Mestre Virgulino

Acclaimed musician and Capoeira master, Mestre Virgulino (Julio Souza) was born in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, in 1973. Mestre Virgulino began training Capoeira in 1984, developing a lifelong passion for the music and the game that led him through 17 years of instruction in both the music and movement of Capoeira in nations across the world. In 2005, Mestre Virgulino received the rank of a master under the direction of renowned Mestre Suassuna of Grupo Cordão de Ouro, and now teaches with his wife in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

An accomplished musician, Mestre Virgulino is internationally recognized for his expert skill in all areas of Capoeira music and traditional rhythms, and has graced audiences across the world with his famed musical impersonations of some of the Capoeira community's well-known personalities, including legendary forefathers Mestres Bimba and Pastinha. You can watch more of Mestre Virgulino in the new DVD release, Música dos Mestres Vol. 1, available at the Virtual Capoeira store.