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Hugo Fernandez
HUGO FERNANDEZ Composer and guitarist that lives in Berlin, Germany. Native from Mexico City and Madrid, Spain, where he lived for 12 years. He has a Bachelor in Music from Berklee College of Music (Boston) and a Masters Degree from the University of New Orleans. As a leader has played his music in numerous venues in Europe and America. His last album "Cosmogram" is part of the prestigious American record label Origin Records and was selected by "Downbeat Magazine" as one of the best albums in 2015, with positive reviews by other specialised media as "Jazztimes", "All About Jazz" and "Rollingstone Magazine". Jazz Discography: Cosmogram 2015 - Hugo Fernandez Quartet Origenes 2012 - Hugo Fernandez Quartet Amerikanda 2012 - Celia Mur y Hugo Fernandez Solitude 2011 - Cordelia
Gear
Foster 7 string, Basin Street Guitar. T.C. Electronics Nova Delay. DV Mark Little Jazz, guitar amplifier.
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Hugo Fernandez: Cosmogram
by Edward Blanco
Mexican-born Hugo Fernandez is a modern jazz guitarist who follows up his well-received debut album Origenes (CDbaby, 2012) with the new modern-styled Cosmogram featuring eight sophisticated original compositions in a generally warm-natured set of light and engaging modern jazz. A graduate of the prestigious Berklee School of Music in Boston, Fernandez decided to move to Madrid, Spain where he is now based where he draws from an international pool of musicians to perform with and record. Fernandez, who ...
Continue ReadingHugo Fernandez: Cosmogram
by Jack Bowers
Of all the instruments in a group or orchestra, none has a broader or more variable sonic profile than the guitar. When it is played properly, with earnestness and sincerity, a guitar can move the listener to tears; when it is used, however, is to elicit sounds that are best described as disquieting and cacophonous, that is another matter entirely. Luckily, Mexican-born guitarist Hugo Fernandez treats the instrument with respect, showing its warmer and more pleasurable side on Cosmogram, a ...
Continue ReadingHugo Fernandez: Origenes
by Bruce Lindsay
Madrid-based guitarist Hugo Fernández began playing guitar in his native Mexico. Later, he studied at Berklee, where he gained his Bachelor's degree in 1998 and completed his Masters at the University of New Orleans in 2005. After gaining his Masters he moved to Spain in mid-2006 but maintained his links with the Mexican music scene. Despite a wealth of experience--he started his life as a professional musician in the Mexican pop scene of the late '80s--Origenes is his first album ...
Continue Reading"This is original, this is fresh, this caught me by surprise..." Jazztimes (October 2015)
"Personalidad, solvencia y un sonido propio..." Periódico - El Pais (España 2016)
"No todo esta inventado en la musica en general y en el jazz en particular. Que va. Un claro ejemplo en el mexicano Hugo Fernandez..." Diario Crítico Madrid (España 2016)
4.5 Estrellas " ... en el nuevo álbum, hay una proyección hacia un mundo mágico..." RollingStone Magazine MX
Primary Instrument
Guitar
Location
Berlin
Credentials/Background
Guitar, Improvisation and Harmony. Graduated from Berklee College of Music with a Professional Music Degree and a Masters in Jazz Studies (University of New Orleans) [email protected]
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