João Luiz Plays Hermetiana by Sergio Assad

ByBradford Werner
2020

João Luiz plays Hermetiana by Sergio Assad (b.1952). This comes via his YouTube channel. I love these causal yet virtuosic home performances by Luiz. Great musicality, laid-back, yet wonderfully zippy. Here’s what he said about the piece via YouTube (I’m very curious about those 24 studies):

I am thrilled to present the unofficial premiere of one study from Sérgio Assad’s masterpiece 24 studies for guitar. Sérgio is one of my guitar heroes and biggest influence, and I am honored to have the 24 studies written for and dedicated to me! The second piece is a Prelude I wrote in 2017, with influences from Blues, and Northeast Brazil’s Baião.

Bradford Werner

Bradford Werner is a classical guitarist and music publisher from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He originally created this site for his students at the Victoria Conservatory of Music but now shares content worldwide. Curating guitar content helps students absorb the culture, musical ideas, and technique of the classical guitar. Bradford also has a YouTube channel with over 94,000 subscribers and 13 million views. He taught classical guitar at the Victoria Conservatory of Music for 16 years and freelanced in Greater Victoria for 20 years and now dedicates much of his time curating content online and helping connect the classical guitar community. See more at his personal website.