Rodrigo Aredes is a Brazilian flutist and composer from the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais who is currently studying concert music composition and film scoring at Berklee College of Music. He began his musical studies at the Center for Musicalization for Children at the Federal University of Minas Gerais and later took up the flute in the band of the Military School of Belo Horizonte, where he served as a student conductor in 2021, performing at venues such as Teatro SESIMinas and Sala Minas Gerais.

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   In December 2023, he received a full-tuition scholarship to transfer to Berklee College of Music, where he studied composition with awarded composers such as Marti Epstein, Arnold Friedman, Evan Williams, Andrew List, Alla Cohen, Luke Blackburn and Kevin Baldwin; and Film Scoring.

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   As a composer, his works have been performed by the Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra, earning an honorable mention (second place) in the final round of the 2026th edition of Tinta Fresca Festival (A Brazilian composers annual competition), as well as in other performances at Berklee College of Music, at Longy School of Music, at the Flauteios event, and at the Novo Hamburgo International Music Festival.