then a Duch ...

, born in Sainte-Tréphine,

Côtes-d'Armor The Côtes-d'Armor ( , ; ; , ), formerly known as Côtes-du-Nord until 1990 (, ), is a department in the north of Brittany, in northwestern France. In 2019, it had a population of 600,582.Kan ha diskan'' () in the 1970s and 1980s, especially with Erik Marchand. He collected songs from the oral tradition in the

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. 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 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

External links

Official website

Personal blog
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kemener, Yann-Fanch 1957 births 2019 deaths People from Côtes-d'Armor Breton musicians Breton-language singers 20th-century French male singers 21st-century French male singers