segunda-feira, 14 de maio de 2012

... Sassetti, "o músico que buscava o silêncio"



              Bernardo Sassetti em Lisboa, 2005 
           (Foto: Pedro Cunha)
           
O pianista e compositor morreu aos 41 anos, a fotografar nas rochas do Guincho. 

Sassetti, Burmester e Laginha tocaram em 3 pianos no CCB este ano. O último contacto do público com um grande músico. 
Uma grande perda.



Depoimentos
Mário Laginha, pianista e compositor: “Eu perdi um amigo, mas todos perdemos um músico portentoso, com um talento imenso que transbordava a todos os momentos, em todos os géneros. O Bernardo era um ser humano incrível e, como músico e compositor não tinha pontos fracos. Tudo nele era de uma grande riqueza: a melodia, a harmonia, o ritmo, a espontaneidade, a inspiração no acto de compor e de improvisar. O defeito dele era ter tantos talentos. 

Estar em palco com o Bernardo era incrível. A única certeza que tínhamos ao entrar era a de que não havia certeza nenhuma. Nada era igual quando ele se sentava ao piano. Fizemos três discos juntos e eu não consigo escolher um. Era um amigo especial, um músico especial.”



Pedro Burmester, pianista: “O Bernardo não morre”. Era uma daquelas “pessoas raras que conhecem e sentem muitos mistérios do mundo”. “Em cada palavra, acto e, de uma forma esmagadora, na sua música e no seu tocar piano o Bernardo dizia coisas que mais ninguém disse nem voltará a dizer.” “É uma perda irreparável.” “É um músico imortal.”


(by Tiago Morais Morgado)

In this short simple and spontaneous work of audio re-engeneering and visuals work, I would like to honestly honour the memory of one of the greatest portuguese musicians of all time, Bernardo Sassetti. This amazing musician who left us 10 may 2012. The original song is a soundtrack for the movie alice, and features a language which I would consider to be inbetween Ryuichi Sakamoto and philipp glass. in terms of audio re-engeneering, I made parallel multiband limiting, parallel eq, and sub-harmonics, boost, overall limiting, and a bit of auxiliary reverberation. I did the visuals with quartz composer trying to approach the raster noton visuals aesthetic, because I think the aesthetic plan of the song, has something to do with the impressions that I take from alva noto with Ryuichi Sakamoto, although in terms of approach it's technically different.

about Bernardo Sassetti
Bernardo Sassetti (24 June 1970 - 10 May 2012) was a Portuguese jazz pianist and film composer. Sassetti was born in Lisbon. He was a great-grandson of Sidónio Pais, President of the First Republic. He initially played guitar, then began studying piano and music theory at age nine. He became interested in jazz after hearing Bill Evans. By the late 1980s, he was backing visiting musicians and teaching jazz piano in Lisbon (and, later, taught throughout other lusophonic areas). During the 1990s, he worked in London, where he recorded three albums with Guy Barker's group. His 2006 album Unreal: Sidewalk Cartoon received a four-star rating (of a possible four) in The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.),and was selected for The Penguin Jazz Guide: The History of the Music in the 1000 Best. In addition to his jazz work, Sassetti has composed numerous film scores. He has also acted in films, for example appearing as a member of the Napoli Jazz Sextet in The Talented Mr. Ripley. Bernardo Sassetti was married to actress Beatriz Batarda, with whom he had two daughters.

Discography
Ao vivo no Guimarães jazz; Dundumbanza; Tibiri tabara; Impressões and Olhar; Passagem; What love is; Ecos de África; Sons do Brasil; Mundos; Fragments (Of Cinematic Illusion); Entropé; 4 Movimentos Soltos
Nocturno, Bernardo Sassetti Trio, 2002, Clean Feed
Indigo, Piano solo, 2002, Clean Feed
Ascent, Trio2, with bass, drums, vibes and cello, 2005
Unreal: Sidewalk Cartoon, 2006, Clean Feed[8]
Motion, Bernardo Sassetti Trio, 2010

Second Life (2009) Composer (filming)
Os Grandes Portugueses (2007) (TV) .... Himself
Antes de Amanhã (2007) Composer
98 Octanas (2006) Composer
Alice (2005) Composer
A Costa dos Murmúrios (2004) Composer
O Milagre segundo Salomé (2004) Composer
Maria E as Outras (2004) Composer
Quaresma (2003) Composer
Aniversário (2000) (TV) Composer
Facas e Anjos (2000) (TV) Composer
O Segredo (2000) Composer
As Terças da Bailarina Gorda (2000) Composer
Maria do Mar (1930) (2000) Composer
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) -- Pianist (Napoli Jazz Sextet)
Mundo VIP (2 episodes, Show nº 12 and Show nº 197, 1996-2000) -- Himself








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