“the omnipresent saxophone virtuoso… his role on all four sizes of sax made him the hardest-working person in the room”
-Anne E. Johnson, Classical Voice North America
“he all but stole the show”
-Rick Perdian, Seen and Heard International
“utterly captivating”
-Callum John Blackmore, parterre box
Saxophonist Zach Herchen performs classical trios, jazz tone poems, multimedia works, and beyond. He has performed as a soloist in Italy, Sweden, Germany, and at American venues such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and Kennedy Center. Zach has held masterclasses and residencies at schools such as Peabody Conservatory, Berklee, UVA, NYU, Aaron Copland School and more.
As a champion of new music, Zach has worked with and premiered music by composers such as Tristan Murail, Chaya Czernowin, Amy Beth Kirsten, Kati Agócs, Elliott Sharp, Christopher Theofanidis, Michael Gordon, David Lang, Martin Bresnick, Fabien Lévy, Jacob Ter Veldhuis, Marilyn Shrude, Scott Wollschleger, Victoria Cheah, Ruby Fulton, Taylor Brook, Emily Koh, Lori Laitman, George Lam, Ken Thomson, David Sanford, and many more.
As a music educator, Zach presented masterclasses, panel talks, and residencies at schools such as The Peabody Conservatory, Berklee, UVA, NYU, Umass Amherst, Queens College Aaron Copland School, Binghamton University (2022), University of Mary Washington, Suffolk County Community College, and more. Zach has served as staff member at the Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice and has been saxophone faculty at the Thurnauer School of Music since 2012 where his students have been accepted to Interlochen, Tanglewood, Manhattan School of Music Summer Program, and beyond.
Zach is a member of New Thread Quartet and artistic director of Con Vivo Music. He has performed with ensembles such as Talea Ensemble, the String Orchestra of Brooklyn, Ensemble Échappé, The Dream Unfinished, and Rhymes With Opera.
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New Thread Quartet
Con Vivo Music
Photo Credit: Jennifer Brown