Filipe Leitão is an award-winning composer, music producer, and educator.

 

He is Associate Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, where he leads the Media Scoring program. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts from The University of Alabama, an MFA in Music Production and Sound Design for Visual Media from the Academy of Art University (San Francisco, CA), and a Bachelor’s degree in Art Education from the University of the State of Pará, Brazil, where he also served as an Assistant Professor. He has taught composition, orchestration, music production, and film scoring.

 

Dr. Leitão has collaborated with artists worldwide, creating original compositions and sound design for films and video games, as well as electronic and concert works. His music blends classical, popular, Brazilian, and film influences, and has been recognized internationally, with performances and awards at festivals such as New York Electroacoustic Music Festival, Electronic Music Midwest, Cannes Short Film Corner, Toronto Film Week, Anima Mundi, and WorldFest Houston.

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All work is developed and published through Music for the Eyes LLC, a company focused on music production, original compositions, virtual instruments, and creative tools for composers and producers.