Sensitive, technical, highly musical drummer Uirá Nogueira de Barros Cairo began his professional career at the age of 16 playing in a Bahia rhythms band in Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil. He started playing drums at the age of nine. His first tutor was drummer Zeca Metal, who taught him the first Rock’n Roll beats. In 1995 he moved to Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais state capital, where he studied with José Luiz, André "Limão", Jean Dolabella, Mário Castelo, Leo Píres among others, playing in the music scene of Minas Gerais for five years. He started his teaching career in BH, in addition to playing in Samba, Rock'n Roll and Pop Rock bands of the city.

 

When in Salvador, he graduated in Music from Federal University of Bahia (UFBA) in 2006 and then moved to London, where he specialized in drums at Drumtech School (current BIMM Institute). For five years he played in the Brazilian and English musical scenes with artists from various parts of the world such as Saravah Soul band, singer Carlos Lyra, composer and singer Marcos Valle and Geraldo Azevedo. During this time, he had the opportunity to perform at renowned London music venues such as Ronny Scott's, Jazz Cafe Camden and Charley Wrights.

 

Upon returning to Brazil, he began teaching at the Federal University of Bahia. Currently a music teacher on the Popular Music course at the UFBA School of Music (EMUS), Uirá is principally responsible for teaching Drums. He has dedicated himself to teaching Brazilian rhythms such as Samba, Baião, Frevo, Maracatu and Samba-Reggae. In addition to drums, he teaches Music Technology and coordinates the EMUS's Drums Workshop of one of the school's extension projects.

 

He earned his Master's degree in Music Education in 2015 with the theme “Interactions on Teaching and Learning Relationships of Group Drumming” from UFBA. He is currently serving as Coordinator of the Popular Music Course at UFBA for the second time. In 2022, he joined UFBA Doctorate Program with the theme “Drumming on Frevo in the Music of Armandinho, Dodô and Osmar”. Still in the area of ​​drumming teaching, he has been running the Uirá Nogueira Drumming Course for ten years and six months.

 

Uirá Nogueira has just released his first EP with Trio Cravo & Canela in 2025, containing five original compositions arranged by the trio, and is preparing to release new songs on audiovisual material.

 

Uirá also plays drums with singer, composer Gêronimo Santana.