法蘭克．伯納德是大提琴家，也是民族音樂學者，他的音樂生涯橫跨多個領域。1958年出生於法國第戎的一個音樂世家，他自幼在父親Jean-Claude Bernède—小提琴家暨指揮家的指導下學習音樂。隨後，他在里昂國立高等音樂學院師事Alain Meunier與Reine Flachot，也在芬蘭赫爾辛基西貝流士音樂學院向Arto Noras學習，並獲得高等文憑。其後在巴黎國立高等音樂學院修習Christophe Coin與William Christi的巴洛克音樂課程，1987年榮獲巴洛克大提琴首獎，完成求學生涯。

法蘭克．伯納德的演奏足跡遍及歐洲、美國、日本、印度、尼泊爾、斯里蘭卡、印尼及臺灣。在過去長達近十五年間，他參與了許多巴洛克樂團的演奏及錄音，包括：Jordi Savall指揮的Concert des Nations、Christophe Coin帶領的Limoges巴洛克樂團、William Christie指揮的Les Arts Florissants樂團、Eduardo Lopez-Banzo率領的Al Ayre Español，以及Gérard Lesne指揮的Il Seminario Musicale等。

除了演奏事業外，法蘭克．伯納德也十分重視教學。他在亞洲定居約十五年，期間有五年時間在臺灣的中國文化大學推動成立巴洛克音樂研究中心。旅臺期間，他策劃多項音樂計畫，並舉辦獨奏會、講座及大師班等。其中一項重要計畫是與樂興之時管絃樂團合作，擔任普賽爾歌劇《仙后》藝術總監。

他致力於搭建東西方文化橋樑的理念，也體現在民族音樂學領域。他過去四十年間在印度與尼泊爾進行研究，專注於喜馬拉雅中部吟遊詩人的音樂傳統，以及加德滿都谷地的Newar族音樂。他擁有巴黎高等社會科學研究院（École des hautes études en sciences sociales）社會人類學與民族音樂學博士學位。法蘭克．伯納德也是Singhini研究中心的創辦人與現任總監，該機構位於尼泊爾，致力於保存與推廣喜馬拉雅地區的音樂與舞蹈文化。

The musical career of Franck Bernède, cellist and ethnomusicologist, has traversed a number of currents.  He was born in 1958 into a family of musicians in Dijon, France.  His education began under the instruction of his father, the violinist and conductor Jean-Claude Bernède.  He later studied with Alain Meunier and Reine Flachot at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Lyon as well as with Arto Noras at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland, where was awarded his Higher Diploma.  His studies were completed in the Baroque music classes of Christophe Coin and William Christie at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris where he obtained a first prize in baroque cello in 1987.

Since then, Franck Bernède has performed in most European countries as well as the United States, Japan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Taiwan.  For close to fifteen years, he has participated in numerous concerts and recordings for ensembles specializing in the Baroque repertoire such as the Concert des Nations (directed by Jordi Savall), the Ensemble Baroque de Limoges (Christophe Coin), Les Arts Florissants (William Christie), Al Ayre Español (Eduardo Lopez-Banzo), Il Seminario Musicale (Gérard Lesne), etc.

Parallel to his activities as a concert artist, Franck Bernède places a high value on teaching.  Based in Asia for about fifteen years, he has devoted five years to creating a Center of Baroque music studies at Chinese Culture University in Taipei, Taiwan, coordinating in this country several projects, giving recitals, conferences and masterclasses.  Among others, his various projects included the artistic direction of Purcell's Fairy Queen with the Taiwanese orchestra "Philharmonia Moments Musicaux."

His calling to build bridges between East and West is also apparent in the field of ethnomusicology, where his research during the last Forty or so years in India and Nepal has concentrated on the traditions of the central Himalayan bards along with Newar music of the Kathmandu Valley.  He holds a doctorate in social anthropology and ethnomusicology from the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (Paris).  Franck Bernède is the founder and director of the Singhini Research Center, a Nepalese organization dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the music and dance of the Himalayas.