Frank Duval

German composer, conductor, producer and songwriter. Born on November 22nd 1940 in Berlin into an artists' family. After an acting career in theater (1952-1958), tried his hand as an actor in films and musicals (1959-1965), as well as producing short films (1965-1968).
Frank Duval worked in the broadcast industry on soundtracks and musicals since 1965, but it was not until 1977 that he found his true calling: writing and producing musical scores to TV series, of which the 120+ episodes long Derrick is the most notable example. His wife Kalina Maloyer contributed her vocals and writing to many of the releases.
In addition, Frank Duval wrote songs for the following artists: Ivan Rebroff, Alexandra, Karin Huebner, Margot Werner, Klaus Löwitsch and Maria Schell.
He is married with Kalina Maloyer.