ANGELINA - by SERGIO ASSAD
Happy New Year !
I'm uploading a tender waltz that Sergio Assad dedicated to his beloved Mother ( Mrs Angelina, or "Dona Ica" ) who passed away on August 2024 at the age of 94.
Sérgio Assad (1952) - a great friend of Roland Dyens, is one of the most important, acclaimed and active contemporary guitarists and composers and is an outstanding point of reference for the guitar world .
Sergio Assad has been performing for long time with his brother, Odair Assad in the worldwide famous guitar duo “Sérgio and Odair Assad”, commonly referred to as Assad Brothers or Duo Assad. Their younger sister , Badi Assad, is also an acclamed guitarist , composer and singer. Sérgio is the father of the famous composer/singer/pianist , Clarice Assad.
Born into a SUPER TALENTED musical family in Mococa, São Paulo, Brazil, Sergio Assad began creating music for the guitar not long after he began playing the instrument. He learned Brazilian folk melodies from his father. By age 14, he was arranging and writing original compositions for the guitar duo he had formed with his brother, Odair. At the age of 17, he and Odair began their studies under the best known classical guitar teacher in Brazil at the time, Monina Tavora, a former disciple of Andrés Segovia. Sergio later went on to study conducting and composition at the Escola Nacional de Música in Rio de Janeiro, and worked privately with Brazilian composition teacher, Esther Scliar.