Fréderick Franssen
Fréderick Franssen(1977) is a member of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. He studied with the renowned French horn professor Erich Penzel at Maastricht Academy of Music where he graduated in 2002 with honors. He performed as a guest player with orchestras in Germany such as the Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Furthermore he was a member of the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra, where he played with conductors such as Claudio Abbado, Pierre Boulez and Seiji Osawa.
Since 2000 Fréderick has been working in the Netherlands; first with the Radio Symphony Orchestra and since 2005 with the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra.
In addition to his orchestral work, he performs as a soloist.
For Challenge Records International he recorded a solo album with horn concertos by Christoph Förster, Carl Heinrich Graun and Johann Joachim Quantz.
Together with Klaus Fehr Fréderick has developed the instruments he now plays and which are also more and more in use among his colleagues.
Since 2017 he has been professor French Horn at the Academy of Music and Performing arts (Fontys School of Fine and Performing Arts, Tilburg, the Netherlands).
