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Bio:

Wagner Silva, better known as Waguinho do Repique, is the son of two giants in Rio Samba. His father is Mestre Cosme and his Mother: Celinha who was a Samba interpreter and 1st woman to be a director in a Samba school! Waguinho started with the kids Bateria of Acadêmicos do Engenho da Rainha and then played in the Famous kids Bateria of Mestre Odilon at Ilha do Governador! Soon after, he joined the Repique Solos team at Engenho da Rainha! But the first time he was the repique soloist in a grupo especial school was at Estácio de Sá, at the invitation of Mestre Ciça. Soon after Waguinho was Repique Soloist in Porto da Pedra, Caprichosos de Pilares, Mocidade, Unidos Da Tijuca and Viradouro. At these schools he not only played but became Director, participating in the technical work in the formation of new Rhythmists and became a part of the Creation of Arrangements and Paradinhas of these schools. He alone has created 55 Paradinhas!

Waguinho is one of the people responsible for the rise of Repique Mor which he learned at Beija flor. He is the creator of the original Naipe and Levada played at Cabula, a school which he also paraded. Waguinho proposed the idea of having repique mor to Mestre Casa Grande for Unidos da Tijuca, Pura Cadência. Casa Grande gave him a lot of freedom to tread a new path for the instrument within the school.

Repique Mor generated a lot of prominence because only Tijuca did it at the time, but other baterias were interested. Waguinho after the success of Naipe in Tijuca, implanted Repique MOR in Salgueiro’s Bateria. Waguinhow took the drum to an Ensaio once and played it. Mestre Marcão and his board liked it and so Repique Mor was placed in Salgueiro and is still played there, because of his efforts.

Waguinho became involved as a percussionist with the social project of the great musician Robertinho Silva. Waguinho played for years as a guest musician on the annual Samba School CD Production and had the honor of playing and sharing theStage with: Simone, Daniela Mercury, Fernanda Abreu, Ana Costa, Beth Carvalho, Iza, Martinho da Vila, Diogo Nogueira, Zeca Pagodinho, Gabriel Moura, Arlindo Cruz. He participated in Dudu Nobre’s DVD, “Os Mais Lindos Samba Enredo de Todos os Tempos”, and integrated the show of Samba Forças das Natureza by Carlinho de Jesus and Milton Cunha. He participated in the Opening and Closing of the 2016 Summer Olympics, and was the Repique chosen to play at the national samba meeting together with the Petrobrás Orchestra under the command of Isaac Karabtchevsky, was the main Repique of the Book "O Batuque Carioca by Mestre Odilon and Maestro Guilherme Gonçalves", and is part of Serjão Loroza's Usmadureira group. He is also a key member/faculty of the group, Batuque Digital. Waguinho travels the world doing workshops and shows, in countries such as Germany, China, England, Russia, France, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Mexico, and Argentina! Currently, Waguinho is Mestre of Bloco Escangalha which is known for having students who play original Levadas of Drums.

Waguinho is part of the Team of the (web)Site Apoteose, the Largest Drum Site in the world, where he is one of the commentators alongside fellow percussionist, Thalita Santos. Waguino is about to launch his Project "Entrando no Ritmo com Waguinho do Repique". He has videos showing techniques for each drum from beginners to advanced. He’s collaborated with the mestres of each samba school to ensure that all the levadas are correct. He has recorded more than 150 videos, and has put a lot of care and details into this project.

Batteries that Waguinho paraded:

Engenho da Rainha, Estácio de Sá, Caprichosos de Pilares, União da Ilha, Porto da Pedra, Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel, Unidos Da Tijuca, Viradouro, Portela, Salgueiro, Vila Isabel, Grande Rio, Beija-Flor Imperatriz Leopoldinense, Tradição, Rocinha, Renascer, Curicica, Vizinha Faladeira, Inocentes de Belford Roxo, Abolição.

Links:

Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/mestrewaguinho/
https://www.instagram.com/batuquedigital/

YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/c/siteapoteose
https://www.youtube.com/c/WaguinhoDoRepique

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