Yaron Herman
Yaron Herman (born July 12, 1981 in Tel Aviv ) is an Israeli jazz pianist living in France .
Life and work
Herman began playing the piano at the age of sixteen, taking lessons from the jazz musician Opher Brayer. Two years later he won the Rimon School of Jazz and Contemporary Music's Young Talent Award . At the beginning of his musical career he performed in Tel Aviv at various venues. At the age of 19 he went to Boston to study at Berklee College of Music , but soon left and continued his studies in Paris. At the age of 21 he presented his first album (Takes 2 to Know 1) for the Sketch label as a duo with drummer Sylvain Ghio . On the basis of a theory of musical improvisation ("Real Time Composition") he had developed, he was invited to teach a series of lectures at the Sorbonne . In 2006 he played solo concerts in Europe, South America, the USA and China; he also performed with the Newtopia project directed by Raphaël Imbert (Suite Elegiaque) .
In 2007, Herman formed his own trio, which featured bassist Matt Brewer and drummer Gerald Cleaver . Since 2009 he has also been touring with Michel Portal ; Yaron Herman played among other things in 2007 and 2008 (the opening concert in 2008) at the Tübingen Jazz and Classic Days and in 2010 at the Villingen-Schwenningen Jazz Festival. Yaron Herman lives in Paris.
Awards
In 2007, Yaron was selected as a jazz talent by the French copyright organization Administration des Droits des Artistes et Musiciens Interprètes , and in the following year was highlighted as the instrumentalist's discovery of the year by the Victoires du Jazz .
Discographic notes
- Yaron Herman & Sylvain Ghio : Takes 2 to Know 1 (2003, Sketch)
- Variations (2006, Laborie Records)
- Newtopia Project: Suite Elegiaque (2006, Zig-Zag Territoires, with Raphëlel Imbert, Zim Ngqawana , Stephan Caracci, Simon Tailleu , Cédrick Bec)
- Yaron Herman Trio: Muse (2009, Laborie Records)
- Alter Ego ( ACT 2012, with Émile Parisien and Logan Richardson )
- Adam Bałdych & Yaron Herman: The New Tradition (ACT, 2013)
- Yaron Herman Trio: Songs of the Degrees ( Blue Note 2019, with Sam Minaie , Ziv Ravitz )
Web links
- Official website
- Nick Liebmann : Monk and Ravel, Debussy and Evans . Neue Zürcher Zeitung July 31, 2003 (accessed February 23, 2019)
- DrBou: Yaron Herman - Piano aux Jacobins (2005) (accessed July 19, 2010, French)
- John Kelman: A Time For Everything - Portrait in All About Jazz (2007) (accessed July 19, 2010)
- Portrait of Jason Birchmeier in Allmusic (accessed July 19, 2010, English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Deutschlandfunk from October 29, 2010: Mediator between the sound worlds - Jazz Live
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Herman, Yaron |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Israeli jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 12, 1981 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tel Aviv |