Rossano Snel

Born in Brazil and based in Berlin, I’m a self-taught pianist and composer working with minimalism, Brazilian inputs, and cinematic soundscapes. I play the piano, synths, Hammond, and build orchestrations that balance chaos and clarity, structure and improvisation. I was a twin. Gemini. At three months pregnant, my mother had an accident. My sister didn’t survive—I did. That early fracture shaped everything. Since then, I’ve lived as two in one. This imprint left me with a heightened sensitivity—a magnetic pull toward the subtle, the subjective, the hauntingly beautiful. My music often drifts along the blurred edges of melancholy and ecstasy, of dream and disquiet. In 2023, I released CARBON—an EP shaped by the quiet terror of climate collapse. A reimagining of Kraftwerk’s Das Model and a piano version of Nirvana’s Lithium appear alongside original works. In 2024, I performed at the Classical:NEXT stage (in Tallinn Music Week) and in Fusion Festival (Germany). My piano piece Sunday 23 was released under the prestigious care of Deutsche Grammophon. Over the years, my music has found its way into over 20 productions—feature films, TV series, documentaries, installations, and performances. My scores have been heard in projects for HBO, Netflix, Universal Pictures, arte, ZDF, TV Globo, and in art spaces like KW Contemporary (Berlin), Parque Lage (Rio), and Pivô (São Paulo). I try to do music like someone remembering a wild dream: vividly and sometimes a little haunted.