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
