Clarice Assad

American musician and singer

Born: 9 February 1978
Rio de Janeiro
Country: Brazil
Active: 1996–

Biography

Clarice Assad is a jazz musician who plays piano and voice. Clarice Assad was born on 9 February 1978 in Rio de Janeiro. The music is usually filed under jazz and classical music.

Clarice Assad (born February 9, 1978) is a Brazilian-American composer, pianist, arranger, singer, and educator from Rio de Janeiro. Her work is influenced by popular Brazilian culture, Romanticism, world music, and jazz. She comes from a musical family, which includes her father, guitarist Sergio Assad, her uncle, guitarist Odair Assad, and her aunt, singer-songwriter Badi Assad. Assad has performed professionally since the age of seven. She holds a bachelor of music degree from Roosevelt University in Chicago and a master's degree in composition from the University of Michigan, where she studied composition with Michael Daugherty. She is a 2009 Latin Grammy and 2022 Grammy nominee.

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