Paulo Estudante

Associate professor in the area of Musical Studies. Director of the Art Studies graduation course. Integrated member of the Centre for Classical and Humanistic Studies (CECH) of the University of Coimbra, coordinating the research project Mundos e Fundos. Mundos Metodológico e Interpretativo dos Fundos Musicais. He is also a member of the international research groups Lexique Musical de la Renaissance (CERS, U. Lorraine), Tratados Musicales en Español | TraMusE (U. Salamanca), and Contrapunto. The Renaissance Musical Work: Foundations, repertoires and practices (U. Valladolid).

Paulo Estudante is currently strongly focused on co-coordinating three projects: Restoration of the musical sources of the University of Coimbra (since 2019), Seeing and Hearing the Past. Spatial and acoustic reconstruction of the Old Cathedral of Coimbra in the 16th century (since 2020), and Bridging Musical Heritage. Shaping creativity today by reconnecting cultures from the past (since 2022).

His main research interests, at present, have been centred around (1) the study of sources, in particular those belonging to the Portuguese musical heritage prior to the 19th century; (2) musical philology, (3) the social and cultural context of European musical practice prior to the 19th century, (4) musical practices (namely instrumental) in the catholic liturgical context.