José Estevam Gava

Born in Sao Caetano do Sul, Brazil, Jose Estevam Gava holds a BA in music and is a guitarist. Developed musical career in the 1980s and 1990s, playing and participating in various music workshops, especially in Curitiba (PR) and winter festivals of Campos do Jordao (SP). In 1995, he got a scholarship to join the International Course for Spanish Music, Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Parallel to these activities, he attended specialization in art education, master in musicology and doctorate in social history, the latter two by the São Paulo State University. In 2003, began his career as a teacher in higher education, teaching disciplines in pedagogy and media courses in the city of São Paulo. In 2005, he joined the Federal University of Pelotas (RS), working in the courses of music. Since 2011, he teaches for the music courses at the Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba. In his academic researches he analyzed the bossa nova, having published two books on the subject: ?The harmonic language of bossa nova? (Unesp publication) and ?Bossa nova moment? (Annablume publication). He also published ?Technique and reading for the guitar?, where he condensed his researches and practices as a teacher of musical instrument (UFPel publication). His main areas of interest are the history of art and music, with an emphasis on the history of musical and artistic avant-gardes of the twentieth century, history of MPB, music and media, music industry and interdisciplinary studies.

Natural de São Caetano do Sul-SP (1958), é bacharel em música (violonista), mestre em musicologia e doutor em história social (Universidade Estadual Paulista). Docente do ensino superior desde 2003, começou lecionando em cursos de pedagogia e comunicação social na cidade de São Paulo. Em 2005, ingressou na Universidade Federal de Pelotas (RS), atuando nos cursos de licenciatura e bacharelado em música. Desde 2011, é professor efetivo na Universidade Federal do Paraná, nível associado IV, em Curitiba. Em suas pesquisas acadêmicas analisou e historiou a bossa nova, tendo publicado dois livros sobre o tema: "A linguagem harmônica da bossa nova" (editora Unesp) e "Momento bossa nova" (editora Annablume). Publicou, também, "Técnica e leitura violonística" (editora UFPel). Suas grandes áreas de interesse são história da arte e da música, com ênfase em história das vanguardas artísticas e musicais do século XX; música e mídia; indústria da música e estudos interdisciplinares.