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]
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]
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]
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]