Neil Brand

COMPOSER, PIANIST

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, including Australia, New Zealand, America, Canada, Israel, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Ukraine, throughout Europe and, in Italy, the Bologna, Aosta, Bergamo and Pordenone festivals where he has inaugurated the School of Music and Image to teach up-and-coming young pianists about silent film accompaniment. 

For Northern Silents, Neil’s piano performances include Speedy (Sheffield & Hebden Bridge), South (Sheffield), The Black Pirate & Hindle Wakes (Scarborough).

Northern Silents has also presented Neil’s orchestral scores for The Lodger (Sheffield, World Premiere), and Oliver Twist (Sheffield).