Franck Hermanny - Bass player / composer
Yamaha endorser.

Franck Hermanny was born in Nimes, France.

He begins classical music studies at the age of 6 (violin lessons.)

At the age of 16 his father buys him his first bass, while Franck discovers heavy metal & fusion music.

First autodidact, he joins the IMFP, french music school to learn jazz & latin music basics.

Professional at the age of 20, he plays in several cover bands, even a philarmonic orchestra, before joining Cyril Achard's band in 1999.

The trio records "In inconstancia constans", a progressive-fusion album with guest Tony McAlpine on keyboards.
Endorsed by Yamaha, they play in several music events, sharing the stage with prestigious musicians as Frank Gambale, Didier Lockwood...

Franck Joins Adagio in 2001, and they record the first album "Sanctus Ignis", then "Underworld" in 2003, followed by a first tour, captured on a live album "A band in Upperworld", only released in Japan.

In 2004, back to fusion with Taboo Voodoo (With Mike Terrana & Cyril Achard)with a French & German tour.
Franck joins Elixir strings in 2005.

Since 2004,Adagio has performed numerous shows in USA, Japan, Holland, France, Spain, Portugal,Tunisia, Switzerland, Belgium,...

Great fan of Movie soundtrack & classical & contemporary music, he practices arrangement & scoring writing music on existing movie trailers for fun, then collaborates on different french short movies...Hoping for a JOB in writing professional music scores !!!

Adagio will play in Serbia next summer, sharing stage with Judas Priest, Helloween...

Franck teaches bass in Nimes, France.

2008 :
- Franck's first instructional Dvd
- Adagio's 4th album "Archangels in black"
- Discolated Collarbone (album with Richard Daudé)
- Guest appearances on a few albums...