Gwennyn
Gwennyn (* 27. June 1974 in Rennes as Gwennyn Louarn ) is a French singer-songwriter. The lyrics of her songs are mainly written in Breton , but also in English and French.
biography
Gwennyn Louarn is the eldest daughter of the comic artist Malo Louarn and the farmer Françoise Louarn. Her grandfather was the Breton activist Alan Al Louarn. Breton was spoken at home and that is their mother tongue, a cultural countercurrent in the 1970s. She studied history in Rennes and then Breton and Celtic languages to learn more about her roots.
Gwennyn's music
Her path began at the age of twelve, when she and her sister took part in the Kan ar Bobl (“Volksgesang”) competition for the first time and immediately won first prize. In 2000 she sang two songs ( Huñvreoù , Iroise ) with Alan Stivell for the album Back to Breizh . Stivell introduced them to a larger audience, for example at the Festival des Vieilles Charrues . In 2002 she won second prize (in the field of creation ) at the Breton music competition Kan ar Bobl with the song marv an evned ("Death of the Birds").
With her song Bugale Belfast (on the CD En tu all ) she won first prize at the inter-Celtic 'Song Contest' Nòs Ùr in Inverness (Scotland) in 2008 . So she reached the selection of the European song competition Liet in Luleå (Sweden) and took second place there.
Gwennyn speaks passable German and guides her through her Breton program in this language on her tours through Germany.
Albums
Her first album, En tu all (“From the other side”), was released in 2006 by Coop Breizh . She wrote most of the songs and music herself. She set the two poems Maro an evned ("Death of the Birds") by Maodez Glanndour and An alc'hwez aour ("The Golden Key") by Anjela Duval to music . With the exception of two French stanzas in the song Geriou 'zo ganto ("Words are with us, words of freedom, of peace"), she sings all of the lyrics in Breton. The songs Bugale Belfast (“Children of Belfast”) by Yaouen Gervalan, Bosko hag Admira (“Bosko and Admira”) and Tan ar vuhez (“Fire of Life”) are about borders, countries and war . In En tu all it's about the journey that leave their country risking their lives to reach Europe of the people. For this album, produced by Yann Honoré, Gwennyn received the 2007 “Grand prix du disque Produit en Bretagne” in the “Prix Jeune Artiste” category.
The second album, Mammenn ("Origin of Life, Mutterschoß") - produced by Patrice Marzin - was released in 2009 by Keltia Musique. The music is composed by her and Patrice Marzin, the lyrics are written by her, except for Daouarn ma zad (“The hands of my father”) by Naïg Rozmor and An Evned by Maodez Glanndour. She sings two tracks ( The child and the tree , We are here ) in English: "I wanted to change the language a little, and English was a perfect match for the style." Nature and its homeland are the subject of this CD, as in Daouarn ma Zad (“The hands of my father”): “Cracked like the clods of the field he tilled ”, or An Evned (“The North Wind”), the reaches for the birds with his icy fingers and kills them by the thousands. In the title song Mammenn , she sings about her homeland, the earth, from the mountain Menez C'homm , at the foot of which she grew up.
Her third album Kan an Tevenn ("Gesang der Düne") was released in November 2011. The album Beo ("Live") was released in November 2013, the album Avalon in February 2017.
Discography
- 2006 En tu all
- 2009 Moms
- 2011 Kan to Tevenn
- 2013 Beo
- 2017 Avalon
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gwennyn http://www.francetv.fr/culturebox/gwennyn-porte-parole-de-la-chanson-bretonne-7537 , France 3. Accessed April 15, 2010
- ↑ Interview http://www.photo-bretagne.fr/article-5397004.html ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved February 10, 2011.
- ↑ a b Le Buzhug magazine http://www.lebuzhug.com/telecharger/buzhugjuill09.pdf , July 2009, No. 14
- ↑ Alan Stivell - Back to Breizh http://site.voila.fr/musiquesceltiques/chroniques/s/backtobreizh.htm . Retrieved April 15, 2010
- ↑ Pollen http://sites.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/em/pollen/index.php?id=51243 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved April 15, 2010
- ↑ Culture et Celtie http://culture.celtie.free.fr/gwennyn20081.htm . Retrieved January 11, 2012
- ↑ Gwennyn http://culturebox.france3.fr/services/spip.php?article2431 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , France 3. Retrieved April 15, 2010
- ↑ Freiberger Nachrichten No. 6, February 10, 2011
- ↑ Gwennyn, CD en tu all
- ↑ Prix jeune artiste http://www.produitenbretagne.com/48_CD_primes_depuis_1999-2388-2-0-1.html ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved Jan 11, 2012
- ↑ mammenn Gwennyn, CD
- ^ Jean Philippe Quignon, Le Roudour. Gwennyn et ses musiciens en résidence , Le Télégramme , Morlaix ville, July 2, 2009
Web links
- Official homepage (French / English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gwennyn |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Louarn, Gwennyn (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Breton musician and singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 27, 1974 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rennes , France |