Alberto José Vieira Pacheco is a teacher at the Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Between 2015 and 2022, he was a Professor of Music at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil. He holds the degrees of Ph.D. and M.A. in Music from UNICAMP (Universidade Estadual de Campinas), Brazil. He is author of 5 books - "O Canto Antigo Italiano", São Paulo, Annablume (2006), "Castrati e outros virtuoses: a prática vocal carioca sob influência da corte de D. João VI" (São Paulo, Annablume, 2009), "O Cancioneiro dos periódicos da Fundação Biblioteca Nacional (1842-1922)", 2 vol. (Rio de Janeiro, Biblioteca Nacional, 2022), "Guia musical dos periódicos da Fundação Biblioteca Nacional (Rio de Janeiro, Biblioteca Nacional, 2021) and “Álbum de Armia: gemidos sobre o túmulo de uma brasileira” (São Paulo, Pimenta Cultural, 2022) - many scientific papers and many musical editions. Between 2007 and 2013, Pacheco carried out a post-doctoral research at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, CESEM, with FCT funding (Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia de Portugal), on the theme "The repertoire of occasional dramatical musical works in Portugal and Brazil between 1707 and 1834". At the same research center, he is one of the founding members of Caravelas, Research Group for the Study of the History of Luso-Brazilian Music. Pacheco is coordinator / editor of the Dicionário Biográfico Caravelas [Caravelas Biographic Dictionary], in which he has published several entries. He has taken part in many national and international scientific meetings, sometimes as a guest, or as part of its Scientific Councils. Pacheco also has extensive experience as a singer, collaborating as a soloist tenor in recording 5 CDs. He also has solid choir experience, both as singer and as conductor. Pacheco is a founding member and musical director of the Academia dos Renascidos, musical group that aims to perform the Luso-Brazilian vocal repertoire. He also took part in the organization of events, in particular the International Congress "A Língua Portuguesa em Música", held in Lisbon (2012) and in Rio de Janeiro (2018), of which he was the general coordinator and main proponent. He published 14 articles in specialized magazines. He has 8 book chapters and 4 books. He participated in 18 events. He supervised 3 doctoral thesis and co-supervised 1. He supervised 5 master's dissertations. He supervised 10 works for concluding a bachelor's course.