Frank French was born in Oakland, California and grew up in San Francisco. He completed his musical
education at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and San Francisco State University. Immersed in classical
music from the time [+]Frank French was born in Oakland, California and grew up in San Francisco. He completed his musical
education at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and San Francisco State University. Immersed in classical
music from the time of Bach to the 20th century he also was attracted to various styles of popular music and
worked as a pianist with various dance bands, noting the similarities between Latin American music and piano
Ragtime.
Moving to Vienna, Austria in the late 1970's he continued musical studies, tuning pianos by day and working in
the musical cabaret scene by night. Teaming up with Latin Americans living there, he formed one of the earliest
Salsa bands in Central Europe, introducing the music to Austrians, Swiss and Germans. During his Austrian
residence he also found time to record the entire Well-Tempered Clavier of J.S. Bach, thus securing a firm
footing in the music of both the Old and New Worlds.
Returning to the United States in 1983 he became a noted figure in the world of syncopated piano music, first as
a performer and later as composer of such notable and widely- recorded instrumentals as Belle of Louisville and
Bucktown Buck. Moving to Colorado in 1990, he founded and directed the Rocky Mountain Ragtime Festival
and Institute working as a musical activist in schools, community concerts, radio and community television.
Over the past 20 years Mr. French has performed and recorded extensively, with numerous compact disc releases
and performances throughout the world. He has cris-crossed the globe from Europe to Australia, performing a
numerous international music festivals in France, Finland, Germany and throughout North America and Oceana,
from the Maine Coast to the Gold Coast and from Toronto to Santiago de Cuba.
Frank French espouses the Creole Tradition of the melting pot of cultures in the music of the New World,
especially that of the United States, the Carribean and Brazil. As a composer, teacher, and performer he
continues to emphasize progressive assimilation of musical and cultural concepts in which the whole is greater
than the sum of the parts. His teaching seminars include both introductory and hands-on sessions for all ages and
all levels.
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