Hello everyone! I am so glad to share this fantastic news: My father, Sergio Assad, is being featured as a composer for an episode on the PBS series Now Hear This (Great Performances), hosted by the great conductor Scott Yoo. The episode explores samba and maxixe: Two prominent rhythms in Brazilian music which we have been using and recycling since the beginning of our musical history.
The episode, which premieres on April 29, 2022, features a song called “Se Você Jurar,” a standard in the Brazilian music repertoire, written by composer Ismael Silva. I am super happy to be a part of this moment alongside my friend and longtime collaborator João Luiz Rezende on cavaquinho.
Takács players dissect and reassemble the string quartet with new Assad piece By David Wright “The interpersonal dynamics of a professional string quartet have intrigued listeners ever since Joseph Haydn
‘Let’s Clarice it up!’: The Takács on Assad’s new commission (The Strad) Violinist Harumi Rhodes on the Takács Quartet’s touring commission, NEXUS, which receives its New York premiere at Carnegie
So happy to have been awarded this amazing award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters ! “The Andrew Imbrie Award in Music of $10,000, which recognizes a mid-career
Dear Friends, It is hard to believe that 2025 came to and end. What a year that was, in so many ways. Happy new year to you and thank you
I am absolutely thrilled to announce that I’m the Composer in Residence for Concerts on the Slope‘s 2025-26 season in Park Slope, Brooklyn! Over the course of this incredible year,
SPHINX VIRTUOSI NATIONAL TOUR | “VISIONS OF PEACE” Over the next six months, I’m thrilled to have my music featured on the Sphinx Virtuosi’s stunning national tour, reaching audiences across
