• SLOVENSKE LJUDSKE PESMI IN GLASBILA 1 in 2 (LP RTB 2510065, 2510103) Bogdana Herman, Mira Omerzel - Terlep, Matija Terlep
• BOGDANA HERMAN: Stare ljudske (ZKP RTV SI, CD DD 0242; 1995)
Prisotna tudi na / Also performs on:
• FOLK PREPOROD NA SLOVENSKEM; posnetki s koncertov festivala Druga godba v Ljubljani od leta 1986 do 1997 (CDG 003, Druga godba; 98)
• DALEC JE... (CD, ONEJ - drustvo prekmurske pobude M. Sobota 1999)
• Sodobna ljudska glasba na Slovenskem I, Kulturno drustvo Folk Slovenija 2000 (KD FS CD 01)
BOGDANA HERMAN
Kot otrok je skupaj s sestro pela slovenske ljudske Titu in Naserju.
V 60. letih prejšnjega stoletja je pela ameriške in italijanske protestniške pesmi, prevajala Anno Ahmatovo (iz nje je tudi diplomirala), doma in v zamejstvu objavljala socialne pesmi, ki so bile prevajane v več tujih jezikov, se med študijem slavistike družila z ljudmi, ki so postavljali na noge nova mala gledališča (Glej, Pekarna) in nove gledališke predstave, takrat spoznala tudi Svetlano Makarovič, bila eden prvih članov ekipe novoustanovljenega Radia Študent in pela v znameniti skupini Salamander (Milan Dekleva, Lado Jakša, Jerko Novak, Tomaž Pengov, Meta Stare,Tomo Pirc in drugi). Na kultni plošči Tomaža Pengova Odpotovanja je bila spremljevalni glas, pozneje sta sodelovala tudi pri filmski glasbi.
V 70. letih je lektorirala vrsto gledaliških predstav doma in v zamejstvu, veliko sodelovala z Jožetom Babičem, še naprej oblikovala tudi glasbo v slovenskih filmih, TV dokumentarcih in gledaliških predstavah. Tik pred koncem tega desetletja je prvič pela pred publiko najstarejše in samo še v zapisih ohranjene slovenske ljudske pesmi.
Hkrati s poglabljanjem v različne načine ljudskega petja se je ves čas ukvarjala s problematiko slovenskega jezika in sporazumevanja. Še naprej je lektorsko oblikovala gledališke predstave. Intenzivno in dalj časa je sodelovala (lekture, petje in celo igra) v gledališču Koreodrama.
Zaradi vsega povedanega samo sebe imenuje za učiteljico veščin komuniciranja in pevko slovenskih ljudskih pesmi. Oboje bo počela do smrti.
Do danes je pela v 19 državah sveta, januarja 2009 jo čaka dvajseta, Republika Češka.
Pela je v vseh zgradbah bruseljske uprave in na luksemburškem Sodišču evropskih skupnosti.
Pela je na slovenskih ambasadah po svetu, pela je v Ameriki in Kanadi, na Islandiji in v Grčiji… Povsod se navdušujejo tako nad podobnostmi kot nad posebnostmi naših ljudskih pesmi v primerjavi z njihovimi.
En videospot je posnela na Norveškem, drugega v Grčiji.
Sodelovala je na številnih festivalih ter posnela nekaj skupinskih in dva samostojna cedeja (zadnji se imenuje Bogomila, posnet je bil na blejskem otoku).
Posebno mesto zavzema delovanje znotraj in zunaj Državice Ptičjestrašilne, ki jo je ustanovila Milena Kosec. To jo je privedlo tudi do sodelovanja z umetnikoma Borutom Savskim in Stefanom Doepnerjem. Nosi naziv Zaslužna umetnica Državice Ptičjestrašilne.
Poleg Salamandra ter Mire in Matije Terlepa pred desetletji je imela pozneje večkrat za sodelavca Lada Jakšo, vse do zdaj pa Marko bando in Jureta Torija.
Bogdana Herman sings without accompaniment mostly forgotten published and unpublished written Slovenian folk songs. She started developing authorial and not folk singing on the initiative of dr. Zmaga Kumer in 1978. This was a logical move after her slavistic studies, her singing of protest songs in the sixties, and involvement with the renowned band Salamander, which was composed of Lado Jaksa, Tomaz Pengov, Jerko Novak, Milan Dekleva and other subtle authorities on Slovenian language, heritage and endless possibilities for personal interpretation of musical accompaniment. She has worked with Mira Omerzel Terlep and Matija Terlep, with whom she has performed a number of Slovenian ballads and other folk songs. Their cooperation brought about a first large LP in 1982 and later second one, accompanied by two cassettes, which present the Slovene vocal and instrumental heritage. She has been invited on several occasions to compose and perform music for film and theater.
Her repertoire spans over one hundred songs from all Slovenian regions, even from Italy, Austria and Hungary. She is especially interested in interpreting love and narrative songs, within which she seeks concealed links between European heritage and world history.
She has taken part in numerous radio and television broadcasts in Slovenia and abroad. She has prepared and conducted two radio and television series on folk music heritage - "Narrations and Songs from Benecija" and "Folk Musicians and their Instruments". She has performed Slovenian folk songs on more than two hundred occasions in various Slovenian towns, their schools, libraries, castles and churches, as well as in fifteen other countries, edged within Argentina, Iceland, Poland and Greece. She has taken part in the Druga godba festival in Ljubljana in 1996, several Okarina festivals in Bled, international festivals in Beltinci, annual concerts of the cultural association Folk Slovenija, the TV festival Euromusica 1997 in Trondheim, Norway and the 20th EBU Folk Contemporary Festival 1998 in Portoroz.
In 2000 and 2002 she performed with The Stroj in the Bogensperk Castle and with the group Katalena at the release of its first CD.
