Tuesday evening's performance by Brazil's Assad Brothers at LACMA's Bing Theater proved to be a forceful argument for the acoustic guitar in the standard repertory. Indeed, the Assads, Latin Grammy winners who established their reputation on Nonesuch Records 2001 recording Sergio and Odair Assad Play Piazzolla, paced gracefully through masters such as Villa-Lobos, Rodrigo, and Gismonti, bringing to each their own signature flourishes. By the end of the evening, many of us finally found of which Assad is which: Sergio lives in Chicago, while Odair teaches in Brussels.
Unfortunately, LACMA's Bing Theater was desperately in need of some form of air circulation. Perched in the fourth row, I was breaking out into an extremely-uncomfortable sweat.
All in all, though, the performance was definitely worth it, as the Assads truly give their all to the music
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