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).
Nico is currently composing the score of a new Argentinian feature film, working on his second album and new series of EP ́s titled “Stories” set for release throughout 2020.
www.nicocasal.com
