The Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective was launched in 2017 by the violinist Elena Urioste and pianist Tom Poster (incidentally, they got married last summer). For their Wigmore Hall residency they gathered a starry team of clarinettist Mark Simpson, bassoonist Amy Harman, cellist Laura van der Hejden, horn player Alec Frank-Gemmill, violist Jean-Miguel Hernandez and double bassist Joseph Conyers. Read More...— Jessica Duchen,
TheArtsDesk.com
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New players may replace older ones from time to time (cellist Robert Cohen and violist Juan-Miguel Hernandez joined less than two years ago), but the quartet’s well-seasoned culture has endured. Violinists Ralph Evans and Efim Boico, who have been playing together for more than 32 years, are supremely well matched. Their soft-edged tone and phrasing define a “Fine Arts” sound that Cohen has picked up and that Hernandez accommodates himself to when he isn’t lavishing his gorgeous warm sound on a particularly juicy solo phrase.
Read More...— Joan Reinthaler,
The Washington Post
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There is somewhat more overt drama in Zimbalist’s Quartet, and the Slavic modality of the dark opening movement (highlighted in this performance by the gorgeous voice of Juan-Miguel Hernandez’s viola), the sedateness of the Scherzo and the energy of the Finale’s perpetual motion gave this piece a particularly piquant personality. Read More...— Joan Reinthaler,
The Washington Post
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"Hernandez, a versatile artist with an interesting resume..." Read More...— Tom Strini,
ThirdCoastDaily.com
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A Tone Rich and Full of Depth
This [Harlem Quartet] is an ensemble with a huge, warm sound. Juan-Miguel Hernandez's viola produces a tone easily as rich and full of depth as most cellists manage...
— Joan Reinthaler,
The Washington Post
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... violist Juan Miguel Hernandez, played the bittersweet theme in the Andante [of Brahms's String Sextet No. 1 in B flat] with impassioned poise. Read More...— Vivien Schweitzer,
New York Times
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Rare Treat: A Stradivarius Set From the Harlem Quartet
Violist Juan Miguel Hernandez drew the sweetest, most sonorous tone from the "Cassavetti" Stradivarius in his hands for the evening.
— Charles T. Downey,
Washington Post
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"Hernandez played with understated virtuosity -- tender, lyrical and loaded with personality". Read More...
— PIERRE RUHE,
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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