Alexandra Hernandez (born 1981) is a French singer-songwriter from Saint Pierre and Miquelon, an overseas collectivity of France located near the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.[1]
Biography edit
Alexandra Hernandez was born in Saint Pierre and Miquelon in 1981,[1][2] the daughter of an Algerian father and Miquelonnais mother.[3] Her mother is of Acadian background, dating back to the colonists' arrival on the archipelago.[4]
At age 18, Hernandez left the territory to study music at the University of Montreal,[3] where she studied saxophone for five years.[2] In 2004, after college, she moved to France.[3] There, she learned guitar and began writing songs, taking first prize in several European competitions.[2]
Her music is multicultural, balancing between her French and North American roots.[5] She sees herself as neither French, Acadian, or North American, but all three.[4] She "seeks to strengthen the ties between the French archipelago and its Canadian neighbors, the Atlantic Provinces."[6][7]
After settling for a period in Landes[1][3] and dividing her time between France, Quebec, and Saint Pierre and Miquelon,[8] Hernandez returned permanently to her home territory in 2015.[4] In 2017 she created the Festival Les Transboréales, an annual music festival in Saint Pierre and Miquelon.[6][9] It aims to bring together French and Canadian artists in unusual locations on the remote archipelago.[10][11]
Hernandez's work has been featured by the French Consulate-General in Moncton, Canada, as part of the Acadie Rock Festival, a celebration of Acadian culture.[6][12] She also represented her home country at a joint concert celebrating Overseas France at the Olympia in Paris in 2019.[13][14]
In additional to her musical efforts, Hernandez is also a poet. Her poems appeared in the book Saint-Pierre et Miquelon: Terre de Passions, in collaboration with the photographer Gregory Pol, in 2016.[15]
Discography edit
- Ma Tranqu'île (2009)
- Lula-Rose (2012)
References edit
- ^ a b c Saint-Genez, Emma (1 February 2011). "Festi'îles : une première escale avec la voyageuse Alexandra". SudOuest.fr (in French). Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- ^ a b c "Biographie ALEXANDRA HERNANDEZ". Info Concert (in French). Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Alexandra Hernandez chante Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon en ouverture de Fest'îles". Franceinfo (in French). 6 December 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- ^ a b c Mousseau, Sylvie (1 August 2020). "Alexandra Hernandez: l'artiste de Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon revient à la musique". Acadie Nouvelle (in French). Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- ^ "Alexandra Hernandez". Agorila.
- ^ a b c "Retour sur le concert d'Alexandra Hernandez lors d'Acadie Rock". Consulat Général de France à Moncton (in French). Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- ^ "Participation de l'artiste française Alexandra HERNANDEZ au Festival Acadie Rock 2020 en ligne". Consulat Général de France à Moncton (in French). Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- ^ "Alexandra Hernandez". CDM Studio (in French).
- ^ "VIDEO. Festival les Transboréales : le live, un archipel en musique". Outre-mer la 1ère (in French). 2 July 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- ^ Boulenger, Emilie (2 August 2018). "Succès du festival les Transboréales à Saint-Pierre et Miquelon". Saint-Pierre et Miquelon la 1ère (in French). Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- ^ "Artistes français et canadiens réunis pour le festival des Transboréales à Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon". France tv & vous (in French). Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- ^ "Est & Canada – Alexandra Hernandez a Acadie Rock". France Canada Culture. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- ^ Lahiton, Frédéric (1 September 2019). "Direction l'Olympia pour Alexandra Hernandez". Saint-Pierre et Miquelon la 1ère (in French). Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- ^ Boulenger, Emilie (2 September 2019). "La saint-pierraise Alexandra Hernandez raconte son incroyable expérience sur la scène de l'Olympia". Saint-Pierre et Miquelon la 1ère (in French). Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- ^ Pol, Grégory (2016). Saint-Pierre et Miquelon : terre de passions. Hernandez, Alexandra. Ivry-sur-Seine: Vilo. ISBN 978-2-7191-1019-5. OCLC 974830656.