Lucho Hermida

About

Lucho Hermida is a songwriter, producer, and researcher interested in world music. Lucho Hermida was born in Bogotá-Colombia and grew up in Garzón-Colombia, where he was nourished by the mountains and river sounds. His music has been influenced by soundscapes, Colombian Andean, Latin American, Brazilian, contemporary, and jazz music. Lucho seeks to present a reflective vision of the world from an ecological perspective, where urban, everyday life, and nature coexist in songs set to Latin American rhythms.

He has released four albums and participated in various projects as a performer, songwriter, producer, and audio engineer. His songs have been awarded at the most important music festivals in Colombia. He represented Colombia in the «Global Rockstar Rio + 20» in 2012, an event organized by the International Association for the Advancement of Innovative Approaches to Global Challenges (IAAI), where his song «Por el borde del camino» was part of the compilation CD promoted during the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

As a performer, he joined the OÍ group. They had shows in Colombia's most important concert halls, playing in international music festivals such as the Cartagena International Music Festival and the International Folklore Festival in Cosquín-Argentina, and shared scenes with important artists such as Joaquín Sabina and the violinist Alexis Cárdenas. With OÍ, he won more than fifteen Colombian national awards.

As an engineer and producer, He has participated in the recording and mixing of more than 200 audio tracks, having the fortune to choose carefully the projects in which He participates. Actually, He is developing immersive audio and 360 mix in musical projects.

After living in countries such as Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Portugal, and Spain, Lucho Hermida is based in Winnipeg-Canada, where he is sowing his music in the beautiful Canadian prairies.