Musician, composer, and sound designer, André Villa’s multidisciplinary background combines musicology, philosophy, cognitive sciences, and the performing arts. In 2013, he defended his doctoral thesis on a transdisciplinary approach to music perception and cognition (CICM - University of Paris 8). Back in Brazil, he spent eight years as a teacher-researcher in the Department of Cinema and Audiovisual at the Federal University of Pará (UFPa), where he founded and directed LAB-AUDIO, a teaching structure and research laboratory in music and sound production for film and audiovisual. He specializes in sound/image relationships and new media creation and production processes. Back at the University of Paris 8 as a lecturer, he currently teaches courses on sound and music creation for audiovisual works, the use of electroacoustic devices in contemporary musical composition/practice, and the relationship between music and other arts.

Publications

Selection of Articles :

(avec Makis Solomos), « Orient-Occident by Fulchignoni-Xenakis » in Per Musi, no. 42, Sessão Temática : Iannis Xenakis, p.1-19, 2023.

(avec Yasmin Pires), « A Representação do Silêncio no Cinema Sonoro » (La représentation du silence dans le cinéma sonore), Revista do Programa de Mestrado em Cultura Visual – Universidade Federal de Goiás, 2020.

(avec Yasmin Pires), « A Representaçào Visual do Som no Cinema ‘Mudo’ » (La représentation visuelle du son dans le cinéma « muet »), Revista do Programa de Pós-graduação em Comunicação Social – Universidade Metodista de São Paulo, C&amp ;S – São Bernardo do Campo, v. 40, n. 1, p. 185-212, jan./abr. 2018.

(avec Yasmin Pires), « Som e silêncio nas telas e salas de cinéma » (Son et silence sur les écrans et les salles de cinéma), Revue ORSON – Revista do CAU - Cursos de Cinema e Audiovisual e Cinema de Animação – UFPEL, Août 2016, p.175-190, 2016.

« Crítica às teorias representacionalistas da percepção musical » (Critique des théories représentationnalistes de la perception musicale), In : SIMCAM6, 2010, Rio de Janeiro. Anais do VI SIMCAM - Simpósio de Cognicão e Artes Musicais. v.6, p.18-31, 2010.

« Questions sur le processus de segmentation de la surface musicale dans la perception des musiques contemporaines et électroacoustiques ». Intellectica. v.48-49, p.115 -154, 2008.