One-liner: Berklee's European campus — music/audiovisual talent pipeline (scoring for film/TV/games, music production/business) and a natural talent/networking partner for the gaming, immersive-media, and audiovisual verticals.
What a founder gets
- Access to a talent pipeline in music production, composition, and — most relevant to gaming/audiovisual founders — the Master of Music in Scoring for Film, Television, and Video Games program, plus Global Entertainment and Music Business and Music Production, Technology & Innovation Master's tracks.
- An International Career Center that could serve as a recruiting/collaboration channel for studios needing composers, audio engineers, or music-business talent.
- Event access: concerts, admissions info sessions, and campus events at a landmark venue (City of Arts and Sciences) — a networking/visibility opportunity for audiovisual-sector founders.
Who it's for
- Not a founder-support program per se — relevant to audiovisual/gaming/immersive-media startups as a talent and collaboration partner (recruiting composers/audio talent, co-hosting events, student-project collaborations).
How to engage
- Contact via valencia.berklee.edu (Contact Information page) or +34 963 332 802; campus at Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía - Anexo Sur, Avenida Profesor López Piñero 1, 46013 Valencia.
- Leadership: Simone Pilon (Executive Director), Blair Stevenson (Dean of Academic Affairs), Manuel Costa (Senior Director of Operations and External Affairs).
Key facts
- Berklee's first campus outside Boston (its first international campus); 3,600 m² purpose-built facility at the City of Arts and Sciences, opened with graduate programs in September 2012 (added Music Production, Technology & Innovation in Sept 2013).
- Accreditation: recognized as a Centro Superior Autorizado de Enseñanzas Artísticas de la Música by the Generalitat Valenciana (2012); Berklee degrees accredited by NECHE (US); the Global Entertainment & Music Business and Scoring for Film/TV/Games Master's are additionally accredited in Spain in collaboration with Universitat Politècnica de València.
- 2026 commencement honorary doctorate: composer Eric Whitacre.
Relations
- See also: Audiovisual Mediterranean Hub
- See also: Audiovisual (niche)
- See also: Music (niche)
- See also: Valencia Game City
- See also: ASVEM
Music-niche note (2026-07-27): Berklee is now dual-tagged
audiovisual+music. Its Global Entertainment and Music Business master's carries an explicit Entrepreneurship concentration (alongside Live Entertainment and Record Industry), and it runs INOCON, a music/technology/innovation conference (5th edition held). For a music founder this makes Berklee more than a talent pipeline — it is a reachable entrepreneurship and events surface. See Music (niche).