Uriel Ze’ev Herman
Born13 April 1987
Jerusalem, Israel
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician, Composer
Instrument(s)Piano
Years active2008-present
WebsiteUriel Herman

Uriel Herman (Hebrew: אוריאל הרמן; born April 13, 1987) is an Israeli jazz artist and classical pianist and founding member of The Uriel Herman Quartet.

Biography

Herman begin learning piano from age 7, graduating from the Israeli Arts and Science Academy in 2005. He later graduated from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance in 2010, having studied composition under Prof. Andre Hajdu and Prof. Michael Wolpe,[1] and piano with Ilana Vered and Prof. Assaf Zohar.[2]

His first album, Half Colours, Half voices was released in collaboration with double-bassist Ehud Ettun, consisting of compositions based on poems by poet Rachel Bluwstein. It was listed by Haaretz as one of the top 15 Israeli albums for that year.[3][4] In 2014, he released the album Awake, which directly led to the creation of his ensemble The Uriel Herman Quartet and was nominated in the top 5 jazz albums of the year by NRG.[5]

Following the release of Awake, Herman appeared at the Red Sea Jazz Festival and was invited to perform at the opening of National Taichung Theater. This kickstarted Uriel’s international career, playing in venues like The Forbidden City Concert Hall, Pingtung Performing Art Center and festivals like Nuits du Sud, Amersfoort Jazz festival, Jazzmelie Thuringen and Eclats d’Email Jazz among others.[6]

He is currently an affiliated artist with Label Laborie Jazz, with whom he released his latest album Face to Face.[7]

Composer

Orchestral

In 2017, Herman composed White Night: a rhapsody for Jazz Quartet and Orchestra which was premiered and recorded with the Netanya Kibbutz Orchestra. Performances – Tai-chung, Sous les Pommiers, Stanford, SSK (solo), Jarasum. In 2019, Herman collaborated with Jenaer Philharmonic Orchestra, to write three pieces for the Orchestra and his quartet.

Soundtrack Composition

Herman composed the original soundtrack for the 2018 Polish documentary Standby Painter (2018), about a man who stole a painting from a museum by replacing it with a replica.[8]

Discography

AlbumSongs
Face to FaceThe Man Who Sold The World
Ballad for Yael
Shva Esre
"I shall not die, but live"
Winter light
Hour of the wolf
Shirat hachalil
AwakeWalking
Smells like teen spirit
כשאצטרך (Because i have to)
White Night
Lucky
מכתבי אהבה (Love letters)
Because I have to
Half Colours, Half VoiceKo Tzipiti
Zemer
Osher Shalev
Hine Ekach
Akara
Metay
Bibdiduti Hagdola
Balayla
Yonatan
Avir Psagot
Hatzdek Et Hadin
Veulay

Filmography


MovieTracklist
White Night Rhapsody for Jazz Quartet and Orchestrapart I – “Gathering”
part II – First Glass “Sundawn”
part III – “Passage”
part IV – Second Glass “Trees Revive”
part V – “Polydance”
part VI – Third Glass “Glowing”
part VII – “East Calls”
part VIII – “Defuse”
Windmill SessionsWinter Light
Hour of the wolf
The Silence

Tours

Herman has completed many international and national tours,[9] including Israel,[10] Taiwan, China,[11] France,[12][13] Czech Republic, Netherlands,[14] Germany, Cyprus,[15] USA,[16] Romania, Argentina,[17] South Korea,[18] Denmark, and Austria.[19][20][21][22][23][24]

References

  1. ↑ "Prof. Michael Wolpe".
  2. ↑ "Asaf Zohar".
  3. ↑ "האלבומים הישראליים שעשו את תשס"ט".
  4. ↑ "עידן רייכל: עצור ומבוית".
  5. ↑ "Top 5 Jazz Albums - NRG".
  6. ↑ "רביעיית אוריאל הרמן – Face to Face".
  7. ↑ "Label Laborie Jazz".
  8. ↑ "Standby Painter".
  9. ↑ "רביעיית אוריאל הרמן".
  10. ↑ "עיבודים חדשים לשירי מרדכי זעירא".
  11. ↑ "Uriel Herman Quartet preformed in Beijing".
  12. ↑ "VENDREDI 23 NOVEMBRE 2018 À 20H00 AU THÉÂTRE".
  13. ↑ "Uriel Herman quartet".
  14. ↑ "URIEL HERMAN QUARTET, CONCERT – AMERSFOORT".
  15. ↑ "Uriel Herman Cyprus Event".
  16. ↑ "Stanford's spring quarter guest artists".
  17. ↑ "El pianista israelí Uriel Herman en la Argentina".
  18. ↑ "그립고 아름다운 사운드의 향연".
  19. ↑ "Jewish Spring Concert: Uriel Herman Quartet With Benjamin Koppel".
  20. ↑ "Uriel Herman voyage entre compositions originales, standards, et interprétation de morceaux des Beatles, de Radiohead, ou encore de David Bowie".
  21. ↑ "Uriel Herman Quartet à Jazz aux Carrés".
  22. ↑ "URIEL HERMAN QUARTET & PHILHARMONIE JENA".
  23. ↑ "Im Rahmen der 27. Thüringer Tage der jüdisch-israelischen Kultur".
  24. ↑ "JAC 2019 : URIEL HERMAN QUARTET".
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