III. ACADEMIA INTERNACIONAL DE FLAUTA- VILLA DE LEYVA-COLOMBIA

HERNANDO LEAL

His musical activities have taken him to many countries such as Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Hungary, Czech Republic, Greece, Poland, USA, Japan, Ecuador, Peru and Colombia.

Hernando has appeared also in Major Concert Halls such as the Markgräfliches Opernhaus Bayreuth, Festpielhaus Bregenz, Royce Hall of Los Angeles, KKL and Opera of Lucerne, Casino of Bern, Tonhalle Zürich, Auditorio Nacional and Teatro Real of Madrid, Palau de la Música of Valencia, Teatro Nacional Sucre of Quito, Luis Angel Arango Hall of Bogotá, Peruvian-American Institute of Lima, Matsumoto Bunkak Aikan Concert Hall and Hiroshima City Hall in Japan.

Hernando Leal has performed at important music festivals such as the Salzburg Music Festival (Austria), International Festival of Contemporary Music in Darmstadt (Germany), and Idyllwild Arts Music Festival (USA) .

He has been guest performer at the National Flute Association of USA, International Flute Festival of Ecuador and Internacional Flute Festival of Peru.

He has appeared with various renowned Orchestras such as Radio Symphony Orchestra of Frankfurt, Southwest German Philharmonie, Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra of Budweis, International Festival Orchestra in California and International Academy Orchestra in Bayreuth.

He studied Flute in Spain, Switzerland and Germany at the Hochschule der Künste Zürich, Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt and the Musikhochschule Luzern receiving the Pedagogy, Performance and Soloist diplomas. He also completed studies in Conducting.

His teachers have included Mathias Ziegler, Anna Katharina-Graf and Karl Kaiser.

In Switzerland he met Sir James Galway and Peter-Lukas Graf with whom he deepened his flute performance studies.

Hernando attended Masterclasses at important music academies including Siena, Hammelburg, Nice, Sermoneta, Veszprem and Lucerne with renowned musicians such as Auréle Nicolet, William Bennett, Emmanuel Pahud, Patrick Gallois, Barthold Kuijken, Janos Balint, Jeanne Baxtresser and Maxence Larrieu.

He has been a prize winner at different Music Competitions and Festivals for Traditional Music. He also received the “Carolina Oramas” fellowship and Special prize at the Mazda Young Musician Competition. He was semifinalist at the International Flute Competition in Krakow, Poland.

He gives masterclasses at different Universities and Flute Festivals in Colombia, Peru and Ecuador.
He founded the National Flute Academy of Colombia.