Katt Hernandez

Katt Hernandez May 16 1974 - Is A Violinist Living In Stockholm Sweden With Strong Connection To Boston Massachussetts Philadelphia Pennsylvania And Baltimore Maryland. Katt's Violin Playing Employs Many Virtuostic Extended Techniques As Well As Microtones. Her Influences Range A Vast Gamut Of Music And Her Own Work Is Entirely Improvised. She Has Been Noted For Her Unique Playing In Many Publications And On-Line Review Sites Including Cadence Magazine Signal To Noise Arthur Magazine And All About Jazz. As A Teenager She Attended Community High School An Alternative Experimental School That Was In Her Hometown Of Ann Arbor Michigan. She Was Admitted To The University Of Michigan In 1992 And Was Among The First To Graduate From The School With A Degree In Improvised Music. There She Worked Extensively With The Creative Arts Orchestra With Her Mentor Ed Sarath. She Also Studied Composition With George Balch Wilson And Evan Chambers As Well As Jazz With Donald Walden. She Also Played In Several Jazz Groups In The Area And Collaborated With Dr. Arwulf Arwulf And Frank Pahl. She Arrived In Boston In 1997 And Quickly Became A Part Of The City's Rich Landscape Of Improvised Music. She Regularly Sat In On Classes And Sessions At The New England Conservatory In Her First Years In Town Where She Met Her Next Mentor Joe Maneri. There She Also Began Her Long Collaboration With Pianist And Accordion Player Jonathan Vincent. She Began Working Extensively With Performance Artists Dancers And Video Artists As Improvisers. In Addition To Performances In The City's Ever-Dwindling Supply Of Underground Art-Spaces As Well As Appearances As A Guest Artist At More Prominent Venues She Began To Participate In Flamboyant Street Theater Antics. read less