I've been a professional musician since the beginning of the 2000s. Ever since I've actively participated in the Rio's Carnival.
At this stage I joined Monobloco, where I act as a musician and teacher since then. With Monobloco I recorded four albums and two DVDs.
Monobloco - DVD Ao Vivo
Monobloco - DVD 10
Monobloco - Arrastão da Alegria (Album)
As a teacher I have been teaching for over 10 years in Monobloco workshops, preparing students for the carnival parades in Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte and São Paulo.
Monobloco parade Rio de Janeiro 2020
Monobloco’s percussion workshop
Apart from being a teacher at some Rio de Janeiro's music schools, I also do an annual tour to the UK called Bossas Tour to teach the percussion of the samba schools’ baterias.
Bossas Tour 2019 - Dublin, Ireland
I am the bateria director at Volta Alice, a carnival group that has been parading around the streets of Laranjeiras neighbourhood since 2005. The group brings together an average of 10,000 merrymakers and the bateria plays with approximately 100 percussionists.
I am a researcher of samba schools’ baterias and my first book is called: As Bossas do Mestre Maurão
