He is a classical guitarist
born in Brazil and is
the brother of the guitarists and composers Badi and Sergio
Assad and the uncle of the pianist and composer Clarice
Assad
.He and his
brother studied for seven years with the guitarist and lutenist MoninaTavora, who had been a
pupil of Andres Segovia and this sharing of studies and performing together
as The Assad Brothers has brought them world renown.He has
made many recordings with artists such as Gidon Kremer, Dawn Upshaw
and Nadja
Salerno-Sonnenberg
and
has won a Latin Grammy Award with his brother for Sergio and Odair Assad Play Piazzolla,
as well as collaborating on the Grammy Award winner, Obrigado Brazil, with Yo-Yo Ma. He is now based in Brussels
and has played recitals with many of the European major orchestras.His solo album Fuga y Misterio was released in 2000.
