The pianist and composer Francis Hernández is considered an eclectic musician; he has combined his teaching career with composition and musical direction.
He was born in La Orotava (Tenerife), where he began taking piano and trumpet lessons to continue his studies at the Higher Music Conservatory of Tenerife and later at the Professional Music Conservatoire of the Canary Islands.
After attending intensive training at the Berklee College of Music, he became interested in jazz and popular music, which led him to participate in different local and national jazz bands.
From 2004 to 2008, he worked as Music Director for the Spanish public broadcaster RTVE and the regional public broadcaster Televisión Canaria. From 2010 until today, he has carried out several compositional projects with Pablo Cebrián, a producer. He currently composes music for cartoon series and short films. Likewise, he makes arrangements and orchestral compositions for several national productions.
Between 2014 and 2018, he was the resident musical director of the Auditorio de Tenerife, conducting the musicals Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, and Sunset Boulevard.
In this last stage, he has conducted two concerts at the helm of the orchestra Sinfónica de Tenerife during the festivities in honour of the "Cristo de la Laguna" (2016 and 2018), and small chamber groups such as Awgal Percussion and DifrAcción Ensemble.