Alumni Access & Spotlight

Celebrating the achievements of accomplished music composers who have honed their craft and excelled in the industry. Discover their inspiring journeys, from refining their unique styles to composing scores for films, games, and orchestras, and how they continue to shape the world of music.

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Get ready to join a consortium of over 400 composers from 60 different countries who have graduated from the Master of Fine Arts in Music for Motion Pictures and Contemporary Media, the Online Graduate Diploma in Film and Game Scoring, or the Film Scoring Summer Programme.

What is Alumni Access?

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Free benefits offered to alumni of all of our programmes, including educational composer seminars, guest lectures and professional portfolio opportunities

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Exclusive guest composer seminars and lectures. Past guests include James Newton Howard, John Powell, Howard Shore, Danny Elfman, Mychael Danna and more

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More than just live events, all alumni can schedule free photography and videography sessions with our team for their websites and professional portfolios when they visit Sofia

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Educational events and lectures with current faculty and guest composers on MIDI mockups, mixing and production, sound design, and composer workflows

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Alumni Spotlight

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Master of Fine Arts in Music for Motion Pictures and Contemporary Media

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Emmanuel Fusté-Zayas (Puerto Rico)

Emmanuel Fusté-Zayas is a Puerto Rican composer, arranger, and jazz pianist working across film, game, and concert music. His credits include the premiere of his choral work Pater Noster (2022) in San Juan, Carroña (2023) for the 48HR Film Project, and the short film Pum! (2025), winner of “Best Short Film” at the Cortadito Film Lab. He is currently composing for local game studio Community Couch’s upcoming game, Toad Tavern, which releases on Steam in late 2026.





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Online Graduate Diploma in Film and Game Scoring

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Ritika Bhattacharjee (USA / India)

Ritika Bhattacharjee is a Bengali-American composer, pianist, and mezzo-soprano who composes for ballets, choirs, and orchestras, and underscores fully-improvised musical performances at all major improv theatres in Austin, TX. She recently orchestrated the 2024 and 2025 Coca-Cola holiday commercials, released in 15 countries, and music for the 2025 HPE Summer Keynote at the Sphere. She began studying piano and voice at age 5 and received her B.S. in chemical engineering from Texas A&M University and her graduate diploma from the Film Scoring Academy of Europe. She is pursuing her Master's of Fine Arts from Berklee College of Music.





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Film Scoring Summer Programme

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Janis Bressin (Germany)

Janis Bressin was born in Germany and has worked in media projects and classical and contemporary music. In 2023, he completed the FSAE Summer Program, participated in the Berlin International Film Scoring Competition and in 2024, debuted as a conductor in association with the Vratsa Symphony Orchestra with works of Mozart, Schubert and Beethoven. Since 2025, he has been pursuing his studies in contemporary composition at the renowned University for Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, Austria. As a multi-instrumentalist, Janis has a multidimensional approach to creating sounds, harmony and melody. Paired with the phenomena of his interdisciplinary synaesthesia, he develops new ways of thinking about composing, especially in his contemporary works.





Check out the music of some of our current and past students

Henrik Lindström (Sweden)
MFA Alumnus

Florence Sabeva (London)
Online Alumnus

Yakov Alexandrov (Russia)
Summer Programme Alumnus

Jon Dudagoitia (Spain)
MFA Alumnus

Pamela Cavero (Peru)
Online Alumnus

Hideki Tsutsumi (Japan)
Online Alumnus

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