Saxophonist, researcher and artistic director dedicated to concert, contemporary and mixed music. Adjunct Professor of Saxophone with exclusive dedication at the wind instruments department at Escola de Música of UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro. Professor and researcher at PPGM / UFRJ and PROMUS / UFRJ. Vice-head of the Performance Practice and its Reflective Processes research line at PPGM / UFRJ. Director of Conjunto de Sax da UFRJ. Founder, artistic director and saxophonist of the ABSTRAI ensemble, a group dedicated to contemporary chamber music which in 2020 completes 15 years of intense musical activities. Doctor in Music at the Doctoral School of Aesthetics, Sciences and Technologies of the Arts at University Paris 8, Vincennes Saint-Denis, France, linked to CICM (Center for Computer Science and Music Creation) under the guidance of composer Horacio Vaggine. Doctoral fellow at Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal. Resident artist at the ZKM Institute of Music and Acoustics, Karlsruhe, Germany. Master in Musicology at Michel de Montaigne / Bordeaux 3 University, France. Bachelor in Communication / Radio at Escola de Comunicação of UFRJ, Brazil. Diploma of Musical Studies and Perfecting in saxophone and contemporary chamber music at the National Conservatory of Bordeaux Region, France, in the class of Marie-Bernadette Charrier.