Odair Assad

Their dedicated work and their boundless imagination have given Sérgio and Odair the status of leaders in the world of the guitar. For more than forty years Brazilian guitarist Odair Assad has been concertizing worldwide with his brother Sergio, forming an extraordinary guitar duo.

If Odair at times had in mind to play solo, his friend Thomas Humphrey, the renowned American guitarmaker, was convinced that he had to do it. Nobody would ever imagine that Tom would pass away suddenly in April 2008. Odair then decided to give his first solo recital to the memory of his friend. It was in New York, in June 2008. This solo debut was soon followed by other concerts in the USA and in Europe and by a first solo album, El caminante, just released on GHA Records.

For many years, Odair Assad has been based in Belgium where he has maintained a highly reputed guitar class at Conservatoire Royal de Mons – Ecole Supérieure des Arts.