Manuel Pessoa de Lima (1981) is a performer-composer from Brazil, currently based in Berlin. He holds a bachelor’s degree in composition (São Paulo University), master’s in music, and a doctorate of musical arts from CalArts. He has worked with multiple media, composing for cinema, theater and dance and has released three albums: Nazareth Reloaded (piano 4 hands, 2010), 36 Lessons (sound collage, 2017) and Realejo (organ, whistles and electronics, 2020). His latest work, The Failed Pianist, is a comedy playing with the limits between intention and accident.