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About
Born in Juiz de Fora, Brazil, Pedro Ivo Ferreira is a bassist, composer and educator whose vision blends his Brazilian roots with a deep curiosity for improvisation and contemporary music. He began playing the bass at fifteen, learning from the vibrant local scene of his hometown. At twenty-one, he moved to São Paulo to study double bass with Sizão Machado, before continuing his studies in Paris and Amsterdam, where he deepened his artistic vision under the guidance of Marc Buronfosse, Ernst Glerum and Frans van der Hoeven.
Now based in the Netherlands, Pedro is an active presence in the European jazz and improvised music scenes. He performs with projects such as Orè, Nefertiti Quartet, Federico Calcagno Octet and Cacha Mundinho. With the Nefertiti Quartet, he recorded four albums — Danses Futuristes (2015), Morse Code (2018), Frameless (2022), and Live in Paris (2023) — performing widely across Europe. The group was selected for Jazz Migration #5 and won the Euro Radio Jazz Competition in Copenhagen in 2019.
As a bandleader, Pedro explores the intersection of structure and spontaneity. With his ensemble Orè, he merges Brazilian rhythms with free improvisation and contemporary music. Their third album, Matter Antimatter (2025), reflects this ongoing dialogue between clarity and abstraction, form and formlessness. He also leads Noneto Desconcertante, a project dedicated to his own arrangements and compositions, and a tribute to Guinga.
Alongside performing, Pedro is a dedicated music educator, teaching electric and double bass, ensemble playing and improvisation. His pedagogical approach encourages students to listen deeply, cultivate individuality, and embrace improvisation not only as a musical practice, but as a space for discovery and connection with the music.
