RIVERMIND - Hugo Fernandez

The album Rivermind, recorded in Berlin in 2025, is the sixth release by the talented guitarist Hugo Fernández.

It contains seven new compositions played by a Berlin-based quartet that creatively combines jazz with pop and folk influences. His previous album, Cosmogram (2015, Origin Records), featuring Antonio Sánchez on drums, was voted one of the best albums of the year by Down Beat magazine.

• Daniel Stawinsky – Piano
  
• Matt Adomeit  – Contrabass
  
• Mathias Ruppnig – Drums
  
• Hugo Fernandez – Guitar & Composition
  

Hugo Fernández is a Mexican jazz guitarist who, after more than a decade in Madrid, has been based in Berlin for the past six years. His musical quest has led him to create his own universe, in which the rich heritage of jazz coexists with the energy of other musical genres such as pop-rock, world folklore and classical music.

Hugo Fernandez collaborates with German pianist Daniel Stawinski, who has studied various musical traditions such as Balkan folklore, Persian classical, European classical and Cuban music.

American bassist Matt Adomeit grew up with an eclectic mix of jazz, baroque and classical music.

Mathias Ruppnig from Austria is an outstanding drummer who can play everything from conventional jazz to experimental modern jazz.