Air-Edel have announced it is to represent composer and performer Snow Owl - Juan García-Herreros.
Snow Owl was voted as the 'Best Bass Player in the World' by readers of Bass Player and Bass Guitar magazine in their 2019 poll.
Dig deeper into Snow Owl’s incredible career, though, and you begin to understand why these devotees of the bass guitar chose him for this ultimate honour. This Colombia-born, US-raised, Austria-resident world traveler has been nominated for a Latin Grammy, he’s played the world’s biggest arenas, multiple Grammy winning artists and Oscar winning composers have collaborated with him on a regular basis and as a composer, he has been honoured with numerous prestigious awards. These include three Gold Medals of the Global Music Awards in 2016 for World Jazz, Best Album and Best New Release. He’s also a film director, with his projects selected by international film festivals such as the Music Video Underground in Los Angeles, the Austrian Film Festival and the Film Festival in Cannes.
Snow Owl was asked to join Tomek Productions’ annual ‘Hollywood in Vienna’ Film Music Gala. Within eight editions of the prestigious event, Snow Owl collaborated with award-winning composers, conductors, and artists such as Hans Zimmer, Lalo Schifrin, James Horner, Randy Newman, James Newton Howard, Alexandre Desplat, David Newman, Al Jarreau, Lisa Gerrard and Vienna’s Radio Symphony Orchestra. The Gala is regularly featured on worldwide television and has been viewed over 100 million times on YouTube alone.
Snow Owl has also taken up the electric bass role Hollywood film music composer Hans Zimmer in the ongoing World Of Hans Zimmer symphonic arena tour.
Learn more and listen to Snow Owl's music here.