Gwenn Frin

Gwenn from Rennes has been living in Ireland since 1998. She is a top notch triathlete and is personal trainer to the band. She can also figure skate on roller skates, as demonstrated by roller girl in 'Boogie Nights'.

She graduated from the M.phil in Music and Media Technologies from Trinity College Dublin in 2003 and from the 'Ceoltoir' Higher National Diploma in Professional Traditional Music Performance in Dublin in June 2001. She also taught traditional Breton music for the same course in Donegal.

She presents the French radio programme 'Ça Va' on the North Dublin community radio NEARfm 101.6 every Saturdays where you can delight your ears for half an hour of specially selected French and Breton music.

Gwenn joined De jimbé in 2001. Prior to coming to Ireland, she played for six years with the group Beaj Iskis from Brittany. She has a pronounced Breton accent.

Now living in the West of Ireland, she practice her hobbies more than ever which include swimming, seakayaking, windsurfing, surfing, hill-running, cycling, cooking, sewing and scaring the neighbours practising her beautiful fiddle playing.