Biography

Hedisson Mota is a lecturer at the Lusofona University of Humanities and Technology (Lisbon) in the field of music and audio production. He is a member of the Institute of Ethnomusicology (INET-md Univ. de Aveiro) and of CIC Digital/ CICANT (ULHT) since 2011. He holds a degree in Musicology (Nova University of Lisbon) and a Masters degree in Multimedia Communication (Open University - Lisbon). Hedisson Mota is currently completing his PhD in Ethnomusicology with the project “Mixing as an Artistic Process: creative approaches in Portuguese urban popular music”, under the supervision of Professor Maria do Rosário Pestana (Univ. Aveiro). He is an official trainer of AVID Technology (ACI-Pro tools), having been trained at Avid Europe (EMEA) at the Pinewood Studios (London) and Napier University (Edinburgh). As a professional musician, he worked with Armindo Neves, Paulo de Carvalho, Carlos do Carmo, Rita Guerra and Carlos Barreto. He records Balla, Sam and Olavo Bilac (Santos e Pecadores), António Mardel (with Rui Veloso) and Pluma. He is also a composer and sound artist for television content for RTP, TVI, Sic Notícias, TVCine, MOV HD and other contents for ZON/NOS.