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JOSE HERRERA NEUMAN
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Venezuelan born musician, (and Dutch nationality) who started his professional career at the age of 16 in Maracaibo, Venezuela. Piano & Keyboard player, arranger, composer, and Singer.
Moved to Aruba in 1990, where he worked as a solo piano player, for one year at the Bushiri hotel and the Paradise beach village. He played acustic pianos, by himself, no other musicians, no electronics appliances.
In 1991 he moved to Holland where he performed with three bands, playing all around music (jazz, pop, salsa, merengue) in several important cities, well known hotels and festivals. He stayed in Holland for a year and then moved around Europe, traveling to Italy, there he attended a summer festival workshop invited by the Berklee college of music. He went to Belgium and Germany with the Silhouette band. Played on the Stenaline cruises (luxury ships that go from Holland to England) with Los Vegas band.
In 1992 he was among the 10 finalists out of 200 contestants in the Midi Award Festival patronized by Atari and Roland. He was the only latin contestant to achieve that position.
In 1993, he returned to Aruba and stayed there playing in five stars hotels for five years, with different bands: Hyatt Regency with Eduardo Maya; Holyday inn with Coco Loco band; a duo with Martin Buitenweg (Chichi Peralta’s guitar player); Costa linda resort with Amy Mendez and Richard Holmond; to name a few. He made the sound tracks for two theater plays.
In 1998, he went to Medellin, Colombia. There he played with the Corporation Medellin de jazz, as the regular keyboard player, for one year. He also made the sound track for a short footage movie named “Suele Suceder” that got a special mention in a Spanish movies festival.
In 1999, he went to Spain with Amparo Sandino’s band (former Carlos Vives’s guitar player and vocalist).
In 2000, he returned to Aruba and formed the band Vision: Lucre Houtman, singer, Richard Holmond, drummer and Jose himself as keyboard player, arranger and composer. This band played in Radisson hotel for one and a half year.
In 2002, Vision was performing on the Princess Cruises ships for about 2 years.
Back in Aruba he arranged the music for the “Let’s go latin” show at the Crystal casino theater.
In 2004, move to Spain where he performe with different bands & orchestras around the country.
2005 moved to China. Performing all over the country for about 15 years (until 2020). Also performed on cruise ships (Skysea Cruise line) from China to Japan and Vietnam as a guest artist with the Argentinian singer Daniela Bessia.
In 2021 moved back to Aruba, where he is performing at the moment. In hotels as Marriott, Hyatt, restaurants as Papillon, private events with bands and solo, and more.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Surname:
José Herrera Neuman
Place of Birth:
Venezuela
Day of birth:
January 5, 1971
Marital Status:
Nationalities:
Single
Venezuelan and Dutch (The Netherlands)
Using European Passport only at the moment
PERFORMANCE RECORD
VENEZUELA
Santa Anita Group (Venezuelan gaita)
Dinosaurios Band (Spanish Rock)
10 A.M. Band (commercial Rock)
Trio Jazz Band (Jazz)
Café Rock Band (commercial Rock)
Jorge y su Banda (Latin Music)
Sociedad Secreta (commercial Rock)
ARUBA
Solo Piano player in Bushiri resort, Paradise
beach village, Holyday Inn, Hyatt, etc.
Future Band (all around music)
Coco Lobo Band (all around music)
Jemm original music, and covers. CD
recorded in 1996 (Earthwalk)
Eduardo maya’s trio (trumpet player)
Crystal Breeze (Cheers cafe’s house band)
Two years contract with the Vision Trio at the
Radisson Hotel
Others : Radio jingles for companies like
Heineken, Top less car rental, Coca Cola, etc.
Sound tracks for two theater plays
Participation in the recording of Antonio
Bello’s Blues Band Proyect
Arranged the music for the “Let’s go latin”
show, the Crystal casino theater, on Aruba
HOLLAND
Los Vegas Band (international music)
Silhuette Band (Jazz and Blues)
Seven Seas Band (Top 40)
One of the ten finalists in the Midi Award
festival among 200 contestants, being the
only latin in the group.
COLOMBIA
Eafit festival with Pilar Botero’s Band (Jazz and boleros singer), Dizzy Band (Jazz), and guest
performer with Colombian all stars jazz band.
Gabriel Rondon Jazz band
Lavanda Band (Covers. Performed in Bogotá,
Colombia
Nebula Band (Covers)
Colonia Band with the Chilean guitar player
Rodrigo Alvarado (Jazz)
Alcatraz Jazz Band. This band perfomed with
trumpet player Eduardo maya in the second
jazz festival in Medellín.
Solo piano player at Restaurant Picante,
Medellín
Special guest for the first cycle of jazz
performers, organized by Medellín de Jazz
CRUISE SHIPS
Working for Princes Cruises and Holland
America Cruise Lines from 2001 to 2004 with
the Vision Trio.
SPAIN
CHINA & ASIA
Perform with the XL La Grande Orquesta
during the summer of 2004
Played with the Boro Band at the Imperator in
Barcelona, 2004
Performed in China, Vietnam, Japan, Cruise
Ships from 2005 to 2020
MUSIC EDUCATION
Started in 1978 (7 years old)
Yamaha Institute, Maracaibo, Venezuela
6 Years complete organ course (certicate)
Juvenile symphonic orchestra-Andres Eloy Blanco Institute
Maracaibo, Venezuela
4 Years of music theory
2 Years Violin Lessons
Beethoven academy, Maracaibo, Venezuela
Classical piano leverage to 6th year
Berklee College, summer jazz workshop
Perugia, Italy, 1992
Private jazz lessons by and Alkmaar conservatory teacher
Alkmaar, Holland
Cecilio Acosta University, Maracaibo, Venezuela
Studying On Line at the moment for the Bachelor degree in Music (classical music-based program)
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