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Frank Dupree

FRANK DUPREE, winner of the International Classical Music Award and the OpusKlassik, stands as one of the most versatile pianists and conductors of the new generation. Known for his infectious energy and unbridled enthusiasm, Dupree captivates audiences not only as a soloist, sharing the stage with renowned orchestras worldwide, but also as a play/direct artist, conductor, and the leader of his own jazz ensemble, the FRANK DUPREE TRIO. Dupree’s recordings of Nikolai Kapustin’s piano concertos have attracted much international attention with the New York Times labelling them as “one of the most entertaining and put-on-repeat recordings [of the] year”. Recent engagements have led Frank Dupree to work with renowned conductors such as Sir Antonio Pappano, Santtu-Matias Rouvali or Patrick Hahn, and orchestras such as London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, SWR Symphonieorchester and SWR Big Band, Essener Philharmoniker, Staatskapelle Weimar, Orchestre national d’Île-de-France, Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, Gothenburg, Trondheim and Malmö symphony orchestras, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and Sinfónica Nacional de México. He has performed at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Beethovenfest Bonn, Heidelberger Frühling, Kurt Weill Fest, Kissinger Sommer, Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Vaduz Classic and Oranjewoud Festival, as well as at renowned concert halls such as the New York Lincoln Center, Royal Albert Hall, Wigmore Hall, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Philharmonie de Paris, Konzerthaus Berlin, Philharmonie Essen and Dortmund, and Festspielhaus Baden-Baden. Frank Dupree is a passionate chamber musician who effortlessly crosses genre boundaries, and the same can be said for the FRANK DUPREE TRIO: together with Jakob Krupp (double bass) and Obi Jenne (drums), Dupree explores the fascinating intersection between jazz and classical music