Biography
“His music is extremely diverse, characterful and somewhat bizarre”
Hernández-Lovera has a large number of works written for the most diverse formats and has positioned himself as a creator with a language based between the experimental and the traditional.
As an example of the topics, he approaches with his music, his Requiem in memory of all victims of the current Venezuelan dictatorship uses newspaper articles as a way to tell the horrible events that have occurred so far in the country while his cycle Promenades, for solo instruments seeks to establish a between soloist and composer.
His works have been performed by prestigious soloists such as Yury Revich (Violin), Patricia Kopatchinskaja (Violin), Uli Fussenneger (Kontrabaß), Greame Jennings (Violin), Jorge Sanchez-Chiong (Turntables), Phillip Gravogel (Oboe), Roland Schueler (Cello), Anna Molnar (Mezzosoprano), and Alfredo Ovalles (Piano) among others. Ensembles and festivals that have programmed Hernandez-Lovera's music include the Ensemble Intercontemporain, Kammerorchesterbasel, the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Schallfeld Ensemble, Latin American Music Festival in Caracas, Venezuela, Darmstädter Musik Festival, Bye Bye Beethoven, Radio Symphony Orchestra, Fetzn Festival, among others in a variety of countries: Austria, Argentina, Colombia, USA, Venezuela, Germany, Russia, France, Switzerland, and the UK.