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Biography |
Juan-Miguel Hernandez, age 21, was a first and second prize winner in the National Canadian Music Competition. He also won the Sillery Music Competition and Clermont-Pepin Music Competition. Juan-Miguel Hernandez was born in Canada in 1985. He began to study violin at the age of seven and changed to viola at age twelve. In the past he has studied at the music high school Pierre-Laporte, continuing at College Vincent-D'Indy in Montreal with Ms. Madeleine Mercy and Ms. Jean MacRae. Currently Hernandez studies with Mr. Paul Coletti at the Colburn Conservatory and has been invited to play in masterclass for Pinchas Zukermann, Roberto Diaz, Paul Neubauer, Steven Dann, James Dunham, Andre Roy, Elmar Oliveira, and Sydney Humphreys. Hernandez has participated in prestigious summer music festivals in Canada such as the Banff Music Festival (Alberta) and Domaine Forget (Quebec). In the United States he has participated in the Colorado Springs Music Festival followed by the International Laureates Music Festival touring New Mexico and Los Angeles. As a Sphinx artist, Mr. Hernandez gave a stellar performance with the Atlanta Symphony in 2006. The Atlanta Journal Constitution characterized him as "...tender, lyrical, loaded with personality." Mr. Hernandez has given many solo recitals, and has been the soloist in many orchestras. He was invited to play in two Gala concerts at the Pollak Hall in Montreal. He was selected as a showcased artist in the iPalpiti chamber orchestra, under the direction of Eduard Schmieder. He has played with several orchestras including Westmount Youth Orchestra and the Colburn Orchestra. In 2004, Mr. Hernandez gave his first recital for national broadcast by Radio-Canada. He has also appeared on local network television for the viola, hosted by Paul Coletti of Canada. In 2006, he served as a member of the Resident Faculty at Sphinx's Performance Academy which is a summer program for youths at Walnut Hill School's campus. An avid chamber musician, Mr. Hernandez has studied with Lorand Fenyves and Laurence Lesser and he is a member of the Lamoureux-Hernandez-Pelletier trio. In the summer of 2005 he toured again with the prestigious iPalpiti, still under the direction of Doctor Eduard Shmieder, in Slovenia, Salzburg, New Mexico, Los Angeles and in Israel in February 2006.
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