Aquarelle (Sergio Assad) played by Thu Le Classical Guitar
Thu Le plays Aquarelle by Sergio Assad
Audio and Video Produced by Dang Truong Giang
Recorded at Acoustica Studio
Video shot at Painter Tran Nhat Thang’s Studio
Guitar Luthier Gabriele Lodi
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Born into a musical family in Mococa, São Paulo, Brazil, Assad began creating music for the guitar not long after he began playing the instrument. He learned Brazilian folk melodies from his father. By age 14, he was arranging and writing original compositions for the guitar duo he had formed with his brother, Odair. At the age of 17, he and Odair began their studies under the best known classical guitar teacher in Brazil at the time, Monina Tavora, a former disciple of Andrés Segovia. Sergio later went on to study conducting and composition at the Escola Nacional de Música in Rio de Janeiro, and worked privately with Brazilian composition teacher, Esther S