Sérgio Assad was born in 1952 in Brazil and is one of the world’s important contemporary composer for the classical guitar. He often performs in duo with his brother Odair Assad and together they form the legendary Assad Duo sometimes known as the The Assad Brothers as well. They studied the classical guitar with Monina Tavora, a former student of Andres Segovia, for seven years. Sergio once stated: “I believe we were always meant to be a team right from the first time we picked up our guitars. We began playing guitar at exactly the same time and we always studied with the same teachers learning the same music and techniques. Such interaction can only really happen with brothers, because we ...