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Netinho Albuquerque
Netinho Albuquerque was born in Duque de
Caxias, Rio de Janeiro and is the nephew of the master, Jorginho do Pandeiro, who was also his teacher. He began playing pandeiro at 13 years old and has played with an impressive list of Brazilian musicians, such as Dona Ivone Lara, Luiz Melodia, Guilherme de Brito, Ademilde Fonseca, Violeta Cavalcante, Beth Carvalho, Conjunto Época de Ouro, Nó em pingo D’água, Délcio Carvalho, Elton Medeiros, Flávia Bittencourt and Marcos Sacramento. He has performed in important venues such as Canecão, Rival e Teatro Municipal de Niterói and has participated in the musicals Chico Viola (Teatro Gláucio Gil) and Clara Nunes (Teatro de Arena).

Since 2000 he has been a part of of Zé da Velha and Silvério Pontes' group, with whom he has performed in most of the major cities in Brazil. Some of these performances include:

- Festival de música de Teresina (Artes de Março)
- Festival internacional de música de São Luis do Maranhão
- Bienal internacional de música de Belém do Pará
- Festival de choro do MIS RJ

Netinho has also toured in France with Zé da velha and Silvério Pontes as well as with the singer Marcos Sacramento. Some highlights include:
- Festival de Sanary
- Festival de Cannes (lançamento do filme “Brasileirinho”, no qual fez parte do elenco).
- Festival Doc des Sud
- Festival de la Music em Paris

Selected Essential Discography:
- Café Brasil 2 (Conjunto Época de Ouro)
- Sempre (Grupo Chapéu de Palha)
- Chorando no Rio (Festival do choro do MIS RJ, 2001)
- Ao Jacob, seus Bandolins (Jacob do Bandolim)
- Samba Instrumental (Zé da Velha e Silvério Pontes)
- Memorável Samba (Marcos Sacramento)
- Nós no Choro