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Water Water - 2007 Arts Festival Launch

The 2007 Water Water Arts Festival will be launched on Monday 22 October at a special performance by Badi Assad presented by the Water Water Festival in Association with the Melbourne International Festival of the Arts.

By Wellington Shire Council - 18th October 2007 - Back to News

Brazilian Badi Assad is a guitarist of great technical mastery and an artist with an unquenchable thirst for innovation. Over her short career she has attracted a growing legion of fans throughout the world and her solo performance at the Festival is set to be an exciting musical event.

Best known as guitarist, more recently Badi Assad has put her dynamic voice and incredible vocal sounds into the forefront of her music. This concert at the Esso BHP Billiton Wellington Entertainment Centre features not only extraordinary guitar playing but also new exotic sounds. Singing in both English and her native Portuguese, Assad accompanies herself on guitar and by experimenting with that instrument and her electrifying vocals, she becomes a one-woman rhythm and percussion orchestra. Human beat box sounds including cheek pops, ululations, chest percussion and outer-limits shrieks are expertly blended with her guitar playing and the effect is mesmerising.

Badi Assad is sure to dazzle Festival goers with her musical virtuosity and showmanship. An eclectic mix of jazz, folk, pop, bossa nova and classical styles, this solo concert promises something special for all music lovers.

When Badi performs, her beauty, her music, and her talent fill the room with magic and suspense -- you never know what is coming next. As she says, "I play with my heart -- and my heart plays with me."

"Badi Assad’s performance is what live music is about, expert and spontaneous expression that lifts you out of yourself into the joy of creativity" TORONTO LIVE MUSIC REPORT

Badi Assad is at the Esso BHP Billiton Wellington Entertainment Centre in Sale at 8pm Monday 22 October as part of the Water Water Arts Festival

To book phone the Box Office 5143 3200


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