"BUILDING VIRTUES THROUGH MUSIC"
"BUILDING VIRTUES THROUGH MUSIC"
"Angel is capable of producing one of the most beautiful sounds I have ever heard on the cello, warm, natural, round, noble and perfect for the best cantabile possible." Giovanni Gnocchi, Professor at the Mozarteum in Salzburg.
He was recently invited as principal cellist in the Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra, for the recording of an album of Mexican female composers, under the baton of Scott Yoo.
He was selected as Principal Cellist in the Academy Orchestra of the Korean National Symphony Orchestra, 2023 edition, in Seoul, South Korea. As part of the Academy, he also performed at the historic Deoksugung Palace, playing P. I. Tchaikovsky's Souvenir from Florence, alongside the Academy's most distinguished participants.
Angel has received various awards and recognitions for her participation in international competitions. In 2017 he won second prize in the New Docta international string competition, held in Córdoba, Argentina, where he also won the award for the best interpretation of the work Argentina, with A. Ginastera's Pampeana No. 2. In 2018 he received the "Excellence Scholarship" for his outstanding participation in the Domaine Forget Festival, held in Quebec, Canada. He received an honorable mention for his participation in the Carlos Prieto International Competition, held in Morelia, Mexico; where he obtained fourth place in the 2019 edition of the competition.
That same year, he was invited to join the Sphinx Virtuosi Tour string orchestra, with which he made an extensive tour of the United States, performing in the most important venues in the country, such as Carnegie Hall in New York, among others.
Angel has performed solo and chamber music concerts in Venezuela, Mexico, Ecuador, Canada, the United States and South Korea alongside artists such as Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Rachel Barton Pine, Giovanni Gnocchi, Inbal Segev, Jennifer Stumm, among others. As an orchestral cellist, he has toured countries in America, Europe and Asia.
In 2021, he participated as the principal cellist in the recording of Lucha Libre, by composer Juan Pablo Contreras, a work in which the first cello is one of the main characters, recorded under the Universal Music record label and nominated for the Latin Grammys.
His participation in International Festivals has allowed him to work with renowned masters such as Gary Hoffmann, Phillipe Muller, Johannes Mosser, Colin Carr, Emmanuelle Bertrand, Andrew Mark, Doo-min Kim, among others.
Angel Miguel Hernández began his musical studies at the age of 11, at the San Sebastián de los Reyes Music School, with cellists Carlos Cobos, Jean Carlos Coronado and soon after with maestro Andrés Herrera. In 2012 he entered the chair of maestro William Molina Cestari and a year later he was selected to belong to the cello section of the Simón Bolívar Orchestra of Venezuela.
He is currently a member of the Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra and Director of the Guadalajara International Music Festival, which he founded in 2021 and is an educational and philanthropic project that seeks to promote the development of young people in Mexico and Latin America, helping them get closer to internationally recognized teachers who invite them through the festival to give master classes and recitals.