Blair School of Music will welcome internationally renowned guitarists Sergio and Odair Assad—Duo Assad—to Ingram Hall on Thursday, February 19, 2026. Called “the best two-guitar team in existence” by The Washington Post, the Assad brothers have electrified audiences around the world with their unparalleled technical brilliance and emotive performances. Honored with multiple Latin Grammy Awards, the Assads have performed or recorded with Yo-Yo Ma, James Taylor, Dave Brubeck, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.
Duo Assad’s acclaimed live programs offer a compelling blend of styles, periods and cultures stemming from a diverse repertoire that includes folk, jazz and various styles of Latin music, along with classical repertoire such as transcriptions of the great Baroque keyboard literature of Bach, Rameau, and Scarlatti and adaptations of works by Gershwin, Ginastera, and Debussy.
⭐ Thursday, February 19, 2026, Ingram Hall, 7:30 p.m.
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Acclaim for the Assads:
“They aren’t just soloists but a two-man, multi voice band of soloists who play instinctively well together, with consistent rhythmic intuition and soul.” – The Los Angeles Times
“The Brazilian-born Assad brothers…perform with almost telepathic unity” – The Boston Globe
“… the best two-guitar team in existence, maybe even in history… no amount of anticipation could have prepared me for the Brazilian brothers’ daringly flexible, eerily unanimous ensemble playing – it was as if they could see inside each other’s heads.” – The Washington Post
“Throughout the concert, the brothers played as one… This was two persons, four hands, one mind.” – Seattle Post-Intelligencer
“A kind of wizardry lies within the playing of Sergio and Odair Assad… they produce a supple, flawless unified sound.” – The New York Times
“…Sergio and Odair, two of the finest guitarists on the planet.” – Journal Sentinel
“…it’s not hard to imagine that acoustic guitar music, when in the hands of masters like Sergio and Odair Assad, is a musical window into the heart.”- The New Jersey Star- Ledger
“Because they have been performing together for most of their lives, and because they play from memory, there is a lively interaction between them that creates the impression that they are improvising like a couple of virtuosic, perhaps even telepathic, jazz players” – The New York Times