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Carlos Alberto Figueiredo

He holds a Doctors Degree in Music granted by UNIRIO, with the dissertation Editar José Maurício Nunes Garcia, winner of the José Maria Neves Award bestowed by the National Association of Research and Graduation in Music (ANPPOM) in 2005. He made his Post-Doctoral research at CESEM of Universidade Nova de Lisboa, having as tutor David Cranmer, dealing with the sacred work by David Perez. His research is concentrated on studies of the Brazilian sacred colonial repertoire, highlighting editorial, analytical, archives and performance issues.

He has taken part in several relevant Brazilian editorial projects, note given to the Acervo e Difusão de Partituras, where he acted as editorial coordinator. The project edited, for a period of three years, 51 Brazilian works of the 18th and 19th centuries, ranging from existing manuscripts from the Music Museum in Mariana, in the state of Minas Gerais. He was also involved in the Minas Gerais Musical Archival Heritage project (Patrimônio Arquivístico-Musical Mineiro), which made available 17 works by 18th and 19th century authors from Minas Gerais.

He is the author of the books Música Sacra e Religiosa Brasileira dos séculos XVIII e XIX – teorias e práticas editoriais, with the first printed edition in 2014 and the second edition in 2017, as e-book; Os Responsórios do Sábado Santo de David Perez, published as e-book, in 2017.

He is a retired faculty member of Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), and teacher at the Graduation Program in Music at Universidade Federal de São João del Rei.

He studied Choir Conducting with Frans Moonen, at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, Netherlands. He took part in complementary courses with Jan Elkema and Rainer Wakelkamp, at the Kurt Thomas Foundation in Holland. He studied with Helmuth Rilling, at the II Bachakademie in Stuttgart, Germany, and baroque repertoire with Philippe Caillard, in Paris, France.

He is the conductor of the Pro-Arte Chamber Chamber-Choir and guest conductor of OSESP, Camerata Antiqua de Curitiba, Polifonia Carioca choirs, in Brazil, and Fundador Choir, from Puebla. Mexico. He released the digital CD José Maurício Nunes Garcia – 250 anos with OSESP CHoir, in 2017.