EL CAMINANTEProgram Includes

For more than forty years Brazilian guitarist odair assad has been performing worldwide in an exceptional guitar duo with his brother sérgio.

odair began performing on his own in 1998 and finally made a recording in 2010. He began touring the album February 2011 in north america including performances at the metropolitan museum in new York and in montreal. His sublime performances of the album were well received by critics and audiences.

“mr. assad’s phrasing is highly personalized, with extreme rubato and articulation so varied as to sound almost improvised…. and he gave a spell-binding performance of Kevin callahan’s “red Fantasy,” an inviting study in chordal melodies, speedy single lines and occasional bent pitches.”The New York Times

“What can I say? “el caminante” by odair assad is a majestic sweep of classical guitar playing...assad brings to the disc decades of startling interpretation, and “el caminante” further cements his place as one of the masters of nylon string guitar…This is music at its most sublime and most exhilarating, and assad inhabits it with a rare occupation…Throughout every piece, assad’s playing is technically brilliant and stylistically sensitive, passionate yet not sentimental. This is a disc you will find yourself listening to over and over again, because there is always more to find from the fingers of odair assad.”miNor 7Th

Program is subject to change. Please do not publish pro-grams without written permission from Opus 3 Artists.

AgusTIN BArrIoschôro da saudade

ANToNIo LAuroTres valsas

HEITor VILLA LoBosPreludio n°3estudo n°10

PIxINguINHA (arr. roland dyens)rosa

LEo BrouwErsonata del caminante (2007) * Vision de la amazonia el gran sertao danza festiva Toccata nordestina

AsTor PIAzzoLLA (arr. sergio assad)Invierno portenoPrimavera portena

EgBErTo gIsMoNTImemoria e fado (2008) *

sérgIo AssAdseis brevidades (2008) *chuva Tarde Feliz ginga cantiga saltitante

KEVIN CALLAHANred Fantasy (2008) * *Works dedicated to Odair Assad

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