Juan Camilo Hernández Sánchez

Juan Camilo Hernández Sánchez (Colombia, 1982)Introspecciones Móviles for baritone/alto saxophone and electronics (2010)Juan Camilo Hernández Sánchez is a Colombian composer who began playing traditional music and jazz which led him to avant-garde music composition. His work often represents a fragmented musical situation, where sound parameters are treated independently rendering a complex mosaic. He studied composition with Jean-Luc Hervé, Philippe Leroux, Stefano Gervasoni and Luis Naón. Inroled in composition workshops, he receives advise from Brian Ferneyhough, Beat Furrer, Pierluigi Billone, Liza Lim, Philippe Hurel and Peter Ablinger. His pieces have been played in music festivals in Europe and south-america, by ensembles such as L'instant donné, Ensemble Caïrn, Ensemble Abstraï and the KNM Berlin. He also participated in multimedia projects at ZKM and the Royaumont Abbey. His work received several awards (Mincultura 2002, Köln Trienale 2010, BBVA 2012)