Sören Hermansson is internationally known as a performer, recording artist, and educator. He studied in Stockholm, Amsterdam, and West-Berlin (Karajan-Academy) and has held orchestral positions in the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra and Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Since 1988, Hermansson has devoted his time to his solo career and teaching. His performances have taken him to North and South America, and to several countries in Europe.
He has taught at the Academy of Music and Drama, University of Gothenburg, Ingesund School of Music, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and between 1999-2006 was the horn professor at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He has given masterclasses all over the US and Europe, and is a frequent guest in Brazil. He is currently teaching in the Chamber Music Program at Mälardalen University, Västerås, Sweden.
Hermansson has commissioned and premiered around 60 works for horn. He has recorded many of these works to wide critical acclaim. Among these recordings are world premieres of works by Anders Eliasson, Folke Rabe, Pehr-Henrik Nordgren, and a TV-production of the Bengt Hambreus Horn Concerto. His catalog of recordings also includes two albums on the BIS label: Horn and Harp Soiree, with harpist Erica Goodman, and Horn Concertos by Gordon Jacob, Lars-Erik Larsson, Mátyás Seiber, Max Reger, and Kurt Atterberg.
In recent years, Hermansson has focused on commissioning new works for horn and electronics. Composers such as Marie Samuelsson, Leilei Tian, Per Mårtensson, Joakim Sandgren, Åke Parmerud, Marcus Fjellström, Fredrik Olofsson, and Tommy Zwedberg have written works for him.
The Punto Award was bestowed on Hermansson in 2025.
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