Tatiana Catanzaro is a distinguished Brazilian composer, musicologist, and educator, currently serving as a Professor of Music Composition and New Technologies at the Universidade de Brasília (UnB), Brazil. She is also pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree at Stanford University, USA, under the guidance of Patricia Alessandrini and Jonathan Berger. Catanzaro earned her Ph.D. in Musicology from Université de Paris IV – Sorbonne, France, graduating summa cum laude in 2013.

Her academic journey includes an M.A. in Musicology from both the Université de Paris IV – Sorbonne and the Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Brazil, where she studied under renowned scholars such as Marc Battier and Fernando Iazzetta. She began her formal education in music at USP, studying composition with Willy Corrêa de Oliveira, followed by Silvio Ferraz at Campinas University, and later with Philippe Leroux in France. At Stanford University, she continued her advanced studies with Patricia Alessandrini, Jonathan Berger, and Erik Ulman.

Catanzaro’s work integrates research, composition, and technology. She completed the Cursus I program in computer music at IRCAM (Paris), where she also developed her postdoctoral research in collaboration with the STMS team. Her research, funded by FAPESP, focused on methodologies of musical analysis based on psychoacoustics, neuroscience, and cognitive sciences. She has conducted research residencies at Brown University and the University of Campinas (Unicamp).

Since 2003, her compositions have been performed in North and South America, as well as Europe, by prestigious ensembles and orchestras, including L’Itinéraire, Alternance, Cairn, Télémaque, Camerata Aberta, Project ECO, Bachiana Filarmônica, Orquestra Sinfônica da Unicamp, and Dal Niente. Her works are frequently featured in festivals and international concerts.

Her compositions have been recorded by leading soloists and ensembles, such as Joana Holanda (2013), Lidia Bazarian (2011), Karin Fernandes (2015), Rafaell Altino (2023), Aleksandra Demowska-Madejska (2024), Percorso Ensemble (2009), and Quarteto Boulanger (2022). These recordings reflect her unique approach to sound exploration, blending acoustic and electronic elements.

An accomplished academic, Catanzaro has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals, presented at international conferences, and contributed chapters to books on contemporary musicology. Her work, ‘Transformações na linguagem musical contemporânea instrumental e vocal sob a influência da música eletroacústica entre as décadas de 1950-70,’ received the Funarte Prize for Critical Production in Music (2013).

Catanzaro has held teaching positions at Stanford University, where she served as a Teaching Assistant for courses in music theory, history, and computational music. At UnB, she has designed and taught courses ranging from harmony and analysis to contemporary music theories and musical acoustics.

She has also organized conferences and research projects, including MUSITEC2 and the interdisciplinary LINES Lab at UnB, fostering collaborations between music, science, and technology. Her leadership extends to mentoring students and co-founding research groups certified by the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq).

Her numerous accolades include the 2019 FUNARTE Classical Composition Prize, a CAPES Doctoral Fellowship, and multiple research grants from FAPESP.