French guitarist (born ? - deceased 2024).
Born in Paris, of Hungarian origin, composer and guitarist, Yan Vagh has worked with Claude Barthélémy, Renaud Garcia-Fons, Mico Nissim, Gérard Marais, Didier Malherbe, Mother Gong, Gwendal, Pierre Bensusan, Michel Haumont, Fontaine and Areski, Pierre Vassiliu, Arnaud Dumond, Jean-Félix Lalanne... and has been an arranger for Johnny Hallyday and Brigitte Fontaine, among others. He played the 6-string classical guitar and the 10-string fretless guitar.
He composed for theater and advertising, and has done arrangement for cinema... Between jazz, classical, popular music, pop, rock, world music, he had a unique style and led various personal projects and groups (he has released several albums), with a certain theatricality, humor and virtuosity. He has toured all over France but also in many countries. He was also active in the field of musical pedagogy, and as a speaker.