Loulé will host, from the 28th to the 31st of July, the 1st edition of the Bernardo Sassetti Jazz Festival, with concerts at Cerca do Convento and at the Bafo de Baco bar.
At Cerca do Convento Espírito, one of the most virtuous Portuguese musicians today will take the stage: Salvador Sobral. But the public will be able to attend several concerts by renowned jazz names such as Rebecca Martin – an American singer who has recorded albums with musicians such as Paul Motian and Larry Grenadier-, Orquestra Jazz de Matosinhos, Mário Barreiros, Mané Fernandes, Daniel Bernardes, among other artists. .
At Bar Bafo de Baco, the program will also feature four Jam Sessions daily throughout the week – the first to take place at the start of the festival – with different musicians opening each one. On the last day, July 31, the winner of the 4th edition of the Bernardo Sassetti Composition Prize will be announced.
And because the organization also intends to bring a more pedagogical side to the event, the focus will also be on the training component through a workshop associated with the Festival, aimed at young musicians from 13 to 18 years old, which will start on the 25th of July, at work, and will have the pedagogical direction of pianist Daniel Bernardes.
The Loulé Music Conservatory “Professor Francisco Rosado” will also be involved, providing rooms and instruments for this action. During the Festival there will be a presentation concert for the students of the course, as well as a concert by the musicians/teachers who taught. These will be challenged to play music by Bernardo Sassetti.
Those interested in participating may register via email [email protected]
The Bernardo Sassetti Jazz Festival has the support of the Loulé City Council, through the Cineteatro Louletano and the Loulé Music Conservatory, as well as the Loulé House of Culture.
Otherwise, this year there will be no Loulé Jazz.
Composer and pianist, Bernardo Sassetti was born in Lisbon in 1970. He began his classical piano studies at the age of nine. He dedicated himself to jazz, studying with Bernardo Moreira, Zé Eduardo, Horace Parlan and Sir Roland Hanna. In 1987, he began his professional career in concerts and local clubs. Since then, he has performed all over the world alongside renowned national and international musicians, highlighting his close and regular collaboration with Sinfonietta de Lisboa and Maestro Vasco Pearce de Azevedo.
As a concert performer, he performed on solo piano, in a trio with Carlos Barretto and Alexandre Frazão, in a duo with pianist Mário Laginha, with whom he recorded the CDs Mário Laginha/Bernardo Sassetti, Grândolas, Trago Fado nos Sentidos and Dias da Música 2011, and still in piano trio with Mário Laginha and Pedro Burmester
Bernardo Sassetti dedicated 18 years of his life to composing music for cinema, a passion that has accompanied him since he was 12 years old. His participation in the film The Talented Mr. Ripley (Paramount/Miramax) by director Anthony Minguella, in 1999.
He also wrote and performed music for theater, with emphasis on the plays “Dúvida” and “A Casa de Bernarda Alba”, directed by Ana Luísa Guimarães.
In 1994, Bernardo Sassetti intensified his dedication to photography, driven not only by his passion for this art but by a real need to associate the image with the music he writes.
He died in Cascais on the 10th of May 2012.
In Loulé, his presence at the MED Festival 2010 stands out, alongside Mário Laginha and Pedro Burmester, with the project Três Pianos.
Programming:
July 28 – Jam Session – Clara Lacerda Trio
29 July – (Cerca do Convento) – Mário Barreiros Quartet
July 29 – (Fence) – Salvador Sobral – bpm
July 29 – Jam Session (Breath of Baco – bar) – Hugo Lobo Trio
30 July – (Fence) – Mané Fernandes Trio
30 July – (Fence) – Rebecca Martin with Orquestra Jazz Matosinhos
30th July – Jam Session (Bacus Breath – bar) – Guilherme Fradinho Trio
31 July – (Fence) – Daniel Bernardes plays Bernardo Sassetti
31 July – (Fence) – Trio Jazz Loulé
July 31 – Jam Session (Bacchus Breath – bar) – Léo Vrillaud Trio
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