Presented by Small World Music

Small World celebrates the meditative beauty of the west African kora in a rare solo recital with Daniel Janke.

Daniel Janke is a composer and media artist. His most recent recording is a collection of string music titled Body In Motion which is available on the Centrediscs label. He also recently released a collection of songs on vinyl with the LP Songs of Small Resistance. And he collaborated on the recording Crystalline with clarinetist François Houle.

Daniel studied West African kora with Jali Nyama Suso, and Amadu Bansang Jobarteh in Gambia. He also studied and toured Canada and the US with Yankuba Saho. Daniel played kora on Bruce Cockburn’s Breakfast In New Orleans [1999, Ryko]. His own kora music is featured on his CD release In A Room.

Daniel’s new album Available Light is a partnership with French drummer Ariel Tessier, and Spanish bassist Basile Rahola, and will be released this fall, 2022. Other recording releases include Celestial Blue with violinist Mark Fewer [2016, Centrediscs]; and Cinco Puntos Cardinales [2012, Centrediscs].

Music commissions include works for the NAC Touring Ensemble, Standing Wave, Toronto Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, NEM, and Continuum Ensemble. Film scores by Daniel Janke include Mountain of Sgaana [NFB, 2016, dir. Chris Auchter]; Subconscious Password which was short-listed for an Oscar award [NFB, 2013, dir. Chris Landreth]; and Touch [2001, Rebel Films, dir. Jeremy Podeswa].

Daniel Janke divides his time between his studio in Yukon, Toronto, and Berlin.

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