Paulo Zuben

Brazilian Composer. Paulo Zuben is a composer. He has a doctorate in Musicology (2009) from ECA-USP and a master's degree in Communication and Semiotics (2003) from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo. He has a degree in Music (2000), with a Bachelor's Degree in Composition, from Faculdade Santa Marcelina (FASM). He was a FAPESP scholarship holder between 1997 and 2002. Since 2008, he has been the artistic-pedagogical director of Santa Marcelina Cultura, the Social Organization responsible for managing the School of Music of the State of São Paulo – EMESP Tom Jobim, from Theatro São Pedro and Guri Santa Marcelina and, since June 2018, the President of the Brazilian Association of Social Organizations of Culture – ABRAOSC. He was director of the International Winter Festival of Campos do Jordão from 2009 to 2011. He has published two books: Ouvir o som (2005) and Música e Tecnologia (2004). He has written instrumental and electroacoustic works recorded on CDs, played at important music festivals in Brazil and abroad and which received several awards. In 2004, he was selected for the internship in musical composition and computer science at IRCAM in Paris, where he worked during his Master's degree. He was decorated by the French Ministry of Culture with the order of Chevalier dans l'Orde des Arts et des Letters in 2013