Yann-Fañch Kemener

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.

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
• YFK~2016, 2016, with band ba.fnu