Manuel plays different saxophones, but also flûte and especially the north indian flute : bansuri. Improvisor, composer and explorator of the musics from the world, Manu developped personnal projects in different directios at the same time : in jazz with the Manuel Hermia Quartet ( L’esprit du Val, Igloo 1999 and Rajazz, Igloo 2006 ), in a band that definitively mixes all the musical styles and goes beyond all kinds of borders: Slang ( Los Locos, 1999; Save the Chilis, 2002; It’s on the way, 2005; Karmasutra, 2009 ) and in world music with his bansuri with « Le Murmure de l’Orient » which means " The Whisper from the East "( Igloo 2005, et Cristal/Harmonia Mundi 2005 ). We also heard him playing with numerous artists from many cultures : Mamady Keita ( Guinea ), Dhruba Ghosh ( India ), Regis Gizavo ( Madagascar ), Fred Wesley( USA ), Ben Ngabo ( Rwanda ) , Joao Braga ( Brésil ), Dobet Gnahoré ( Ivory Coast ), Pierre Van Dormael ( Belgium ), Nono Garcia ( Spain ), Manou Gallo ( Ivory Coast ), Abid Barhi ( Moracco ), Karim Baggili ( Lebanon )... For more infos, you can visit his website: http://www.manuel-hermia.com
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Manuel plays different saxophones, but also flûte and especially the north indian flute : bansuri. Improvisor, composer and explorator of the musics from the world, Manu developped personnal projects in different directios at the same time : in jazz with the Manuel Hermia Quartet ( L’esprit du Val, Igloo 1999 and Rajazz, Igloo 2006 ), in a band that definitively mixes all the musical styles and goes beyond all kinds of borders: Slang ( Los Locos, 1999; Save the Chilis, 2002; It’s on the way, 2005; Karmasutra, 2009 ) and in world music with his bansuri with « Le Murmure de l’Orient » which means " The Whisper from the East "( Igloo 2005, et Cristal/Harmonia Mundi 2005 ). We also heard him playing with numerous artists from many cultures : Mamady Keita ( Guinea ), Dhruba Ghosh ( India ), Regis Gizavo ( Madagascar ), Fred Wesley( USA ), Ben Ngabo ( Rwanda ) , Joao Braga ( Brésil ), Dobet Gnahoré ( Ivory Coast ), Pierre Van Dormael ( Belgium ), Nono Garcia ( Spain ), Manou Gallo ( Ivory Coast ), Abid Barhi ( Moracco ), Karim Baggili ( Lebanon )... 
