Yvonnick Prené is a French harmonica player and a recording artist.
He first began playing the harmonica 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 2011-2012 he earned a BA from The New School for Jazz & Contemporary Music and Master's degree from Sorbonne University.
He has performed and recorded with a wide range of artists, including Geoffrey Keezer, Bill Stewart, Dayna Stephens, Kevin Hays, Jeremy Pelt, Klingande, Romeo Santos, Peter Bernstein, Scott Tixier, Gene Bertoncini, Rich Perry, Steve Cardenas, Jon Cowherd, Vic Juris, Nate Smith, Ira Coleman, Thomas Enhco, Luques Curtis, Justin Brown, Jerome Barde, Lorin Cohen, Mike Moreno, Avi Rothebard, Jared Gold, Anthony Wonsey, Clovis Nicholas, Laurent Cugny, Alexandre Tassel, Radam Schwartz, Dana Hall, Gilad Hekselman, Jon Davis,Yaron Herman, Laurent de Wilde, Ryan Cohan, Victor Provost among many others.