Bernardo Sassetti

Bernardo Sassetti was born on Jun 24, 1970 in Portugal. Bernardo Sassetti's big-screen debut came with The Talented Mr. Ripley directed by Anthony Minghella in 1999, strarring Piano (Napoli Jazz Septet). Bernardo Sassetti is known for Alice directed by Marco Martins, Nuno Lopes stars as Mário and Beatriz Batarda as Luísa. The most recent award Bernardo Sassetti achieved is Cineport - Portuguese Film Festival. The upcoming new movie Bernardo Sassetti plays is How to Draw a Perfect Circle which will be released on May 06, 2010.

Started studying classic piano at age 9. Studied jazz with Horace Parlan and Sir Roland Hanna. Started playing jazz professionally in 1988 in Portugal, and has since given concerts all over the world. Has recorded many CDs, in solo or as part of different ensembles, including a participation in Guy Barker's 3rd CD, alongside the London Philarmonic Orchestra and Sting.He has scored original soundtracks for some classic Portuguese movies, such as Os Crimes de Diogo Alves (1911) (João Tavares) and Maria do Mar (1930) (J. Leitão de Barros) as well as for more recent films: Facas e Anjos (2000) (Eduardo Guedes) and "Aniversário" (Mário Barroso, 2000).With his trio he represented Portugal in the 1st European Jazz Festival in Athens, 2001.