Yann-Fañch Kemener

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Yann-Fañch Kemener in concert in Guérande.

Yann-Fañch Kemener (born April 7, 1957) is a traditional singer from Brittany, born in Sainte-Tréphine (Côtes-d'Armor), France.

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.^[1]

He has sung in numerous Festoù Noz.

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 amongs 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

↑ Yann-Fañch Kemener - Biographie chronologique von Jérémie Pierre Jouan (http://www.kemener.com/celtic.htm)