Биография

Nico Casal is a classical trained pianist and film composer born in Galicia (Spain). He is now back, based in Madrid, following six years living in London where he moved in 2011 to study a Master in Film Music at City University. While living in London Nico composed music for many prominent films including the 2016 Oscar Winner short film “Stutterer” and Netflix ́s Spanish film “Sunday ́s Illness”, which earned him a Premios Feroz Nomination for his score. In April 2019 Nico released his debut album “Alone”. It was born on a solitary Sunday in Nico ́s room in London. “Alone” was a very personal account of difficult break up Nico was going through at the time and a turning point, a moment of resolution at the end of a difficult couple of years in London. The album was released with PIAS ́s imprint “Point of Departure Records” followed a tour of Spain and UK, including headline show at London ́s famous Southbank Centre, as well as festival appearances at Eurosonic (The Netherlands), The Reeperbahn (Germany), BIME and San Sebastian Jazz Festival (both in Spain). After a 7 months healing process caused by an injury to his right hand, Nico returned to the studio in 2020 to write his second record alongside composing the music for “La Liga” worldwide TV Campaign and the score for Argentinian feature film “Errante Corazón”, written and directed by Leonardo Brzezicki, due to premiere at festivals in 2021. www.nicocasal.com