Bahia Percussion Camp 2023
Teachers
During these 11 days we will be able to learn from the hand of some of the most representative figures of the Bahian percussive panorama. Little by little we will announce the confirmed teachers for this edition.

Sandra Ribeiro
Sandra is a treasure. Black woman endowed with a special ability to play her instrument. Sandra is masterful, genuine, precious. Sandra Ribeiro dominates an infinity of instruments and rhythms, however, it is in the timbal and djembe that she gathers her most moving nuances.
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Meire Brêu
Meire is a born percussionist. Meire Brêu as she is known artistically has rhythm in her veins and has been making history in the percussive groups of Bahia.
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Viviam Caroline
Known as the Diva of percussion, Viviam has all her life research dedicated to samba-reggae. She started playing at Didá at the age of sixteen and alongside Neguinho do Samba she built the band and social project Didá, from which she left in 2022.
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Elbermário Barbosa
One of the current references of Bahian percussion, Elbermário is currently percussionist for Ivete Sangalo and experienced the entire evolution of the percussive movement in the Candeal neighborhood, where he was born.
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Rian Mourthé
Percussionist with experience in popular, classical and urban cultural percussion. Currently part of the band Manifesto Tropical along with Pedro Baby and Lucio Mauro Filho.
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Jair Rezende
Musical director of the "Bateria de Rua" from Timbalada & Os Zárabes, currently professor of percussion at the Pracatum Music School and of musical initiation at the Lactomia ALAS Ação Social Association.
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Ícaro Sá
Born and raised in Pelourinho, Ícaro is a talented percussionist who began his professional career at the age of 15 as a member of Ramiro Musotto's Orchestra Sudaka.
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Mario Pam
Director of the Aiyê Band, Mario Pam has experienced first-hand the history of the first Bloco Afro: Ilê Aiyê. He is the coordinator of the Tambores do Mundo Cultural Association and has a degree in music from the Catholic University of Salvador.
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Vinicius Silva
Director and teacher of the Erê Band (musical project for children and adolescents from Ilê Aiyê), Vinicius has been a musician for more than 25 years and it is a real pleasure for the ears to see him play the Timbau in the Aiyê Band.
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Wilton Batata
Musician and professor at the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), he has already worked with Ramiro Musotto, Orkestra Rumpilezz and Baiana System.
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Mestre Eden Gordo
Musical director of the bloco Cortejo Afro, he has influenced the rhythmic differentiation of this elegantly sophisticated bloco. Eden Paulo is a great creative and does not stop innovating different bases and arrangements for the music of Cortejo Afro.
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Cara de Cobra
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Andreia Reis
Chegou ao Olodum em 1987 e se tornou a primeira maestrina de samba reggae do mundo. Andreia chegou à banda a convite de Neguinho do Samba e quebrou um paradigma na época, quando mulheres não eram aceitas como percussionistas.
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Gilmário Marques
Natural de Salvador, iniciou sua carreira artística no Olodum no Projeto Rufar dos Tambores, da Escola Olodum em 1984. É Mestre e músico da Banda Olodum na qual faz parte atualmente.
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