Yann-Fañch Kemener
Yann-Fañch Loeiz Kemener was a traditional singer and ethnomusicologist from Brittany, born in Sainte-Tréphine, Côtes-d'Armor, France. Known in French as Jean-François Louis Quémener.
He took part in reviving Kan ha diskan in the 1970s and 1980s, especially with Érik Marchand. He collected songs from the oral tradition in the Breton language.
He sang in numerous Festoù Noz.
Kemener died in Tréméven on March 16, 2019 at age 61.
Discography
Chants profonds et sacrés de Bretagne, 1977Chants profonds et sacrés de Bretagne 2, 1978Chants profonds et sacrés de Bretagne 3, 1982Kan ha diskan, 1982, with Marcel GuillouxChants profonds et sacrés de Bretagne 4, 1983Chants profonds de Bretagne, 1983Dibedibedañchaou, 1987, edited again by Dastum in 1999 Gwerziou et soniou, 1988Ec'honder, 1989, in Barzaz bandChants profonds de Bretagne, 1991Un den kozh dall, 1992, in Barzaz bandRoue Gralon Ni Ho Salud, 1993, with Anne AuffretChants profanes et sacrés de Bretagne - Roue Gralon ni ho salud, 1993Enez eusa, 1995, with Didier SquibanIle-exil, 1996, with Didier SquibanKarnag / Pierre Lumière, 1996Carnet de route, 1996 Kan ha diskan, 1997, with Valentine Collecter, Érik Marchand, Marcel Guilloux, Annie Ebrel, Claudine Floc'hig, Patrick Marie, Ifig TroadegKimiad, 1998, with Didier SquibanBarzaz Breiz, 1999, with La Maîtrise de BretagneAn Eur Glaz, 2000, with Aldo RipocheAn dorn, 2004, with Aldo RipocheDialogues, 2006, with Aldo Ripoche and Florence PavieSi je savais voler, chants de Bretagne et d'Occitanie, 2010, avec Laurent Audemard, François Fava and Renat SetteRequiem d'Anne de Bretagne, 2011, on a cd with a recording of a Renaissance Requiem, with Ensemble Doulce Mémoire and Denis Raisin-DadreYFK~2016, 2016, with band ba.fnu