Hermane

Before settling in Andalusia, Dutch composer & pianist Hermane lived over 20 years in Latin America, the US, Eastern Europe and several African countries, soaking up the traditional music of each country.

Hermane is a very meticulous composer who seeks to go beyond the typical “four repeated chords” that are so common in contemporary music. His goal: to create virtuoso pieces, endowed with a fragile beauty that moves the listener.

He draws inspiration from great classical masters such as Chopin and Beethoven but also contemporaries such as Vangelis and Zimmer. The result is a delicate and prodigious fusion of pop & soul songs, with gospel, flamenco, Latin and classical influences.

His concerts center around a grand piano, to which he adds a foot-drum and pulsating synthesizer & vocoder textures to culminate in a grand finale. He involves his audience with clapping and singing, taking simple chants and underpinning them with virtuose piano parts that the audience can later find back online.