Clarice Assad

Clarice Assad is a Brazilian-American composer, pianist, arranger and singer from Rio de Janeiro.She is influenced by popular Brazilian culture, Romanticism, world music and Jazz, and is one of the most widely performed Brazilian concert music composers of her generation. 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 the Roosevelt University in Chicago and a master's degree in Composition from the University of Michigan.She is a 2009 Latin Grammy nominee.