Eduardo Sato

Eduardo Sato is an assistant professor of musicology/ethnomusicology in the School of Performing Arts at Virginia Tech. He completed his PhD in musicology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He holds a MA in musicology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a MA in Brazilian Studies from the University of São Paulo, a BA in Social Sciences from the University of São Paulo and a BA in Economics from Insper.

Sato specializes in Brazilian music in the twentieth century. His approach to archival work in music explores diverse musical cultures from different traditions, whether popular, art, folkloric, or experimental. Sato’s book project explores the transnational relations of Brazilian music in the first half of the twentieth century investigating the ways in which border crossing conferred meanings to music and to nation. He has presented his work in several international conferences, including meetings of the Society for Ethnomusicology, the International Musicological Society, and the Brazilian Studies Association. His article "Cannibalizing Bach: Villa-Lobos in Europe, 1936" was published in Twentieth Century Music.

Sato has received several grants to conduct research archives in the United States, France, and Brazil from the American Musicological Society, the American Philosophical Society, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He was the honorary recipient of the Robert Walser and Susan McClary Fellowship from the Society for American Music and held the Howard Mayer Brown Fellowship from the American Musicological Society.