CLARICE ASSAD
"reminiscent of lush Tchaikovsky romanticism, cool Scandinavian modernism, and Philip Glass minimalism." SAN FRANCISCO CLASSICAL VOICE
"A Serious Triple Threat" SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
"Clarice Assad is quite simply a phenomenon who has streaked across the world’s musical landscape like one of those comets that appears just once in a lifetime" LATIN JAZZ NETWORK
"A virtuoso at the piano and the vocal cords - a classically trained natural talent, whose charismatic voice lifted all the brilliant elements of meditative pleasure."UNT.SE
"...Clarice Assad sings with intonation as precise as any digital device. She improvises cascading scales that take on sparkling lives of their own."- TUCSON CITIZEN
"… a talent quite beyond compare. There's certainly no one like her in Brazilian music.." ALL MUSIC GUIDE
"one of Brazil’s brightest young composers" - GRAMOPHONE
News:CLARICE'S NEW ALBUM "HOME" is now available!
"AN ALBUM TO DIE FOR" THE LATIN JAZZ NETWORK
FREE TICKETS for the first 5 people who show up at the STONE
UPCOMING: MAY 20th AT THE STONE, NYC | READ MORE
CLARICE ASSAD,
(piano, vocals and bass guitar)JOAO LUIZ REZENDE
(acoustic guitar and cavaquinho)& KEITA OGAWA
(percussion)
THE STONE
is located at the corner of Avenue C and 2nd Street
MAY 20TH:
Composer, pianist and singer CLARICE ASSAD PRESENTS “OFF THE CLIFF” a concert featuring JOÃO LUIZ REZENDE (guitar & cavaquinho) KEITA OGAWA (percussion) and Clarice Assad on piano, voice, scat, mouth percussion and electric bass. Plus a download code for HOME to the first 5 people who show up at the STONE. Read MoreLATEST REVIEWS:
05/08/2012>LATIN JAZZ NETWORK05/01/2012>DUSTY GROOVE AMERICA>Home: Clarice Assad
05/01/2012>INDYSTAR.COM>Famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma shows his love of Brazilian music.
04/30/2012>CHICAGO TRIBUNE>Yo-Yo Ma takes listeners to Brazil, Argentina and beyond
04/30/2012>CHICAGO CLASSICAL REVIEW: YO-YO MA and friends serve up a Brazilian feast to sold-out audience
VIDEO PODCAST:
Stay tuned and subscribe to Clarice's latest news, check out the video podcast coming later this month! SUBSCRIBE HEREBENEFIT CONCERT IN BRUSSELS:
On June 2nd, Clarice will perform at a benefit gala dinner party to raise money for the construction of a library for Brazilian children living in Brussels. DETAILS
COMING SOON ON iTUNES: MAY 15th
THE LAST SONG, recorded by THE ASSAD BROTHERS, YO-YO MA, KATHY STOTT & JOE GRAMLEY. The piece was arranged by Ondrej Vesely
Download the score for THE LAST SONG for free on scribd (You may have to create an account and upload a document if you are not a member. A version for solo guitar (arranged by Ondrej Vesely) is also available on the site's store.
LATEST REVIEWS:
05/08/2012>LATIN JAZZ NETWORK
05/01/2012>DUSTY GROOVE AMERICA>Home: Clarice Assad
05/01/2012>INDYSTAR.COM>Famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma shows his love of Brazilian music.
04/30/2012>CHICAGO TRIBUNE>Yo-Yo Ma takes listeners to Brazil, Argentina and beyond
04/30/2012>CHICAGO CLASSICAL REVIEW: YO-YO MA and friends serve up a Brazilian feast to sold-out audience
STAY TUNED ! CONCERTO FOR TWO GUITARS AND ORCHESTRA, commissioned by the PROMUSICA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
SALERNO-SONNENBERG AND THE NEW CENTURY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA PERFORM AN EXCERPT OF DREAMSCAPES
MARIN ALSOP CONDUCTS ASSAD'S OVERTURE "TERRA BRASILIS" AT SALA SAO PAULO WITH OSESP
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"...Clarice Assad sings with intonation as precise as any digital device. She improvises cascading scales that take on sparkling lives of their own."
TUCSON CITIZEN
TUCSON CITIZEN
“A FINE, FRESH SINGER AND PIANIST WHO IS ALSO A FIRST RATE STORY- TELLER.”
JAZZ TIMES
JAZZ TIMES
"an ecclectic and charismatic singer."
THE NEW YORK TIMES
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Described by the San Francisco Chronicle as a "serious triple threat," and "an arranger and orchestrator of great imagination" (SF Classical Voice), Grammy award nominee Clarice Assad is making her mark in the music world as a pianist, arranger, vocalist and a composer. A versatile artist of musical depth and sophistication, her works have been published in France (Editions Lemoine), Germany (Trekel), and in the United States (Virtual Artists Collective Publishing), and have been performed in Europe, South America, the United States and Japan. Ms. Assad's music often has a thematic core, and explores the physical and psychological elements of the chosen story or concept. With a repertoire in continuous expansion, her works are sought out by musicians both in the classical and the jazz realms. READ MORE
Photos by Maria Camillo
"vigorous, fresh, and totally unique composing voice."
MANDOLIN MOMENTS
MANDOLIN MOMENTS
"a veritable musical dynamo" SAN FRANCISCO CLASSICAL VOICE
“SHE NEGOTIATES THE LINE BETWEEN CHAMBER JAZZ AND CLASSICAL MUSIC WITH THE SUBTLEST APPLICATIONS OF HER NATIVE RHYTHMS.”
THE CHICAGO READER
THE CHICAGO READER