Frank Fernand
Musician, Award Winner
1919 – 2007
Who was Frank Fernand?
Franklin Fernandes, better known as Frank Fernand, born in Curchorem, Goa, was a renowned film maker and musician and is remembered for his epoch making Konkani movies like Amchem Noxib and Nirmonn.
He has two daughters from his first marriage to Maxi Perera, named Elphin and Doris. From his second marriage to Madalena Velho, he has one son and one daughter, named Max and Larissa. Frank Fernand died of Parkinson's disease on April 1, 2007.
Frank Fernand had his initial training in music from Diego Rodrigues and mastered violin and trumpet. In 1936, he moved to Bombay. He began playing music under well-known band-leader George Theodore at Green's Hotel and Taj Mahal Hotel. In 1942, he left Mumbai for Mussoorie to play with Rudy Cotton's band and blossomed into a fine jazz musician. He lived and played in Delhi for a while the same year. In the 1940s, when he was playing at a resort in Mussoorie, Mahatma Gandhi happened to be passing through. Frank Fernand listened to one of his lectures, and it brought about a big change in him. He began trying to find a way to play jazz in an Indian way.
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- Born
- May 3, 1919
Curchorem - Also known as
- Franklin Fernandes
- Farenky
- Frank Farnand
- Frankie Fernand
- Frank Fernandes
- Frankie Fernandis
- Frank Fernandis
- Frank Fernando
- Frankey
- Frankie
- Spouses
- Children
- Nationality
- India
- Profession
- Died
- Apr 1, 2007
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on July 23, 2013
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