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Yvonnick Prené | |
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| Genres | jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Composer,Harmonicaist,Professor,Bandleader |
| Instrument(s) | Harmonica,Piano, |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Labels | SteepleChase Records,Naive, Rodeadope Records,Origin Records |
| Website | www.yvonnickprene.com |
Yvonnick Prené is a French harmonica player and a recording artist.
Born in Paris, he began as a guitarist, later switching to the diatonic harmonica, and eventually settling on the chromatic harmonica as his primary instrument. He first began playing the harmonica in Parisian clubs at 17, then started his studies atSorbonne University, from which he received a master's degree in music (2011). While still enrolled at the Sorbonne, Prené relocated to New York City and was awarded multiple full-tuition scholarships atThe City College of New York, (MICEFA, 2007),Columbia University (Alliance Program, 2008) and at theNew School for Jazz and Contemporary Music (Merit-Based Scholarship, 2009) where he had the opportunity to study withLee Konitz andReggie Workman among others. In 2011-2012 he earned a BA from The New School for Jazz & Contemporary Music and Master's degree from Sorbonne University.
He has performed and recorded with a wide range of artists, includingGeoffrey Keezer,Dev HynesBill Stewart,Dayna Stephens,Kevin Hays,Jeremy Pelt,Klingande,Romeo Santos,Peter Bernstein,Scott Tixier,Gene Bertoncini,Rich Perry,Steve Cardenas,Jon Cowherd,Vic Juris, Nate Smith,Ira Coleman, Thomas Enhco,Luques Curtis, Justin Brown, Jerome Barde, Lorin Cohen,Mike Moreno, Avi Rothebard,Jared Gold, Anthony Wonsey, Clovis Nicholas,Laurent Cugny, Alexandre Tassel, Radam Schwartz, Dana Hall,Gilad Hekselman, Jon Davis,Yaron Herman,Laurent de Wilde,Ryan Cohan, Victor Provost among many others.Yvonnick has played atThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,Blue Note Jazz Club,[1]Smalls Jazz Club at theIridium Jazz Club,[2] The Jazz Gallery atBirdland (New York jazz club)[3] at Bern Jazz Festival, Festival Emoi du Jazz (Côte d'Ivoire), Lamentin Jazz Festival,Green Mill Cocktail Lounge,[4] atJazz in Marciac, Hyde Park Jazz Festival (Chicago), Sidedoor Jazz Club, Jazz Gallery, Jazz on Ubaye, Jazz Sur Seine Festival, atLe Duc des Lombards.
Yvonnick is the founder ofNew York Harmonica School,[5]Harmonica Studio author of several books and bandleader of Yvonnick Prené quartet. Yvonnick is a Hohner Ambassador.
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