Masterclass with Daniel Bernardes - The Relationship Between Music and Image

Drawing on his career as a pianist, composer and improviser, Daniel Bernardes offers a reflection on different approaches to musical expression, exploring the relationship between composition, improvisation and narrative.

Through examples drawn from his work for film, his own artistic projects and his experience as a Jazz Piano lecturer, the session will explore topics such as the development of a musical idea, the construction of sonic narratives and the dialogue between meticulously written music and spaces for creative freedom.

Having consistently brought together jazz, classical music and composition for the moving image, Daniel Bernardes will share some of the tools and creative processes that have shaped his work, inviting participants to reflect on the many ways in which structure and improvisation can be balanced in contemporary music-making.