Vera Figueiredo is a Brazilian drummer and composer. She’s released three albums, and a play-along for drums based on the last one. The Vera Cruz Island – Brazilian Rhythms for Drumset was released by the American Hudson Music and has been distributed worldwide in book and ebook formats. Her performance can be checked in The Ultimate Drummers Weekend 11th Birthday DVD, along with Thomas Lang, John Blackwell Jr., Jimmy DeGrasso, Andrew Gander, Gustavo Meli and other world-class drummers. The festival is held in Melbourne, Australia. She has worked hard to divulge Brazilian Music around the world by performing in a number of festivals and giving clinics and masterclasses about Brazilian Rhythms in-depth all throughout her career. She has played as a guest in some of the greatest international drum and percussion festivals: La Rioja Drumming Festival (Spain), Percfest Memorial Naco and PAS (Italy), Mendoza International Drum Fest (Argentina), Cape Breton International Drum Fest (Canada), Kosa International Drum Event and PASIC – Percussive Art Society Convention (US), AGP Drum Event (Luxembourg), among others. She’s also the creator and artistic director of the most important Brazilian drums and percussion festival, the Batuka! Brasil. The festival fifteenth edition happened in 2017.