Nizar Bredan
2nd Prize
Nizar Bredan was born in Tripoli, Libya’s capital, before relocating to Brussels as a young child. Elements of his diverse cultural heritage emerge in his work, from the subtle melodic flourishes in his piano compositions that evoke Libya’s Oriental influences to his penchant for layering in mixed-media photography.
"I'm musically illiterate, I can't read or write music. I just let my soul create it". In fact, as a self-taught artist, he has been playing and composing by ear since his beginnings. His music is probing, playful, and melancholic, at times evoking Yann Tiersen’s circulating melodies and other times reminiscent of the solitary, wandering tones of Chopin’s nocturns. He also finds inspiration in the works of Ólafur Arnalds, Ludovico Einaudi and Nils Frahm.
In the summer of 2019, he releases his first album that consists of a collection of pieces composed throughout the previous years, and he is now working on a series of pieces that will be released as singles throughout 2021 and 2022.
His digital art & photography work are the visual translation of his music and can be discovered on his dedicated page: https://nizarphotography.com/fine-art.