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May 18, 2022

Alumnus Receives Fulbright Award to India

Calvin McCormack M.M. ’21, a graduate of Berklee Valencia, has been selected for Fulbright-Nehru Award in the 2022-2023 academic year….

January 27, 2022

Mohannad Nasser Releases Second Album, Al Hamra, with Help from Berklee Valencia Musicians

On his sophomore album, Al Hamra, Syrian oud virtuoso Mohannad Nasser M.M. ’18 takes listeners on a sonic tour that…

Concert at Berklee Valencia
May 27, 2020

Finding a Global Rhythm: Q&A with Gilbert Mansour

Gilbert Mansour has bounced around a lot in his career, but it’s not because he lacks direction. The Lebanese percussionist…

December 10, 2019

Scoring in Serbia and Beyond: Ana Krstajic

Despite her short career, Ana Krstajic M.M. ’18 recently scored her first feature film. Heroji, directed by Serbian filmmaker Goran…

July 24, 2019

Two Years after Graduation, Alumna Scores Feature Film Astronaut

Virginia Kilbertus M.M. ’16 has known since childhood that she wanted to score films, but an early aptitude for piano…

October 21, 2016

Q&A with Martin Erler, Founder of Flits Music

Martin Erler is the founder of Flits Music, a mobile-first platform for live video streaming generated by artists and concertgoers….

August 31, 2016

Q&A with Ricardo Curto, Co-Founder of the Yamaha Music School Valencia

Ricardo Curto is an accomplished jazz pianist, composer, and producer from the Canary Islands, Spain, who also mixes jazz and…

May 25, 2016

Alumni Tour World with Alejandro Sanz

When Grammy-winning Latin pop superstar Alejandro Sanz H’13 kicked off his current Sirope tour at the Plaza de Toros in…

April 28, 2016

Q&A with Oliver Weder, Film Composer at Spitfire Audio in London, UK

Berklee alumnus Oliver Weder ’14 of Switzerland is a film composer, performer, and producer with a background in jazz, contemporary…

February 22, 2016

Berklee Film Scoring Competition at Valencia Campus Reaches Climax with World Première at 2015 Palm Springs International Shortfest

The short film Copetín, the creative result of a competition held among students from the class of 2014 in the…

November 25, 2015

Q&A with Viktorija Pilatovic, Jazz Vocal Performance Teacher at Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador

Born in Klaipeda, Lithuania in 1989, Pilatovic was trained to be a piano player until she discovered jazz. That led…

October 28, 2015

Q&A with Jane Kim, A&R Manager for JYP Entertainment, South Korea

Jane Kim had been in the music business for a few years as an artist and tour manager when she…

June 10, 2014

Berklee Hosts the Second Annual Venture Day for Global Entertainment and Music Business Master Students

Berklee hosted its second annual Venture Day, during which students from the Global Entertainment and Music Business (GEMB) graduate program…

March 12, 2014

Student Presents Mediterranean Conversations

Berklee’s Valencia campus students will have the opportunity to attend a new workshop series, Mediterranean Conversations. The series will take…

February 12, 2014

Master’s Film Scoring Program in Spain Prepares Chinese Composer for Career

For Yiyi Ma, much of a good film’s beauty lies in its score, and when that’s working, she’s fully immersed….

January 29, 2014

First Night Boston Featured Music of Berklee Alumnus/ Faculty Ben Cantil

This year’s First Night Boston featured the work of Ben Cantil, a Berklee alumnus and current faculty member of Berklee’s campus in Valencia, Spain. His music played during the 10 minutes leading up to the New Year’s countdown into the first minute of 2014. Cantil describes the performance as a “combo of cinematic and electronic music, which provides a sonic backdrop for the $50,000 light show in Copley Square.” Continue reading →

December 12, 2013

Berklee Master’s Alumna Amie Doherty Receives Prestigious ASCAP Foundation Film and TV Award

Berklee master’s alumna, Amie Doherty, has been awarded the prestigious ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) Foundation Harold Arlen Film & TV Award and was named as a composer to watch in ASCAP’s 2013 Composer Spotlight. Continue reading →