Yann-Fañch Loeiz Kemener (; 7 April 1957 – 16 March 2019) was a traditional singer and ethnomusicologist from Brittany, born in Sainte-Tréphine, Côtes-d'Armor, France.
He took part in reviving the kan ha diskan form of traditional music in the 1970s and 1980s, especially with Erik Marchand. He collected songs from the oral tradition in the Breton language.Yann-Fañch Kemener - Biographie chronologique von Jérémie Pierre Jouan (http://www.kemener.com/celtic.htm ) He sang at numerous festoù noz (Breton festivals).
Kemener died in Tréméven on 16 March 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, Érik 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 Ba.fnu
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External links Official website Personal blog