Allan Abbadia is an artist, producer, composer, arranger, and researcher with a master's degree in music from UNICAMP. He has released three albums, the first of which, Malungos (2019), won the 1st Pretas Potências Award, highlighting its cultural significance to the Black community. In 2023, he released IFÈ, where he deepens his research into Afro-diasporic musicalities, as well as the album Allan Abbadia-Tributo à Jamelão.
He is a co-founder of the Melanina Jazz project, which aims to highlight the leadership of Black artists in the genre, and the Atlântico Sul Music label, created in 2022 in partnership with Mauricio Pazz, with a focus on releases by Black artists.
Over his 25-year career, he has collaborated with artists such as Elza Soares, Dn. Ivone Lara, Beth Carvalho, Luiz Melodia, Zeca Pagodinho, Racionais MCs, Emicida, Jards Macalé, Liniker, João Donato, Moacyr Luz, Nei Lopes, João Bosco, and Zeca Baleiro. He has arranged for notable projects, such as Emicida's Amarelo Ao Vivo, and produced albums including "Funmilayo" by Funmilayo Afrobeat Orquestra (2022) and "Bicudos" by Os Bicudos (2022).
Engaging with composite arts, he has composed soundtracks for the films Um dia com Jerusa (2019) and the documentary Motriz-Roda de Afeto (2022), and contributed to the soundtrack for Homem com H (2025).
In the visual arts, he composed a sound piece for the exhibition “Lélia em Nós: festas populares e amerifricanidades" about Lélia Gonzalez.
As an instrumentalist, he performed on João Donato's album SEROTONINA, winner of the 2023 Latin Grammy.
His international work includes participating in the African Diaspora Globalization Student and Artist Exchange in New Orleans (USA), where he performed with the Uptown Jazz Orchestra.