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Biografia
Yassir Chediak é um artista com 25 anos de carreira, reconhecido por seu talento como violeiro, compositor, cantor, produtor, apresentador e ator.
Ele é uma referência nacional na viola caipira, instrumento típico do interior do Brasil, e se destaca por explorar a sonoridade do instrumento em diversos estilos musicais brasileiros, como samba, forró, baião, e até rap e blues, criando uma mistura de ritmos que traz um novo olhar sobre a música brasileira.
Ao longo de sua carreira, Yassir se apresentou em importantes espaços culturais, como o Espaço Cultural BNDES (RJ), Sesc Belenzinho (SP) e no Circuito Cultural Paulista. Também fez apresentações nos Estados Unidos, se destacando em locais como a Old Town School of Folk Music (Chicago) e Bona Sera (Michigan), onde recebeu elogios pela sua técnica e presença de palco. Sua música “Brasil Caminhoneiro” é tema do programa homônimo exibido pela TV Record, alcançando milhões de telespectadores. Yassir também foi apresentador do programa, ampliando sua audiência nas redes sociais e na TV.
No YouTube, seus projetos “Sabores Caipiras” e “Rádio Viola Caipira” alcançaram mais de 180 mil e 80 mil visualizações, respectivamente, com destaque para a abordagem dos ritmos e culturas tradicionais da música brasileira. Yassir fez parcerias com diversos artistas renomados, como Renato Teixeira, Geraldo Azevedo, Sérgio Reis, Almir Sater, Rodrigo Sater, Paula Fernandes e Jorge Mautner. Influenciado por sua família, especialmente seu tio Almir Chediak, violonista e criador da série de livros “Songbooks”, Yassir teve uma formação sólida desde a infância. Além de sua carreira no palco, Yassir é um importante pesquisador e defensor da viola caipira. Desde 1999, mantém o site Viola Caipira, que é uma importante fonte de referência para músicos e violeiros de todo o Brasil. Chediak, artista versátil, impacta mais de 100 mil pessoas nas redes sociais com conteúdos exclusivos sobre música, estilo de vida e culinária.
Yassir Chediak também tem presença constante na TV, com músicas e trilhas sonoras em grandes produções. A canção “Estradas”, por exemplo, fez parte da trilha do seriado Carga Pesada (Rede Globo), e “Aroma que inebria” foi tema da novela Morde e Assopra (Rede Globo). No papel de ator, Yassir interpretou o violeiro na novela Paraíso (Rede Globo), onde gravou seu terceiro disco ao lado do cantor Daniel. Em sua discografia, figuram álbuns em destaque como Viola Brasileira Contemporânea (2022), Mundo Afora (2015), Os Violeiros da Novela Paraíso (2009), A Viola e o Mar (2008) e Estradas (2000). Yassir Chediak está, atualmente, em turnê com os shows “Roda de Viola” e “Renato Teixeira e Yassir Chediak – Um Legado”, encantando o público em todo o Brasil. Com essas apresentações, já atraiu mais de 50 mil pessoas presencialmente, com destaque para a região Sudeste. Ao longo de sua carreira, o multiartista se firmou como um dos principais violeiros do Brasil.
Biography
In recent years, Yassir circulated with different formats of shows, filling theaters such as Espaço Cultural BNDES (RJ), Sesc Belenzinho (SP) and units in the interior, where he also performed at Circuito Cultural Paulista. During a visit to the USA, he made presentations that were sold out and warmly received by the American public, in places such as the Old Town School of Folk Music (Chicago) and Bona Sera (Michigan). In 2020 and 2021, the artist dedicated himself to far-reaching musical lives and the recreation of the Viola Caipira portal.
Don’t be fooled by the title of violinist. The viola caipira, typical of the interior of the country, is the basis of his work and Yassir is a national reference in the instrument, but Chediak’s sound repertoire is vast and is not restricted to a musical aspect. The musician skillfully travels and recreates varied Brazilian rhythms and styles.
His song “Brasil Caminhoneiro” is the theme of the program of the same name, shown today by TV Record and reaching millions of people throughout Brazil. The artist has already hosted the same program, also reaching millions of people on social networks and TV.
The last international experience propelled the artist into a new creative phase. He experienced the unusual encounter between his Brazilian guitar and American rap and blues. Mateo Mulcahy, Events Director at Old Town School, comments on the artist’s passage in the USA, “Yassir Chediak is a true superstar. His singing and mastery of the Brazilian viola are matched by his charismatic stage presence.” In partnership with Cantareira Produções, Yassir develops musical projects for brands and institutions.
Learn more about Yassir Chediak: Carioca, born in Ipanema, today he traded the hustle and bustle of cities for the tranquility of Serra da Cantareira, a region of preserved forest in São Paulo, a place that inspires his musical creation and encourages his assiduous practice of Yoga. At shows throughout Brazil, Chediak maintains a loyal and qualified audience.
Among his musical partnerships, on stage or on records, are names such as Geraldo Azevedo, Sérgio Reis, Almir Sater, Rodrigo Sater, Paula Fernandes, Jorge Mautner and Jaime Alem. The musician grew up surrounded by music, his uncle and guitarist, Almir Chediak, was the creator of the famous series of books “Songbooks” and had a great influence on his formation, providing him with contact with great musicians.
Throughout his career, Yassir developed a deep research work on the viola, one of the most important instruments of Brazilian popular music, becoming a reference in the modality and contributing significantly to its preservation in Brazil. Maintains the Viola Caipira website (since 1999), a reference and research source for violists across the country and leader in searches on the subject. Chediak is quite active on social media. It has around 30,000 followers on Facebook/Instagram and on its YouTube channel, produces and makes available a series of didactic videos about music and interviews that it performs with musicians from all over Brazil in the programs it presents.
His songs, tracks and Yassir himself are also present on TV screens, on major broadcasters such as Rede Globo, SBT and Canal Rural. The song “Estradas” was part of the soundtrack of the series Carga Pesada (Rede Globo), “Aroma que inebria” was the soundtrack of the main character in the soap opera Morde e Assopra (Rede Globo), his version of “Anunciação” (by Alceu Valença) he entered Paraíso (Rede Globo), a soap opera in which he played the role of a guitar player, in a duo with the singer Daniel. The participation resulted in the recording of their third album. Still as an actor, he played guitar characters in the series “Carga Pesada” and in the feature film “Red Carpet”. Alongside his father, filmmaker Braz Chediak, the musician coordinates a social project in Minas Gerais for 100 vulnerable children, teaching theater and music.
Discography:
Outside the World (2015)
Yassir Chediak and Rodrigo Sater (2009). Disc “Tiago and Juvenal, the violists of the telenovela Paraíso”, Som Livre/Rede Globo with participations by Sérgio Reis, Almir Sater, Paula Fernandes and Nicolas Krassik. Album nominated in the best duo category at the 21st edition of the Brazilian Music Award.
The Viola and the Sea (2008)
Roads (2000)
Contemporary Brazilian Viola (2022)