Frederique Trunk

Frederique Trunk was born in Colmar, France and graduated in 1986 from the Conservatoire de Music de Strasbourg with honors in piano, ear training and theory. She earned a Certificate of Chamber Music and Sight Reading and graduated with a diploma in musicology from the Universite des Sciences Humaines de Strasbourg.

In 1992, Frederique went to New York City to study jazz piano and harmony at the New School's Jazz and Contemporary Music Program with Kenny Werner, Fred Hersch and Maria Schneider. She has studied jazz piano and composition privately Art Resnick, Richie Beirach and Kirk Nurock as well as William Allaudin Mathieu and perfected her classical piano technique and teaching skills with Madeline Bruser.

As a soloist and bandleader, Frederique has toured in Europe, Japan, Morocco, The United States, Canada and most recently, Barcelona, Spain. She has worked with, and been influenced by many MusicAL combinations from solo piano to quartets as well as larger groups such as salsa bands.

In 1996, Frederique formed a duet with Lebanese pianist Ramzi Moufarej. A year later they formed the musical collaboration Myriade. Using an unusual combination of two pianos, cello, the oud and percussion, their album Soukoun was released in the spring of 2001.

In 1998 she formed her subsequent group, Frederique's Trio which presented a BLEND of Jazz standards and French songs. She completed her first album Secret Love in December of 1999. In 2006 she released her Paris, New York...and Elsewhere.

In addition to writing for her Jazz trio and Myriade, Frédérique has been composing works for small ensembles and orchestra combining Classical and Jazz concepts enriched by her diverse interests and influences. Paysages Mouvants (Moving Landscapes), her piece for orchestra and Jazz trio, debuted to an enthusiastic audience in Florence Gould Hall at the New York French Institute Alliance Française, March 19, 2000. The Florence Gould Foundation then commissioned her to create another orchestral piece, Ombres et Miroirs (Shadows and Reflections), for strings, piano and percussion, that premiered February 6, 2002 at Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York.

In January 1999, Frédérique was the composer and musical director for the La Mama production, The Banquet of the Beheaded, a play by Nicola L. In December 2000, she composed and performed her first film score for The Sandman. David Teague's silent film, based on the tale by E.T.A. Hoffman, won First Prize at The New York International Independent Film and Video Festival in 2001. The complete score was released on CD in September 2001.

Frédérique has been teaching classical & jazz Piano, improvisation, music theory, harmony and composition in various music schools in France, privately, and from 1993 to 2006, at the French American Conservatory of Music at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY.

In May 2006, she moved to Barcelona, Spain to explore more horizons and continue to transform both her music and herself.

Her influences include Keith Jarret, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Kenny Barron, Bill Evans, Ahmad Jamal, Jacky Terrasson, and Brad Meldhau.

References

• Obtained from http://www.internationalmusicfestival.org as well as http://www.frederiquemusic.com