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Carlos Guedes is Associate Professor of Music at New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), affiliated with the Arts and Humanities division and the Music department. He also holds affiliated positions as Associate Professor in Computer Engineering at NYUAD and in Music Technology at NYU Steinhardt, reflecting his interdisciplinary profile.
- University: New York University Abu Dhabi
- School: Arts and Humanities
- Department: Music
- Rank: Associate Professor
- Emails: cag204@nyu.edu, menosmuitomais@gmail.com
He holds a BM from the Polytechnic of Porto, School of Music and Performing Arts, and an MA and PhD from New York University. His research and artistic work span music composition, sound design, computational music, and cultural preservation, with a focus on the Gulf, East Africa, and South India.
His primary research interests include:
- Analysis and preservation of music
- Automatic music generation
- Interactive music systems
- Generative computational technologies
- Audiovisual ethnography
- Immersive experiences and VR in music
He is a founding member of the Music and Sound Cultures (MaSC) research group at NYUAD, which develops hybrid computational-humanistic methodologies and tools such as VR environments and games for cultural enculturation. His recent projects include a faculty research grant from the Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi Foundation to document the musical traditions of the Shihuh tribe in Ras Al Khaimah.
As a composer, Guedes has over 80 international premieres, with work presented at major venues and festivals including Expo ’98, Expo 2020, Ars Electronica, ICMC, SIGGRAPH, and the Beijing Modern Music Festival. His compositions often blend industrial, carnatic, and Western erudite traditions with computational technologies. Notable recent works include the Time Poetries cycle for percussion and electronics, composed during his 2021–2022 residency with Drumming GP.
His recent artistic output shows a strong trend toward electronic and computational music, with themes exploring space, time, cultural identity, and human-machine interaction. Albums such as Shadows & Reflections (2021) and Becoming Space (2021) reflect collaborative, improvisatory, and ambient tendencies, while pieces like Phobia robotica (2020) and Far Out (ISS Edition) (2024) explore robotic and cosmic themes.
He has been actively involved in teaching a wide range of courses across disciplines, including:
- Music: Music Theory, Individual Instruction, Capstone Seminars, Computational Approaches to Music
- Computer Science: Capstone Project in CS
- Interdisciplinary: Immersive Experiences, Multidisciplinary Artistic Collaborations, Audiovisual Ethnography
He mentors students in music capstone projects and computational media, and co-advises research in hybrid artistic-technical domains.
He leads and participates in research labs and teams such as:
- Music and Sound Cultures (MaSC) Research Group – focused on computational ethnomusicology and cultural preservation
- Immersive Experiences Lab – exploring VR, AR, and sensory technologies in artistic contexts
- Interactive Media and Sound Computing – developing new instruments and performance systems
