Sira Hernandez
*30 January 1959
Works by Sira Hernandez
Biography
Sira Hernández, born in Barcelona, made her debut at the age of 16 in the auditorium of the G. Verdi Conservatory in Turin (Italy). He completed his musical studies at the same conservatory, under the direction of the famous pianist Remo Remoli, disciple of Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, and Felice Quaranta, at the time director of the conservatory, as well as being a renowned composer and pianist . After finishing his studies in Turin, he returned to Barcelona where he perfected his piano studies at the Marshall Academy, receiving lessons from the pianist Alicia de Larrocha. Between 1993-1994 he studied counterpoint and fugue and composition with Manuel Oltra, thus expanding the studies begun with Felice Quaranta in Turin and then began his improvisation studies with the prestigious Emilio Molina, professor at the Superior School of Music of Catalonia (ESMUC) and at the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía.She has participated, as an performer and composer, in several concerts.
About the music
As a composer, Sira Hernández gained a huge reputation with her monographic works for Naxos "Initiation to the Shadow" and for Sony Classical "Three Impressions, on the Divine Comedy". In addition to her activity as a performer, Sira Hernández, has collaborated and developed several artistic projects as a composer, together with dancers, actors, poets and plastic artists, offering recitals and shows in which music enters into dialogue with other arts. "Iniciación a la Sombra",inspired by the verses of Á. Crespo, his close collaboration with Pablo Arán, principal dancer of Pina Bausch and with "Initiation to the Shadow" Sira Hernández achieves a huge impact worldwide, becoming the fifth CD in Naxos sales in May 2020, 'Three impressions on the Divine Comedy', dedicated to Dante in the year of commemorations of the 700th anniversary of his death, debuts on March 25 at the National Library of Spain and the concert is broadcast through the channels of the National Library and Dante Day.