Born in Sergipe, Brazil, and currently based in Belgium, Dudu Prudente builds his work at the intersection of sonic traditions, technology, and electroacoustic research. Holding a degree in Social Communication, he began his career as a graphic designer in advertising before transitioning permanently to music, where he now brings two decades of experience.

His practice spans from creation and performance to technical execution, working as a drummer, composer, music producer, and audio engineer (recording, mixing, and mastering) across projects ranging from traditional music to pop, instrumental, electronic, and experimental genres. He is the co-founder of the Belgian-Brazilian group Anavantou, as well as a member of the Brazilian experimental group Membrana and the Belgian instrumental project Munsch.

His research in acousmatic and electroacoustic music consolidated in 2022 at the Institut Musiques et Recherches (Belgium), under the mentorship of Annette Vande Gorne. From this immersion, two interconnected fronts of activity emerged: his sound atelier MAAR (Belgium), dedicated to composition and sound creations in dialogue with Estúdio Orí (Sergipe); and Mostra MAAR in Aracaju—a festival for which he acts as director and curator, focused on promoting acousmatic listening, sound spatialization, and audience development for the genre in Northeastern Brazil.

His works have been presented at international festivals such as BOEM (Ghent), Electrobelge (Brussels), and Lá nas Árvores (Portugal). His piece Calcaire received funding from the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, an honorable mention at the Musica Nova Festival (Prague), and the award for Best Composition at the Métamorphoses 2024 Competition (Festival L'Espace du Son, Brussels). Among his most recent productions is Pirapitinga Vaz'A Baril, a mixed acousmatic piece for 8 channels and a trio pé de serra, inspired by the Vaza-Barris River, which premiered at the Festival Paysage Composé (Grenoble) and was performed at the Teatro Tobias Barreto alongside the Sergipe Symphony Orchestra.

In his creations, he investigates sound as a malleable and invisible material, manipulating electronic circuits, instruments, objects, and field recordings. His aesthetic explores sonic micro-ecosystems, balancing the organicity of gesture with technology to build bridges between memory and the collective imagination.

Complementing his work within the musical ecosystem, in 2022 he founded the independent production company and label Longe, dedicated to giving voice to and promoting emerging and underrepresented artists. Driven by creative freedom, experimentation, and diversity, the label connects artists, audiences, and innovative sociocultural initiatives.