Andrea Hermenau
Andrea Hermenau (born July 31, 1981 in Munich ) is a German jazz musician (piano, also vocals, composition).
Life
Hermenau, who graduated from high school in Tegernsee in 2000 , won the “Mix on the Road” composition competition organized by Keyboards magazine and was able to record her composition in Nashville . From 2001 to 2006 she studied jazz piano at the Richard Strauss Conservatory in Munich with Tizian Jost . During this time she played in the Bavarian Youth Jazz Orchestra and in the band Etna , with whom she recorded two albums. With her own trio, which included Benjamin Schäfer and Max Frankl , she won the state competition Jugend jazzt in 2004 and then recorded with Frankzone . From 2008 to 2010 she studied composition with Thomas Zoller at the Carl Maria von Weber Academy of Music in Dresden . In 2010 her composition “Morgenlichter” for orchestra and jazz soloists premiered with the Dresden University Orchestra .
She accompanies Lisa Wahlandt in the formation Die Drei Damen and belongs to the band Coisa Nostra . She also appeared with Dusko Goykovich's big band , in Thomas Zoller's Zollsound , with Heinz von Hermann , Harald Rüschenbaum , Johannes Herrlich , Henning Sieverts , Paulo Cardoso , Jenny Evans and Thomas Stabenow . In the BR production Twelve Months she was involved as a pianist in the recording of compositions by Wolfgang Roth. In 2019 she led a quartet with Carolyn Breuer . She can also be heard on recordings by Fjoralba Turku , Jerker Kluges Deep Jazz and Charly Antolini with the Ladies of Jazz .
Discography
- Frankzone ( Mons Records 2005, with Johannes Enders , Max Frankl, Magnus Schriefl , Benjamin Schäfer, Peter Gall )
- Etna Waiting for the Sun ( GLM 2009)
- Die Nachtpracht ( Unit Records 2013, with Till Martin, Peter Cudek, Tim Collins )
- Lisa Wahlandt / Andrea Hermenau / Christiane Öttl The Three Ladies ( Enja , 2014)
Web links
- Website (official)
- Andrea Hermenau at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Andrea Hermenau. Musical curriculum vitae. (PDF; 16 kB) In: coisa-nostra.de. October 17, 2008, accessed January 4, 2019 .
- ↑ Raimund Meisenberger: "The Three Ladies" - Miss miracles of Bavarian jazz. In: pnp.de. October 21, 2014, accessed January 4, 2019 .
- ↑ ROCKTIMES - CD review / Andrea Hermenau Quartet - Die Nachtpracht. In: rocktimes.de. December 6, 2013, accessed January 4, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hermenau, Andrea |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German jazz musician (piano, also vocals, composition) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 31, 1981 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |