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ASSAD Sergio

Oeuvres en tant qu'artiste: 27

Oeuvres en tant qu'arrangeur: 2

Description

Born December 26, 1952, into a musical family in Mococa, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sergio Assad began creating music for the guitar not long after he began playing the instrument. By age 14, he was arranging and writing original compositions for the guitar duo he had formed with his brother, Odair. Sergio went on to study conducting and composition at the Escola Nacional de Música in Rio de Janeiro, and worked privately with the noted Brazilian composition teacher, Esther Scliar. Over the last twenty years, Mr. Assad has concentrated most of his efforts building a repertoire for the guitar duo. He has extended the possibilities of the two-guitar combination through his arrangements of Latin American music by composers such as Piazzolla, Villa Lobos, and Ginastera as well as Baroque to Modern music by Scarlatti, Rameau, Soler, Bach, Mompou, Ravel, Debussy, and Gershwin among others. As a composer Assad has completed more than fifty works for guitar, many of which have become standards in the guitar repertoire. His Aquarelle for solo guitar was chosen as the required contemporary work for the 2002 Guitar Foundation of America Competition in Miami. He has also written the set piece for the GFA Competition in 2008. Assad’s orchestral compositions include the ballet Scarecrow, the concerto Mikis for guitar and string orchestra, and the Fantasia Carioca which he and Odair premiered with the Saint Paul Orchestra conducted by John Adams in 1998. Lately, the Assad Duo has collaborated in performances and recordings with classical artists Gidon Kremer, Yo-Yo Ma, Dawn Upshaw Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, the Turtle island Quartet, and Paquito d’Rivera. The collaboration with Ms. Salerno-Sonnenberg inspired Sergio to write the triple concerto Originis for violin, two guitars and chamber orchestra. This piece celebrates the respective Italian and Brazilian roots of Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg and the Assad Duo, and has been performed with the New Jersey Symphony, Seattle Symphony, and Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra among others. One of his most recent compositions for two guitars, Tahhiyya Li Ossoulina, received a Latin Grammy award as best contemporary composition of 2008.

Oeuvres de l'artiste

  • Product preview24 Preludios Chopinianos I-VI

    24 Preludios Chopinianos I-VI

    ASSAD Sergio

    12.95 $

    DO 1571

  • Product preview24 Preludios Chopinianos VII-XII

    24 Preludios Chopinianos VII-XII

    ASSAD Sergio

    15.30 $

    DO 1572

  • Product preview24 Preludios Chopinianos XIII-XVIII

    24 Preludios Chopinianos XIII-XVIII

    ASSAD Sergio

    16.48 $

    DO 1573

  • Product preview24 Preludios Chopinianos XIX-XXIV

    24 Preludios Chopinianos XIX-XXIV

    ASSAD Sergio

    15.30 $

    DO 1574

  • Product previewAnido

    Anido's Portrait

    ASSAD Sergio

    17.66 $

    DO 1433

  • Product previewCelestial - The music of Ernesto Nazareth

    Celestial - The music of Ernesto Nazareth

    NAZARETH Ernesto

    17.66 $

    DO 1033

  • Product previewDavid

    David's Portrait

    ASSAD Sergio

    12.95 $

    DO 1274

  • Product previewEli’s Portrait

    Eli’s Portrait

    ASSAD Sergio

    10.59 $

    DO 978

  • Product previewFantasia carioca

    Fantasia carioca

    ASSAD Sergio

    15.30 $

    DO 1062

  • Product previewGFA Spotlight Series, South Loop

    GFA Spotlight Series, South Loop

    ASSAD Sergio

    9.42 $

    DO 1392

  • Product previewImbricatta

    Imbricatta

    ASSAD Sergio

    11.77 $

    DO 1057

  • Product previewInterchange

    Interchange

    ASSAD Sergio

    35.31 $

    DO 665B

  • Product previewInterchange (parts - PDF)

    Interchange (parts - PDF)

    ASSAD Sergio

    428.00 $

    DO 665M

  • Product previewInterchange (score)

    Interchange (score)

    ASSAD Sergio

    116.52 $

    DO 665A

  • Product previewInterchange (study score)

    Interchange (study score)

    ASSAD Sergio

    76.51 $

    DO 665

  • Product previewLauro

    Lauro's Portrait

    ASSAD Sergio

    17.66 $

    DO 1432

  • Product previewMaracaípe

    Maracaípe

    ASSAD Sergio

    23.54 $

    DO 921

  • Product previewOne 4 All 4 One

    One 4 All 4 One

    ASSAD Sergio

    28.25 $

    DO 1097

  • Product previewPhyllis

    Phyllis' Portrait

    ASSAD Sergio

    15.30 $

    DO 1275

  • Product previewSandy’s Portrait

    Sandy’s Portrait

    ASSAD Sergio

    15.30 $

    DO 806

  • Product previewSeis Brevidades (six short pieces)

    Seis Brevidades (six short pieces)

    ASSAD Sergio

    15.30 $

    DO 699

  • Product previewSuite Brasileira No. 3

    Suite Brasileira No. 3

    ASSAD Sergio

    16.48 $

    DO 934

  • Product previewSuite Brasileira No. 4

    Suite Brasileira No. 4

    ASSAD Sergio

    18.83 $

    DO 1017

  • Product previewSun Wukong

    Sun Wukong's Toccata

    ASSAD Sergio

    12.95 $

    DO 1167

  • Product previewThe Music of Ernesto Nazareth - 16 Pieces

    The Music of Ernesto Nazareth - 16 Pieces

    NAZARETH Ernesto

    37.66 $

    DO 880

  • Product previewThe Walls

    The Walls

    ASSAD Sergio

    101.22 $

    DO 1247

  • Product previewTrois brésiliens à Saint-Paul

    Trois brésiliens à Saint-Paul

    ASSAD Sergio

    58.85 $

    DO 671

  • Product previewValsa de outono

    Valsa de outono

    ASSAD Sergio

    10.59 $

    DO 654

  • Product previewVariaciones sudamericanas

    Variaciones sudamericanas

    ASSAD Sergio

    15.30 $

    DO 1047