Donny Frauenhofer

Saturday, August 23, 2025 - 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
DiCamillo Courtyard

"Donny is a master in the genres of Jazz, Soul, and Funk" - Step Out Buffalo

"Donny has been instrumental as a next-generation jazz artist in introducing creative original music, expanding the reach of jazz fusion to a wider audience, [and] enriching the jazz scene in Buffalo" - JazzBuffalo

2023 JazzBuffalo Jazz Fusion Act of the Year
2023 JazzBuffalo Jazz Soul/Funk Act of the Year

Donny Frauenhofer is an internationally touring and award winning virtuosic pianist, composer, arranger, and educator from Buffalo, NY that has been on a meteoric trajectory in the jazz world and beyond since his professional career started.

In 2022, Donny Frauenhofer debuted his first original album with his trio "Uppin' the Ante" to widespread acclaim. Continuing this momentum in 2023, the Donny Frauenhofer Trio was recognized as Buffalo's Best Jazz Fusion Act and Best Jazz Soul/Funk Act by JazzBuffalo's Reader's Poll. In 2024, Donny Frauenhofer toured internationally with Vancouver, BC based act "Relive the Music 50s & 60s Show"

Constantly rejecting and reinventing narrow labels to expand his craft, Frauenhofer truly best represents a musician that embraces modern influences while embracing the tradition of American jazz and blues music.