Pedro Acosta
University Federal University of Bahia
Pedro Fernando Acosta da Rosa is an Adjunct Professor at the Federal University of Bahia, musician, poet, composer, pagodeiro, samba player, ethnomusicologist. He was a cultural producer of Ponto de Cultura Campo da Tuca, researcher of the funk scene in Porto Alegre and the struggles of Black Social Movements in Southern Brazil. He has a degree in Music from the Center Methodist University (2011), Specialization in Music Feevale-Novo University Hamburg (2015), Masters in Music from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul-UFRGS (2016), PhD in Music from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (2020) and Post-doctorate in Music from the Federal University of Paraíba (2022). He was music teacher at the Porto Alegre Municipal Department of Education (SMED) (2014-2024) and the Rio Grande do Sul State Department of Education (SEDUC) between 2012-2024. Has experience in the Arts area, with an emphasis on Participating Music mainly in following themes: Education for Ethnic-Racial Relations (ERER), Ethnomusicology and Music Education. He is currently President of the Brazilian Association of Ethnomusicology Management (2022-2026); represents the ICTM (International Council of Traditional Music and Dance) in Brazil; is part of the research groups: GEAD (Anthropology and Deficiency); ETNOMUS UFRGS (UFRGS Ethnomusicology Center), which aims to contribute to the study of Brazilian and Latin American musical heritage, especially the so-called Southern Cone; Collaborator of the GEM (Musical Studies Group) at UFRGS; and Coordinator of the Black Ethnomusicology Collective.
