He was born in Saxony on 2 November 1971 (Germany), became a member of  THOMANERCHOR LEIPZIG  Group between 1981- 1990.  Between 1988 – 1990, he completed his study as  PRAEFECTUS in Thomanerchor.   He began to play piano in Leipzig Higher Music Academy between   1992 – 1993 and initiated his chieftainship works in Basel( Switzerland) with Manfred Honeck and Ralf Weikert between 1993 -1997.  Between 1996 -1997,  he began to his chieftainship carrier  as orchestra chief  in Orchestra Association Interlaken (Switzerland).  He worked as  repetiteur  and orchestra chief 1 in OPERA HALLE between 1997 – 2001. 

In 1999, he worked as the assistant of Manfred Honeck in STOCKHOLM Radio Symphony Orchestra. In 1999,   he went on to the finals in Spoleto Chieftainship Contest  and attracted attention. He was charged as 2001 - 2003 Kapellmeister ve 1.  Chief in SCHWERIN Mecklenburg State Opera between 2001-2003.  Between 2005 – 2009, he worked  in Schleswig-Holstein State  Opera in the position of 1. KAPELLMEISTER.  Since 2006,   he has been the assistant of CHRISTIAN THIELEMANN in  'Ring des Nibelungen', 'Parsifal', 'Tannhäuser','Fliegender Holländer', 'Die Frau ohne Schatten', 'Arabella' productions in  BAYREUTH FESTIVAL and SALZBURG FESTIVAL . He made the assistantship of  KURT MASUR in Orchestre National de France PARIS in 2007.   He continued his duty  in 2008 and  2009 as the 1st Assistant of  SIR COLIN DAVISİN Orchestre National de France PARIS. 

Later on, between 2009 – 2012, he was charged as Wuppertal Opera 1. Kappellmeister. He worked as Music Director of the aforementioned Opera between  2012 - 2014. 

As Guest Chief he worked in;

Staatskapelle Halle/Saale, Opernhaus Chemnitz, Theater Regensburg, Theater Magdeburg, Orchesterzentrum NRW Dortmund, Bergische SymphonikerRemscheid und Solingen, Theater Gera, Vogtlandphilharmonie Greiz/Reichenbach, Philharmonie Charkow, Orchestra Città di Ravenna Young Musician's Symphony Orchestra London. 

Florian Frannek knows German, English, French, Italian and Spanish.