Yann-Fañch
- Type
- Solo artist
- Styles
- music of Brittany, Breton song
Yann-Fañch Kemener, real name Jean-François Quémener, is a Breton traditional singer and ethnomusicologist, born on 7 April 1957 in Saint-Brieuc and died on 16 March 2019 in Tréméven. He released his debut album, Chants profonds de Bretagne, in 1977.
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- Amzer (2023)
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- 1957 · Saint-Brieuc
- Origin
- France
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Yann-Fañch Kemener, stage name of Jean-François Quémener, was a traditional Breton singer and an ethnomusicologist of the Breton repertoire, born on 7 April 1957 in Saint-Brieuc and who died on 16 March 2019 in Tréméven in Finistère.
A key figure in the revival of kan ha diskan (call and response singing) in the 1970s and 1980s, notably with Erik Marchand, he contributed to the perpetuation of traditional song transmission through his activity as a traditional singer, but also through his work collecting local oral tradition and transmitting the Breton language. He was initially influenced by Claudine Mazéas's recordings of gwerzioù by Marie-Josèphe Bertrand (known as Mme Bertrand), before developing his own style.
His diverse collaborations (within the group Barzaz but also with Dan Ar Braz, Didier Squiban, Alain Genty, Aldo Ripoche, Anne Auffret, Marcel Guilloux…) and his unique vocal timbre made him an emblematic figure of Breton singing.
He released numerous albums and sang at many festoù-noz. He was awarded the Order of the Ermine and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
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Discography
- Chants profonds de Bretagne 1977
- Gwerzioù ha sonioù 1988
- Chants profonds de Bretagne, Vol.1 1991
- Île-Exil 1996
- Kan ha diskan 1997
- An dorn 2004
- Dialogues 2006
- Kimiad 2007
- Tuchant e erruo an hañv / Bientôt l’été 2008
- Noël en Bretagne 2008
- Comptines et berceuses de Bretagne 2009
- Si je savais voler 2010
- Requiem d’Anne de Bretagne 2011
- Roue Gralon Ni Ho Salud! 2013
- Ar Roue Pri 2013
- Ar Baradoz : Chants sacrés de Basse Bretagne 2017
- Roudennoù / Traces 2019
- Berceuses du Pays Basque de Corse et de Bretagne 2020
- Amzer 2023