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Valmir began dancing forró in 2006 at the world's largest forró school, Pé Descalço, under the influence of his older brother. After 5 years, in 2011 he reached the last level of the school and started teaching classes and doing evaluations inside the school.
In 2014 he had the opportunity to make his first international tour initially planned for 45 days and then continuing for more 3 months, this same tour held a presentation at the festival Forro de domingo in stuttgart Germany that viralized on the Internet and today has the mark of 54 million views on YouTube, subsequently was gaining popularity and toured the world every year until January 2020 holding workshops for more than 16 countries (U.S., Japan, Uruguay, Uruguay, USA, Japan, and Uruguay). USA, Japan, Uruguay, El Salvador, Russia, Canada, and Europe) and more than 54 cities around the world. Today Valmir has been living in Stuttgart, Germany, teaching regular classes and helping to develop the forró community in Europe by developing the forró scene in Germany.

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​Bruna Almeida is from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. She met forró in 2014 and at the end of the same year began taking dance classes at the Pé Descalço school, the biggest forró school in the world. In 2015 she was Valmir's partner in a workshop at FENFIT, the forró festival of Itaúnas and that's where she had her first experience on the other side of the class. In 2016 she started teaching for the school Pé Descalço in some of its units and some time later was part of the presentation group and the group of examiners of the school. In 2019 she reached the last level of the school and at the end of the same year she came to teach classes in Europe on tour with Valmir Coelho besides teaching in other cities in Brazil.In early 2020 she moved to Stuttgart, Germany, and started to help the development of the Forró scene in the country by teaching regular classes and workshops.

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Valmir began dancing forró in 2006 at the world's largest forró school, Pé Descalço, under the influence of his older brother. After 5 years, in 2011 he reached the last level of the school and started teaching classes and doing evaluations inside the school.
In 2014 he had the opportunity to make his first international tour initially planned for 45 days and then continuing for more 3 months, this same tour held a presentation at the festival Forro de domingo in stuttgart Germany that viralized on the Internet and today has the mark of 54 million views on YouTube, subsequently was gaining popularity and toured the world every year until January 2020 holding workshops for more than 16 countries (U.S., Japan, Uruguay, Uruguay, USA, Japan, and Uruguay). USA, Japan, Uruguay, El Salvador, Russia, Canada, and Europe) and more than 54 cities around the world. Today Valmir has been living in Stuttgart, Germany, teaching regular classes and helping to develop the forró community in Europe by developing the forró scene in Germany.

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​Bruna Almeida is from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. She met forró in 2014 and at the end of the same year began taking dance classes at the Pé Descalço school, the biggest forró school in the world. In 2015 she was Valmir's partner in a workshop at FENFIT, the forró festival of Itaúnas and that's where she had her first experience on the other side of the class. In 2016 she started teaching for the school Pé Descalço in some of its units and some time later was part of the presentation group and the group of examiners of the school. In 2019 she reached the last level of the school and at the end of the same year she came to teach classes in Europe on tour with Valmir Coelho besides teaching in other cities in Brazil.In early 2020 she moved to Stuttgart, Germany, and started to help the development of the Forró scene in the country by teaching regular classes and workshops.

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âMy B. Reference of Brazilian Music in France, âMy B., DJ and producer, musical and cultural, from São Paulo, has settled in Lyon in recent years. She is the first female DJ to work only with Brazilian Music in Europe. The Forró has always been a fundamental part of her work. Every week since 2017, she has been organizing the only weekly Forró ball in Lyon, the "Forró da âMy", which has also become a monthly event with guests. She is the founder of the Carnavália collective, which has been promoting Brazilian Culture in Lyon since 2019 and a resident DJ of Radio Nova Lyon and Piñata Radio.

Graduated in modern/jazz and classic ballet, in2004,
already dancing Salsa and other ballroom dances,she discovered Forró, and fell in love. 
Development Forró in Paris, organizing the Festival, Ai que Bom,for many years. 
Create the first Forró Marathon in Europe. 
Não para, não para, não para!
Organizing monthly events in Paris,where she also teaches for many years. 
For Marion, the most important thing in dance is, 
Harmony, creativity and pleasure!

Ardyson Carvalho, nasceu em Belo Horizonte/MG e está  no forró desde 2000.
Foi professor em academias de Forró em Minas Gerais e vários estados do Brasil.
Produtor e criador do evento Minas Roots desde 2008.
Em 2013 deu início a projetos internacionais, participando desde então de vários festivals na Europa.
Participou do FENFIT(Festival nacional de forró em Itaúnas.Brasil)nos anos 2014 e 2016 ficando na 4ta colocação e foi indicado o melhor trianguita.

Brazilian born Juliana Braga is a dance teacher, dancer in Amsterdam. 
She teaches several Brazilian dances and she is officially acknowledged By the Ministério voor Onderwijs,culture en wetenschap I the Netherlands. 
With decades of experience in Brazil and abroad, Juliana has learned that the basis of all dance lies in musicality, body awareness and expression. 
Over the years she has worked with organizations like CliniClows, 5D Festival, Mix Max Brazil, Roots Festival and organize since 2011, Amsterdam Forró Festival. 
2023-Forró da Utopia, Aljezur Portugal. 
For more info and impressions: www.julianabraga.nl

Douglas Marcolino is a young Brazilian accordionist from Nordeste, born in Pernambuco and raised in Alagoas.
Coming from a large family of accordionists, he always has been surrounded by music and from a very young age was immersed in the sounds of Brazilian popular music. At the age of five, his father (Tiao Marcolino, seen as the maestro of the accordion in his country) introduced him to the accordion.

The young apprentice showed a lot of talent for his instrument and learned so quickly that at the time he was eight, he had already participated in the CD of Tiao Marcolino playing a chorinho called « LEMBRANCAS ».

Four years later, learning more each time, Douglas participed for the second time in another CD of Tiao Marcolino, but this time by singing and playing the music "PORTA DA ESCOLA’’.

From the age of twelve, he traveled throughout Brazil playing in several Forro groups. 
Thus, in addition to learning the accordion from his father, he was able to develop his own musicality by exchanging experiences with other instrumentalists such as Dominguinhos, Gennaro do acordeon, Hermeto Pascoal, and other artists.

In 2004 he set up his own recording studio (MsomMusic) and recorded until today a large variety of musical styles (Forro, chorinho, samba, pop, classico, jazz, etc…).

In 2010, he was invited to a festival of young talents in Norway (Forde Festivalem).
From there began his great journey throughout Europe, through Africa, playing in countries such as France, Germany, Portugal, the Congo, etc…

In addition to his knowledge of Brazilian music, this great tour brought him closer to the European musical culture and especially jazz.

In 2011, he moved to Paris where he performed with Célia Neusa (singer and Franco-Brazilian panderist) a show called « CLASSICOS FRANCESES EM FORRO ».
This show is the meeting of the great texts of French popular music with the sweet Brazilian musicality. 

Today, Douglas Marcolino plays in Brazil and internationally, exhibiting and promoting Brazilian culture and especially Nordeste.

Trio Mucambê nasceu do encontro de três músicos brasileiros vivendo na Europa, Douglas Marcolino (sanfona) filho de Tião Marcolino e referência internacional no acordeon, Dhu Messias (zabumba) ganhador de melhor zabumbeiro do FENFIT e  Ramon Vieira (triângulo) integrante do Trio Macaíba, todos com histórias de vida dedicada à música e especialmente ao forró. 
O trio se formou em 2022 e já se apresentou na França e na Bélgica, seus integrantes já atuaram ao lado de  grandes nomes como Dominguinhos, Anastácia, Gennaro do Acordeon, Fúba de Taperoá, Oswaldinho do Acordeon entre outros. 
O trio apresenta musicas autorais, clássicos e raridades do repertório forrozeiro.

Da cidade de São Paulo, começou a sua trajetória na música cedo, aos 7 anos de idade já tocava na bateria mirim da escola de samba do seu bairro, Rosas de Ouro.
A sua influência no gênero do forró, foi através da sua vó paterna, que sempre ouvia em sua casa Jackson do pandeiro e Luiz Gonzaga.
Mas o amor cresceu depois que conheceu o Forró Universitário que estava muito forte no sudeste.
Se formou em bateria e percussão geral na OMB em São Paulo.
Seu primeiro trabalho foi em 2006 com o trio formado por amigos de escola, chamado Trio Marajá.
Depois trabalhou com trio Caeté, Coisa de Zé, entre outros.
Em 2012 participou pela primeira vez do Festival Nacional Forró de Itaúnas (FENFIT), com o músico Paulinho Saculejada e ganhou o prêmio de melhor zabumbeiro.
Logo em seguida recebeu o convite para tocar com o Fubá de Taperoá.
Mas o seu trabalho mais conhecido e recente foi com o Nando Nogueira a partir de 2014, junto com o grande músico Rodolfo Willame.
No ano seguinte, foram premiados como a melhor banda no FENFIT (2015).
Em 2017 participou da primeira turnê internacional europeia, e em 2019 decidiu se mudar para Europa de vez, e desde então mora na cidade de Lille, norte da França, continuando desenvolvendo seu trabalho como músico com vários outros artistas.

Ramon Vieira é cantor e percussionista que atua como artista e educador em centros culturais, escolas, e grupos de dança e percussão no Brasil e na Europa. 
   Faz parte do Trio Macaíba com Beto Corrêa e Cleber Almeida desde 2006 com o qual ja gravou cantando ao lado de Anastacia e Dominguinhos. 
   Desde 2019 devenvolve carreira solo com foco no Forró e na Cultura popular brasileira. Em 2022 com Douglas Marcolino e Dhu Messias criou o Trio Muçambê.

A paixão pelos discos de forró antigos por parte de um português, a ginga e o tempero baiano, aliadas à maestria musical e pontualidade de um britânico desde cedo deixavam antever que algo bastante Pé de Serra poderia surgir.

O Trio Exactamente formou-se em 2023 na cidade de Lisboa e com o seu repertório inspirado nos discos de forró da década de 60,70, e 80 já fez balançar o Titanic Sur Mer, Palheta Bar, Forró Pé de Palha no Algarve, Forró Clandestino de Lisboa e Forró do Coreto em Lisboa também!

Trio Exactamente são:

Sanfona - Gabriel John Walsh (@gabrieljwalsh)

Zabumba - Mytho Roots (@mythopapitoroots)

Triângulo e voz - Francisco Martins (@diluvio___)

Dilúvio é um colecionador de Vinyl!

Conheceu o forró em 2018 e começou a colecionar discos em 2019, desde então tem vindo a dinamizar um encontro de forró quinzenal em Lisboa (Forró do Cais).
Conta já passagens também nas Quartas-Populares no baile da Vitrola Forrozeira, Forró da Utopia do ano passado, no Forró do Coreto, co-organiza também o Forró Pé de Palha no Algarve, e chega  este ano com a promessa de fazer mexer toda a gente!