Biography
Pedro Mendes holds a degree in Musicology granted by Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas (Universidade Nova de Lisboa) and is master in Ethnomusicology by the same institution. He has done research in issues related with jazz practice in Portugal, having a master dissertation about the beginning of a jazz school in Hot Clube de Portugal and the systematization of jazz teaching in Portugal. Currently, he is a PhD candidate and member of the team in the project Timbila, Makwayela e Marrabenta: a century of musical representation in Mozambique - Projects of R&D (FCT); PTDC/CPC-MMU/6626/2014
