Gail Hernández Rosa grew up in Puerto Rico, where music is a strong part of everyday life, and her love for music started at a young age. Supported by her father’s fascination with classical music and his training as a baritone, she started violin lessons at the age of three and voice lessons when she was six. Her career has taken her all over the world, living on several continents and performing with groups such as the Gabrieli Consort, Florilegium and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Gail’s interest in period instrument performance led her to London where she gained a master’s degree from the Royal Academy of Music, making her the first violinist from her island to specialize in historical performance. Thanks to her cultural immersion, Scottish bonds and Galician heritage, her love affair with Baroque and Celtic folk music further blossomed, inspiring her to co-found the Bay-Area-based chamber ensemble Beneath A Tree.

Gail is based in Northern California and performs with American Bach Soloists, Washington Bach Consort, Philharmonia Baroque, Bach Collegium San Diego, Ars Minerva and Voices of Music. She leads Marin Baroque and Opera Neo, serves as concertmaster for Lakeside Symphony, and has an active career as a soloist and chamber musician. She was voted the Bay Area’s 2025 Favorite Instrumental Recital winner in the San Francisco Classical Voice Audience Awards for her performance of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons with Marin Baroque.

Gail has a strong yoga and meditation practice. She loves cooking, hiking, open water swimming and laughing out loud at the many wonders that life offers.