Alexandra
Gerhard-Garcia
Alexandra
Gerhard-Garcia
composer, drummer, percussionist
Hello!
Welcome on my personal webpage. Here you get all information about my career as a musician, my current projects and upcoming plans.
Enjoy your stay!
About me:
Alexandra Gerhard-García was born in Cologne, Germany. She grew up in Cologne, but she was strongly influenced by the sounds of Venezuela, the country of her mother's birth. Her father, Wolfgang Gerhard, is a successful music producer and guitarist who made a name for himself playing flamenco guitar in the 1980s. He is perhaps best known for his "Jazz Meets Flamenco" release, which he recorded with noted saxophone player Heiner Wiberny. The album was nominated for the Deutsche Schallplattenpreis (German Record Award) for jazz.
Gerhard-García played music throughout her childhood. At first she focused on the guitar and the piano but it was the drums that inspired the budding musician most. Alexandra began to spend more and more time in the recording studio her father had built in the basement of their house. As musicians came and went on recording sessions, she paid special attention to the drummers, experimenting with making sounds on their drums.
Gerhard-García's drumming career suffered a setback in 1997 when she was involved in a motorcycle accident. Rehabilitation involved starting over, retraining herself to play, step by painful step. But it put her priorities in focus; academia, she realized definitively, was not for her. She left the university whare she initially started studying musicology and enrolled in classes at the Drummers Institute in Düsseldorf, Germany. After several months of training there, she moved to New York City, where she continued her training at the Drummers Collective.
Only a year after her accident, in 1998, Gerhard-García released her first album, "Eternal". Released on the Canastero label, the album features Gerhard-García on eight tracks of Latin-inspired jazz. Unusual for any album, the release features the drummer, Gerhard-García, as the main attraction.
By 2000 Gerhard-García had formed a band, called the Garcia Orchestra, followed by releasing an album called "Crossroads", which features a vibrant jazz and rock fusion sound with Latin and funk influences. Unlike on "Eternal", Gerhard-García composed all of the music for this album.
In addition to its studio work, the Garcia Orchestra has played regularly in jazz festivals, including the 12th Jazznacht Huerth, Jazz Rally Düsseldorf, the Hessenjazz-Festival Idstein, and the Buergertreff Ingolstadt, which has also featured such notable performers as Bill Evans, Billy Cobham, and the Yellowjackets.Besides playing drums and composing music, Gerhard-García gave private drumming lessons and in addition to playing in her own band, she has also sat in with the Rodrigo Tobar band and with La Fiesta, Maipu, Alex Oriental Experience, and many other bands.
The last years, although still being active in the music business, Gerhard-García decided to start a second career as a medical doctor. She completed her education in June 2012 at "University of Cologne" and received her doctor´s degree in November 2012 by defending her thesis entitled "Untersuchung von Umbauvorgängen der Extrazellularmatrix in der Reperfusionsphase nach akuter Myokardischämie". In October 2018, she finished her residency in Internal Medicine and is now working as non-invasive cardiologist. At the same time, Gerhard-García is still active in the music area, mostly composing music for TV and film productions.
- Source: Michael Belfiore, Contemporary Musicians, © 2006 Gale Cengage
- Additional information by Dr. med. Alexandra Gerhard-García, M.D.
Demo reels:
Unwritten (compositions in original versions) (HORROR/THRILLER/SCIFI)
Virus (submission for CAIFF Iron Composer Contest 2014); also watch the film with the soundtrack (HORROR/THRILLER/SCIFI)
Money Milk (demo reel scene, 2016); also watch the scene with my soundtrack (song "Dilemma") (CRIME/THRILLER)
Nightclub (demo reel scene, 2017); also watch the scene with my soundtrack (DANCE/TRANCE)
TV broadcasts:
Artist | Title | Label |
Alexandra Gerhard-Garcia | "Eternal" | Canastero Music |
Various | "Misa Criolla" | Angel |
Various | "Salve Colonia" | Canastero Music |
Various | "Misa Criolla" | SONG |
Sigo Lorfeo | "Momenti casuali" | Canastero Music |
Various | "Young Flamenco" | Laserlight |
Various | "Mas que nada" | Laserlight |
Luiz Diaz | "Cool bossa" | / |
Various | "Misa Criolla" ( live CD ) | Wega Music |
Ricky Garcia | "Promo-CD" | Canastero Music |
Ricky Garcia | "CD 2" | Canastero Music |
Alexandra Gerhard-Garcia/Garcia Orchestra | "Crossroads" | Canastero Music/fosforitomusic |
Garcia Orchestra/Various | "Hessenjazz-Festival, Vol.5" | VMP |
Marguay | "Three Sins" | / |
Earmotion | “World Music Brazil Vol.1″ | Earmotion Audio Creation GmbH |
Earmotion | “Slapstick & Funny Music Vol.1″ | Earmotion Audio Creation GmbH |
Earmotion | “Background Soundbeds Vol.1″ | Earmotion Audio Creation GmbH |
Earmotion | “Action Drums & Trailer Sound Design Vol.1″ | Earmotion Audio Creation GmbH |
Earmotion | “Beautiful Orchestra Score Vol.1″ | Earmotion Audio Creation GmbH |
Earmotion | “Sad Moments and Melancholic Music Vol.2″ | Earmotion Audio Creation GmbH |
Earmotion | “Feel Good Funk & Soul Vol.1″ | Earmotion Audio Creation GmbH |
Earmotion | “World Music Italy Vol.1″ | Earmotion Audio Creation GmbH |
Earmotion | “World Music France Vol.1″ | Earmotion Audio Creation GmbH |
Earmotion | “Science and Technology Vol.1″ | Earmotion Audio Creation GmbH |
Earmotion | “Cinematic Fantasy Trailer Vol.1″ | Earmotion Audio Creation GmbH |
Earmotion | “Slapstick & Funny Music Vol.2″ | Earmotion Audio Creation GmbH |
Earmotion | “Cinematic Trailer Music Vol.3″ | Earmotion Audio Creation GmbH |
Earmotion | “Feel Good Jazz Vol.1″ | Earmotion Audio Creation GmbH |
Earmotion | “Crime: Drama and Thriller Vol.1″ | Earmotion Audio Creation GmbH |
Earmotion | “World Music Spain Vol.1″ | Earmotion Audio Creation GmbH |
Alexandra Gerhard-Garcia | “Transition″ |
Canastero Music/fosforitomusic |
Earmotion | "Happy Kids and Funny Moments Vol.2″ | Earmotion Audio Creation GmbH |
Earmotion | “Science and Technology Vol.3″ | Earmotion Audio Creation GmbH |
Earmotion | “Documentary Nordic and Icy Landscapes Vol.1″ | Earmotion Audio Creation GmbH |
Earmotion | “World Music Latin America and Spain Vol.1″ | Earmotion Audio Creation GmbH |
Works:
Click on the Soundcloud playlist to get a quick overview of my compositions. If you are seeking for music in a special style, click on the subgenres below to find the right tracks.
New Songs online
Iluminati
Check out Alexandra´s newest tune "Iluminati". Enjoy!
Reunion
Check out Alexandra´s newest tune "Reunion". Enjoy!
Nautical Sunrise
Check out the Alexandra´s newest tune "Nautical Sunrise". Enjoy!
Gezeiten
Check out the Alexandra´s newest tune "Gezeiten". Enjoy!
Oceania
Check out the Alexandra´s newest tune "Oceania". Enjoy!
"Unwritten" got released!
The award-winning thriller "Unwritten", Alexandra had the honor to work as additional composer together with her brother Ricardo, is now available for rent or to buy. Check it out under http://bit.ly/unwrittenmovie!
(Unwritten - OST)
Check out Alexandra´s original versions of the music she composed for "Unwritten".Enjoy!