IAGO FERNÁNDEZ

Iago Fernández is a drummer who plays and composes as if he were writing poetry. No wonder the Galician-born musician is called a "drum poet", especially since, in addition to his award-winning drumming, he actually writes poems and paints colourful visual worlds. In this artistic manifestation, Fernández explores his inner self and deals with the essence of his psyche. A balancing act between sun and ocean, light and dark, equally audible in the compositions of the Swiss by choice. Their spectrum ranges from jazz to Radiohead and classical music to popular music from Brazil and Galicia, recorded on four albums with collaborators such as Mark Turner, Yumi Ito and Xan Campos. The new work, "Luzada", carries two beautiful meanings: "Light emitted by a body, either its own or reflected" and "the first light of the day, when the sun rises”. Since the age of 18, Iago Fernandez has performed regularly read more...