Researcher and professor at the State University of Campinas (Unicamp), where he serves as Associate Coordinator of the Interdisciplinary Center for Sound Communication (NICS). His professional trajectory is characterized by a convergence of avant-garde artistic creation and scientific research, with a focus on creative processes, musical cognition, and interactive technologies. PQ-Unicamp Career – Full Researcher, permanent member of the Post-Graduate Program in Music at Unicamp’s Institute of Arts, which has received the highest rating from CAPES (grade 7).
Played a pivotal role in organizing prominent conferences in the field, including ArtsIT 2023 (European Alliance for Innovation) and ICCC 2025 (International Conference on Computational Creativity). At the national level, presided over SBCM 2025 (Brazilian Symposium on Musical Computing), the country’s leading forum, which hosted researchers from more than ten countries. Other intellectual contributions include publications in internationally respected outlets, notably chapters and articles published by the University of California Press and Springer, both global leaders in academic publishing.
Has contributed to interdisciplinary entities and maintained active involvement in higher governance bodies. From 2021 to 2025, he served as coordinator of NICS/Unicamp, following a decade of director at the School of Music (ELM/CIDDIC) at the same institution (2010–2021). Represented the research centers and units sector on bodies including the Internal Chamber for Research Development (CIDP), the Council for University Culture (ConCult), and the Commission on Interdisciplinary Activities (CAI), an advisory committee to the University’s Higher Council (CONSU/Unicamp).
Active participation in the contemporary experimental music scene as a composer and improviser. Recipient of the FUNARTE Classical Composition Award (2011). Premieres at the Biennial of Contemporary Brazilian Music. Founder and director of the “Improvised Collective” and the “Trigger Trio”, focused on new musical languages and technology-assisted performance.
Holding a Ph.D. in Arts from the University of São Paulo (USP) and a Master’s in Music from Unicamp, advised more tem twenty theses and dissertations that explore musical cognition and contemporary improvisation. He coordinates the CNPq-certified research group “Contemporary Improvisation, Creative Processes, and Musical Cognition” and “C4 – Collective for Communication, Computation, and Musical Cognition,” regularly contributing as a reviewer and editor for high-impact international and national scientific journals.
Supervisory responsibilities encompass more than ten projects conducted by PhD collaborating researchers from national and international academic institutions, under the formal framework of Unicamp’s Collaborating Researcher Program. More than seventeen project initiatives involving over thirty undergraduates scholarship recipients have been supervised within Unicamp’s institutional social program for academic permanence.
International collaborations with prominent figures in free improvisation and music computing include Ivo Perelman (USA) and exchanges with researchers at IRCAM (France). Invitations to speak at TEDxUnicamp (2012, 2013) and at numerous national and international conferences further attest to his commitment to disseminating academic knowledge.
Integrating his stage and studio experience with renowned Brazilian musicians such as João Bosco, Toquinho, and Yamandú Costa, and applying practice-based methodologies, he contributes to innovative research that advances the intersection of idiomatic tradition, contemporary aesthetics, and academic rigor.
