Mystic Music of Pakistan

2022-5-15 7:00 pm Supported by TD Bank Canada Small World Music, in partnership with Kabir Cultural Centre, and Aga Khan Museum, presents an evening of Sufi Music in the form of Qawwali performed by Abdullah Niazi Qawwals from Pakistan. Qawwali is a form of devotional singing, originating from the Indian subcontinent, and notably popular in […]

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Amir Nojan & Ahmad Mostanbet

2022-5-14 7:30 pm Small World Music presents: The Art of Improvisation in Persian Classical Music with Amir Nojan (Setar) and Ahmad Mostanbet (Tonbak). Join us for an evening of live performance & improvisation on Persian Classical Music. Amir Nojan was born in Shiraz, Iran in 1980. He is a Persian classical musician best known for his […]

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Doors Open Toronto

2022-5-28 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Doors Open Toronto is an annual event when approximately 120 buildings of architectural, historic, cultural, and social significance to the city of Toronto open their doors to the public for this free citywide event. Small World Music is a celebration of cultural diversity expressed by one of the most potent tools […]

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Las Cafeteras & Patricia Cano

2022-5-13 8:00 pm Presented by The Royal Conservatory of Music In association with Small World Music Las Cafeteras is a “uniquely Angeleno mishmash of punk, hip-hop, beat music, cumbia and rock … Live, they’re magnetic” (Los Angeles Times). Patricia Cano is an award-winning Peruvian-Canadian singer-songwriter, actor, and “a supremely talented songwriter and vocalist” (JazzdaGama). Born and […]

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An Evening with Leela Gilday

2022-4-6 8:00 pm Presented by: Tkaronto Music Festival and the 50/50 Performing Arts Collective In Association with: Small World Music and Lula Lounge  We are so excited to team up with our friends at Tkaronto Music Festival and Lula Lounge to celebrate the Spring Equinox with with female Indigenous music powerhouses, Leela Gilday and Rosary Spence. […]

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KUNÉ

2022-3-26 8:00 pm Online Presented in partnership with Culturas 360° Small World Music comes together with 13 festivals worldwide to present the third edition of CULTURAS 360° taking place March 26th – 27th, 2022.  CULTURAS 360° is an annual international collaborative online project for artistic showcases from around the world. Across two days every year, artists […]

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Nowruz Beat

2022-3-25 8:00 pm Supported by TD Bank Small World Music and TD Canada celebrate Persian New Year with Nowruz Beat! Join us at the Small World Centre for an evening of great music as we welcome the Spring season! Friday March 25, 8:00 pm EDT/ Doors 7pm EDT Small World Centre, 180 Shaw St. Tickets: $30 […]

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Black History, Black Futures: Past, Present and Everywhere

2022-3-3 7:30 pm Online Supported by TD Bank Join Small World and TD Canada as we celebrate Black Futures Month with “History, Black Futures: Past, Present, and Everywhere’! We’ll go deep into the Small World archive with the great Vieux Farka Touré and look to the future with a specially-commissioned concert with Afro-Colombian sounds by Bejuco.  […]

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Music for the Year of the Tiger

2022-2-3 7:30 pm Online Supported by TD Bank Three talented young women with roots in China, Korea, and Vietnam weave together musical traditions and modern sounds to create a unique new repertoire for this specially commissioned video concert. Roa (HyunYoung) Lee is a Gayageum musician from Korea. She began playing when she was 7 years […]

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