She is a musician, singer
and composer born in Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil, and is
the daughter of the composer and classical guitarist Sergio
Assad
.She began her
professional career when she was seven and her formal studies began in Brazil
on piano, followed by jazz and Brazilian piano.Her classical piano studies were at Berklee School of
Music and RooseveltUniversity
in Chicago andthey were followed on with studies
in composition with teachers that include Claude Baker, Michael Daugherty
and David Rakowski.As a
composer she has been commissioned by Nadja
Salerno-Sonnenberg
, the LA
Guitar Quartet and the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, among others.As a pianist she has performed in
venues throughout Brazil
and North America and she has also made several
appearances in Europe.Able to sing in Portuguese, English, Italian and French
she has appeared on many radio shows worldwide to much critical acclaim.
