Jonathan Hering

Best known as a member of UK based ensemble Ex-Easter Island Head who compose and perform music for solid-body electric guitar and percussion, his duo The Aleph, and in his own right as a composer, performer and collaborator in multiple genres.

As a performer, Jonathan is a multi-instrumentalist, and has played shows throughout Europe, from Finland to Bulgaria, working alongside artists and composers as diverse as Christian Wolff, Anat Ben David, Trey Spruance and Howard Skempton.

He has played with numerous groups over the last decade, and currently plays with Ex-Easter Island Head, and The Aleph. As a composer and musical director, Jonathan has worked with Tate, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Turner Contemporary, and FACT. Commissions have included Bird Sheet Music, with artist Kerry Morrison for Tate, Rhapsody for Clarinet and Wheelchair Basketball Team, with filmmaker Jack Whiteley for the Bluecoat and DaDaFest, Lachrymose for Turner Contemporary, and Veil of Nightshade for Octopus' Full of Noises Festival.