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Maurice Duhamel, Dan Ar Braz, Glenmor, Rhené-Baton, Jean Langlais,
Tristan Le Govic, Gilles Servat, Gérard Jaffrès, Yann-Fañch
Kemener, Paul Le Flem, René Abjean, Cécile Corbel, Erik Marchand,
Didier Squiban, François Benoist, Tugdual Menon, Éric Le Lann, Jef
Le Penven, Eugène Bigot, Frères Morvan, List of composers from
Brittany, Jackie Molard, Christian Lemaitre. Excerpt: Denez Prigent
(IPA: ; born 17 February 1966 in Santec, Finistère) is a French
(Breton) folk singer-songwriter of the gwerz and kan ha diskan
styles of Breton music. From his debut at the age of 16 he was
known for singing traditional songs a cappella, and has moved on to
singing his own songs with techno music accompaniments. He has
performed in France as well as internationally, and has recorded
four studio albums and a live album. During his childhood, Prigent
lived with his father in Le Relecq-Kerhuon and spent his weekends
at his grandmother's, in Santec. His father, a primary teacher,
raised him speaking French, although he spoke Breton fluently,
because he did not see the point in teaching Breton to his son.
Denez thus discovered the Breton language at his grandmother's,
along with its natural harmony and the tendency of Breton speakers
of that time to sing written or improvised songs. While in
secondary in Brest he preferred listening to Breton songs on his
portable audio player than concentrating on his studies. At age 14,
Prigent was taught kan ha diskan by Alain Leclère, himself a former
student of Manuel Kerjean, whose other students include Erik
Marchand. Two years later, in 1982, he sang with Alain Leclère in
festoù-noz. In the Kan ar Bobl, he won the first prize in kan ha
diskan in 1987, the first prize in new singing in 1988 and the
first prize in traditional singing in 1990. In 1988, driven by his
passion for the Breton language, he became a Breton teacher in
Carhaix, during which he was regularly invited in traditional music
festivals such as the (Nightfalls) and the Festival Interceltique
de Lorient. In 1991, the city of Rennes invited him to participate
in the "Voice of Asia" festival due to take place in its
newly twinned city of Alma Ata, Kazakhstan. Surprised by this
invitation, Prigent wrote a satirical song, "Son Alma
Ata" (later included on Sarac'h) about the incongruity for
a Breton singer to be sent to perform in Kazakhstan. This first con
