1. Badi Assad was born on 23 December 1966 and is a Brazilian singer, composer and guitarist in the jazz and worldbeat genres.
12 Facts About Badi Assad
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Badi Assad studied classical guitar at the University of Rio de Janeiro and won the Young Instrumentalists Contest in Rio de Janeiro in 1984.
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Badi Assad released her first solo album, Danca dos Tons, in 1988.
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Badi Assad has been featured in the Heineken Concerts in 1992 with Raul de Souza and Heraldo do Monte, and in 1993 with Rafael Rabello, Dori Caymmi and Marisa Monte.
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Badi Assad was voted one of the best guitarists in the world by Guitar Player magazine.
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Badi Assad has worked with Bobby McFerrin, Yo-Yo Ma, Sarah McLachlan, Seu Jorge, and Nana Vasconcelos.
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Badi Assad has performed in some of the most prestigious international festivals such as Montreal Jazz Festival, North Sea Jazz Festival in the Netherlands as well as in such theater venues as L'Opera de Paris, Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Palais de Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, and the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles.
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Badi Assad has appeared in Farm Aid and Lilith Fair.
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In 2012 Badi Assad made her first trip to India at the invitation of the Brazilian Embassy; it was a side event of the visit of the Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff to represent Brazil at the IV BRICS Summit, an event that brings together the major emerging economies of the world.
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Badi Assad performed with the Ballet Teatro Castro Alves at the Venice Biennale.
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In 2013 Badi Assad released Between Love and Luck in US and her song "Pega no Coco" won the first prize as the Best World Music in the US Songwriting Competition.
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Badi Assad continued with Brazilian pop songs transformed by her imaginative virtuosity, moving from gauzy delicacy to vigorous propulsion, from dreaming to dancing and back.