Manuel Pessoa de Lima

Manuel Pessoa de Lima is a Brazilian performer-composer creating genre-defying performances, subverting his classical and academic background with vulnerability. Usually performing with piano, electronics and speech monologues, Manuel unravels a mesh of fictional and biographical narratives, highlighting the conflicts and doubts around the creative process. He holds a doctoral degree in the Performer-Composer program from CalArts. Manuel has released three albums and presented solo at multiple international festivals.