Magos Herrera
MAGOS HERRERA 2017 Born in Mexico City and currently based out of New York City, Magos Herrera, is a dazzling jazz singer-songwriter, producer, and educator with a 20-year career. Magos is regarded as one of the most expressive, beautiful voices and most active vocalists in the contemporary Latin American jazz scene. She is best known for her eloquent vocal improvisation and her singular bold style, which embraces elements of contemporary jazz with Latin American melodies and rhythms singing in Spanish, English, and Portuguese, in a style that elegantly blends and surpasses language boundaries.
Career Highlights
Magos started her work as an artist upon graduating in 1992 from the Musicians Institute in Los Angeles. Following this, she continued her studies under Russian opera teacher Konstantin Jadan, perfecting her vocal technique, and later moved to Boston, for specialized instruction on contemporary improvisation.
While in Mexico City, Magos released five albums – Orquídeas Susurrantes (2000), País Maravilla (2002), Todo Puede Inspirar (2004), and Soliluna (2006), the latter recorded with Mexican singer Iraida Noriega. Magos was also part of the acclaimed compilation album series Mexican Divas (2001 and 2003).
In 2008, Magos Herrera moved to New York, to further her artistic ambitions. She promptly became part of the local scene after a highly successful performance at the New York Winter Jazz Festival. Since then, Magos has recorded and participated in multiple projects including the album Stones World: The Rolling Stones Project II (2008) for saxophonist Tim Ries, The Music of Chick Corea with pianist Elio Villafranca and for contemporary composer Paola Prestini for VIA project, among others. She collaborated with former Kronos Quartet’s cellist, Jeff Zeigler, in Lens Vivant, created and directed by Mexican visual artist Erika Harrsch, and later again with Harrsch, in the multimedia project, Dream Act.
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- Mexico Azul by Raul d'Gama Rose
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- Distancia by Holly Holmes
September 14, 2011
Mexican Jazz Singer Magos Herrera Performs at Scullers Jazz Club in...
October 08, 2010
Jazz Vocalist Magos Herrera Interview 2010
April 29, 2010
Magos Herrera to Perform at BAMcafe on May 21
April 26, 2010
Mexican Jazz Vocalist Magos Herrera at Sculler's in Boston on Thursday,...
March 20, 2010
Magos Herrera to Perform at Galapagos Art Space on April 15 and BAMcafe...
March 10, 2010
Jazz Vocalist Magos Herrera at Galapagos, Brooklin
August 19, 2009
Vocalist Magos Herrera to Perform at Joe's Pub on September 11 in...
November 18, 2008
Voices: Beat Kaestli and Magos Herrera @ Drom, Sunday Dec. 7th
December 17, 2007
Vocalist Beat Kaestli at Sweet Rhythm: Tues, December 18th, with Victor...
December 12, 2007
Vocalist Beat Kaestli at Sweet Rhythm: Tues, December 18th, with Victor...
...”There are very few Mexican artists that go into the jazz arena and we are fortunate to have Magos Herrera’s music for that very reason. Her talent puts here up there with the best jazz singers. KRCW by Tom Schnabel
…”Herrera is without a doubt the best jazz singer out of Mexico, and with México Azul she is establishing herself among the best singers in jazz
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Credentials/Background
Magos has also been a valued teacher since 2000, when she started teaching vocal technique and improvisation in music schools including Fermatta Music Academy and DIM Music School in Mexico City. Magos has been a guest professor for master classes and clinics at Berklee College in Boston, Berklee Latino in Colombia, Central College in Pella, Iowa, Miami Dade College, Kuala Lumpur Music Academy, Hong Kong University, Escuela Superior de Música in Mexico City, JazzUV in Xalapa, Mahidol University and KPN Music Academy in Bangkok, and held academic residencies in Swarnabhoomy Academy of Music in Tamil Nadu, India, the Carnegie Hall Musical Exchange Program in 2012, and more recently, the Langnau Jazz Camp in Switzerland.
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