Badi Assad was born on 1966 in Si£o Paulo, Brazil. She is a famous singer as well as a songwriter and guitarist.
The Genre of music that she plays is Jazz and worldbeats.
She grew up in Rio de Janeiro till she was twelve. She is from a complete music background as her father Jorge Assad plays bandolim, and her two older brothers Sergio Assad and Odair Assad, are guitarists. She won the "Young Instrumentalists Contest" at the University of Rio de Janeiro in 1984 and later in 1987 she was named as the "Best Brazilian Guitarist of the International Villa Lobos Festival".
Badi has toured many places like Europe, Israel and Brazil for the Duo Romantique concert.
She sings in English and Portuguese and was honored with "Best Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitarist" in 1997. Due to the disability fa ctor, she was not able to play between 1998 and 2001. After that she released her first collaborative album with Jeff Young in 2002 and the album named "Nowhere".
Badi has released several other albums like, "Wonderland", "Solo", "Ondas" and "Verde".

Why is she famous?

Bad is famous for her music Antagonismus. It was a solo performance in which all in one Badi participated like singer, dancer and guitarist.

_{Our editors need your help to write the biography of Badi Assad. If you want to contribute, please feel free to click on [edit biography] link from above and complete the fields. If you want to explain why Badi Assad is famous or if you know any important piece of information and 'juicy gossip' about Badi Assad which you would like to share with everyone don't hesitate to post it too.
Image source: the age.com}

Badi Assad Lists

	Brazilian jazz musicians
	Female guitarists
	1966 births
	Living people

---

Tags: guitarist, são paulo, 1966

[edit tags]

---

Category: Musicians  - ( Musicians Archive)

Date Added: 27 February '09

---

Add a link to this page on any related website, blog or forum using this code :

---