Yvonnick Prene

Yvonnick Prené
Born	(1984-01-19) 19 January 1984 Île-de-France, France
Genres	jazz
Occupation(s)	Composer, Harmonicaist, Professor, Bandleader
Instruments	Harmonica, Piano, Guitar
Years active	2006–present
Labels	SteepleChase Records, Naive, Rodeadope Records, Origin Records
Associated acts	Trophees du Sunside, Scott Tixier, Lorin Cohen, Alexandre Tassel, American Federation of Musicians (AFM)
Website	www.yvonnickprene.com

Yvonnick Prene (born January 19, 1984) is a French harmonica player and a recording artist.

Life and career

Yvonnick was born in Paris, France on January 19. 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 professionally in Parisian clubs at 17, then started his studies at Sorbonne 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 at The City College of New York, (MICEFA, 2007), Columbia University (Alliance Program, 2008) and at the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music (Merit-Based Scholarship, 2009) where he had the opportunity to study with Lee Konitz and Reggie Workman among others. In 2012 he earned a bachelor's degree in music from The New School for Jazz & Contemporary Music.

He has performed and recorded with a wide range of artists, including Donald Brown, Klingande, Romeo Santos, Peter Bernstein, Scott Tixier,Gene Bertoncini, Rich Perry, Steve Cardenas, Jon Cowherd, Nate Smith, Ira Coleman,Thomas Enhco, Luques Curtis, Justin Brown, Donald Edwards, Lorin Cohen, Mike Moreno, Jared Gold, Laurent Cugny, Cyrille Aimée, Alexandre Tassel, Yaron Herman, Laurent de Wilde, Ryan Cohan, Victor Provost among many others. Yvonnick has played at Blue Note Jazz Club,^[1] at the Iridium Jazz Club,^[2] at Birdland (New York jazz club)^[3] at Bern Jazz Festival, Lamentin Jazz Festival, Green Mill Cocktail Lounge,^[4] at Jazz in Marciac, Jazz on Ubaye, Jazz Sur Seine Festival, at Le Duc des Lombards, at the Smalls Jazz Club.

Yvonnick is the founder of New York Harmonica School,^[5] the first harmonica school in NYC. Yvonnick is currently based in Manhattan, New York.

Discography

As leader

Breathe, featuring Peter Bernstein, CdBaby, (2016)
Merci Toots, featuring Pasquale Grasso, CdBaby, (2015)
Wonderful World, Padam Swing Band, CdBaby, (2014)
Jour de Fête, Steeplechase Records, (2013)

As sideman

Through the Badlands, Arthur Vint and Associates, Ropeadope Records, (2016)
Home, Lorin Cohen, Origin Records, (2015)
Dunya, Farah Siraj, (2014)
Talking Strings, Darius Scheider (2013)
Arty Facts, Arnon Palty, (2012)
Sings Tess, Bianca Wu, BMA, (2012)
The New York Flamenco Jazz Project, "Mosaico", Eureka Musik Produktionen, (2012)
Jazz Me Up, Bianca Wu, BMA, (2010)
Movements, Alexandre Tassel, Naive, (2008)
Euro Latin Jazz, Rebecca Vallejo, Cuca Jazz Production, (2007)

Bibliography

100 Jazz Patterns for Chromatic Harmonica, Playing Jazz Harmonica Vol 1, CreateSpace, (2015)
Classical Themes for Chromatic Harmonica, CreateSpace, (2015)
Jazz Etudes for Chromatic Harmonica, Playing Jazz Harmonica Vol 2, CreateSpace, (2015)
100 Jazz Patterns for Chromatic Harmonica, Playing Jazz Harmonica Vol 2, CreateSpace, (2016)
Compositions-Yvonnick Prene, CreateSpace, (2016)

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