Norton Dudeque (Curitiba, 1958). He studied guitar with Jaime Zenamon from 1977 to 1978. In 1979, he joined the Escuela Universitária de Música in Montevideo, Uruguay, where he studied guitar with Eduardo Fernández, Abel Carlevaro and Harmony with Guido Santorsola. He completed his BA in Guitar (1985) from EMBAP and his MA in Guitar (1991) from the University of Western Ontario, Canada. He was professor at EMBAP in Guitar and Harmony from 1986 to 1989, and when he returned from Canada he was professor of the specialization course in Music of the 20th Century at EMBAP, in the subject History of 20th Century Music (1992). Since 1992, he has been a professor at the Federal University of Paraná in the Artistic Education course, working on the subject of Musical Structuring. He took composition classes with Hans-Joachim Koellreutter from 1994 to 1995. He published the book História do Violão (1994) and organized the volume Música Contemporânea Paranaense (1995), with compositions by Chico Mello and Rodolfo Richter, both for Editora da UFPR. He completed a Masters in Musicology (1997) at the University of São Paulo, USP, where he carried out research on the theoretical work of Arnold Schoenberg. He completed a PhD in Musicology (2002) at the University of Reading, England, under the guidance of Jonathan Dunsby. He currently teaches Analysis and Counterpoint at UFPR and works in musicology, theory, composition and music publishing.