Press & archive
Ricardo Herz in the press
Reviews, profiles, interviews and features spanning more than two decades of music — from the first albums and the Prêmio Visa to international touring, major collaborations, orchestral concerts and recent releases. Article headlines are retained in their original language.
Archive 2004–2026 · continuously updated
Recent highlights
Releases, concerts and projects defining the most recent phase of Ricardo Herz’s career.
Prosa, Verso e Arte
Arcos Brasileiros reinventa o violino popular e valoriza a rabeca
Launch feature on the album by Ricardo Herz and Vanille Goovaerts, including artistic context and full credits.
Rádio MEC · EBC
Conheça “Arcos Brasileiros”
Antena MEC interview about the album’s conception, the duo’s language and the meeting of violin and rabeca.
SESI Mato Grosso
Orquestra Sesi MT convida Ricardo Herz
A feature on the concert bringing the symphonic world into dialogue with Herz’s Brazilian popular language.
Folha de S.Paulo
“Sonhando o Brasil” bate um bolão
Carlos Bozzo Jr. presents Ricardo Herz’s eleventh album and its launch concert at Sesc Pompeia.
G1
Ricardo Herz transita em trio pela diversidade rítmica brasileira
A feature on the new repertoire and the line-up with Fábio Leandro and Pedro Ito.
Rádio MEC · EBC
Conheça “Sonhando o Brasil”
An interview about the album celebrating twenty years of Ricardo’s career and translating Brazilian rhythms into a contemporary language.
International touring
Reviews and records of tours, festivals and showcases that brought Ricardo Herz’s language to international jazz and world-music circuits.
NPR · VPM
Ricardo Herz Trio no “Toast of the Nation”
The New Year’s programme distributed by US public radio featured the trio in a recording from Sesc Pompeia.
All About Jazz
A turnê europeia termina em Dublin
A detailed review of the BelloBar concert, closing a run of ten performances across France, the United Kingdom and Ireland.
jazzahead! · Radio Bremen
Overseas Night no jazzahead!, Bremen
Official record of the showcase selected for one of Europe’s leading professional jazz fairs, with audio from Radio Bremen.
WOMEX · World Music Central
Seleção para a WOMEX, em Thessaloniki
The trio joined the official programme of the world conference after an international selection process that received 850 proposals.
Europe Jazz Network
Skopje Jazz Festival, Macedonia
Performance at the festival’s 31st edition, on a programme featuring Anthony Braxton, Pat Martino and Ambrose Akinmusire.
All About Jazz
Borneo Jazz Festival, Malaysia
All About Jazz documented the fusion of choro, samba and popular rhythms in a dynamic performance by the group.
2010 · MalaysiaMiri / Borneo Jazz Festival
2011 · DenmarkIII Noite Brasileira, Copenhagen
2012 · GreeceWOMEX, Thessaloniki
2012 · MacedoniaSkopje Jazz Festival
2013 · Germanyjazzahead!, Bremen
2014 · EuropaFrance, United Kingdom and Ireland
2018 · CubaConcert season and interviews in Havana
Críticas, perfis e grandes encontros
Articles illuminating the originality of the work, its international trajectory and artistic collaborations.
Folha de S.Paulo
Nelson Ayres e Ricardo Herz: violino e piano sem fronteiras
A record of the duo’s touring and its singular reading of Brazilian instrumental music.
Estado de Minas
Tempero de brasilidade
A feature on the meeting of two generations and the duo’s fluency across choro, samba, jazz and concert music.
Folha de S.Paulo
Yamandu Costa e Ricardo Herz não abusam do virtuosismo
Sidney Molina reviews the musical balance and mutual listening on the duo’s first album.
Correio Braziliense
Ricardo Herz mistura violino à música popular em novo disco
A feature on torcendo a terra, the exploration of language and the identity of the Ricardo Herz Trio.
London Jazz News
Ricardo Herz Trio no PizzaExpress Jazz Club, Londres
An English-language review highlighting the trio’s energy, compositions and Brazilian violin language.
Veja São Paulo
Ricardo Herz lança “Aqui é o Meu Lá”
A report on the Sesc Pompeia launch and the references that shaped the artist’s fourth album.
Interviews e escuta
Radio and press conversations exploring creative processes, albums and collaborations.
Rádio Nacional · EBC
Nelson Ayres fala sobre o duo com Ricardo Herz
A conversation about repertoire, musical creativity and the partnership between piano and violin.
Jornal da USP
Na Rádio USP, Ricardo Herz fala sobre novo álbum
An interview about Nova Música Brasileira para Cordas, recorded in Havana with Camerata Romeu.
Rádio Câmara
Ricardo Herz Trio lança “torcendo a terra”
An edition of the radio programme Roda de Choro devoted to the trio’s album.
More than two decades of press coverage, organised for research
Reviews, interviews, features, tours and historical records — from Brazil and abroad — brought together in a chronological archive.