BIO

Carlos Guedes is a versatile composer whose work spans commissioned projects for concert music, dance, theater, film, and installation work. With over 100 public premieres worldwide, his compositions have been showcased at prestigious venues and festivals such as The Kitchen, Judson Church, SXSW, Porto 2001 and Guimarães 2012 European Capital of Culture, Expo ’98, Expo 2020, NYUAD Arts Center, Beijing Modern Music Festival, London Design Biennale and even aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

Guedes's eclectic style blends influences ranging from industrial and world music to Western classical traditions and trans-cultural improvisation. He frequently incorporates computational technologies to expand musical expression. Recent collaborations include award-winning projects such as Formation of Soof (London Design Biennale Theme Award Medal), Time Poetries, a 56-minute cycle for percussion and electronics premiered in 2024 by Drumming GP in Sevilla, Spain, and the first music commission from the Abu Dhabi UNESCO Creative City of Music for a transcultural music project that included Gnawa, traditional Emirati music, Jazz and electronic music, presented at the Culture Summit 2025. His EP Far Out was streamed from the International Space Station in 2024, and album Time Poetries was released on NEOS Music GmbH in March 2026. Recent stage works include music for Esta hora de espanto (2025), a choreography by Né Barros premiered at the Porto National Theater, and for Vidro Pantera (2026) by Teatro de Ferro, premiered at Teatro das Figuras in Faro, Portugal. 

Carlos Guedes is a Professor of Music at New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), and a researcher and co-founder of the Music and Sound Cultures Research (MaSC) research group, a group dedicated understanding and disseminating musical culture in the Arab world and neighboring regions through computational and humanistic methods.