The Washington Post once called the Assad brothers "the best two-guitar team in existence, maybe in history." The New York Times once wrote that there is "a kind of wizardry that lives within the playing of Sergio and Odair Assad." The Los Angeles Times described their work as “…so precise, so perfectly synchronized that it reaches far beyond musical partnership into a kind of creative symbiosis.”
The Assad brothers' artistry and unique ensemble playing have set new performance standards in the world of contemporary music for guitar duos. They have recorded with such famed artists as cellist Yo-Yo Ma , violinist Nadja Salerno Sonnenberg, clarinetist and 6 time Grammy winner Paquito D'Rivera and Latvian violinist Gidon Kremer.
They have a diverse repertoire, from original pieces written by Sergio Assad to transcriptions of great pieces written by Bach and Couperin, as well as adaptations of works by Gershwin. Their concerts always provide a fine blend of styles, of time periods and of cultures.
Their 2001 CD, entitled Sergio and Odair Assad Play Piazzolla, was awarded a Latin Grammy. Their 1998 CD with Yo-Yo Ma produced a regular Grammy that year, and they just finished recording a new CD with Yo-Yo Ma that is scheduled for release in early 2005.