Neil Brand
Sat 20th July, 7.30pm- Neil Brand piano
Neil Brand, with the help of Der Bunglehoff’s new £45 state of the art, immersive digital film projector is going to take us on a journey through the deepest recesses of his musical mind. I kid you not, strap yourself in and be prepared to be shocked and entertained in a way you never imagined in black and white before!
Neil Brand has been a silent film accompanist for over 30 years, regularly in London at the Barbican and BFI National Film Theatres, throughout the UK and at film festivals around the world.
Recently he has toured throughout the UK and abroad with his one-man-show The Silent Pianist Speaks. Neil is well-known as a TV presenter on BBC4 with his series’ Sound of Cinema, The Music that Made the Movies (2013), Sound of Song (2015), Sound of Musicals (2017) and most recently the Sound of Movie Musicals (2018). He is a regular presenter on Radio 4’s Film Programme, a Fellow of Aberystwyth University and a Visiting Professor of the Royal Academy of Music, was awarded the BASCA Gold Badge in 2016 and is considered one of the finest improvising piano accompanists in the world.
Neil Brand
Website: www.neilbrand.com
