2021-09-16 8:00 pm, 7:00 p.m. doors. Opening set by Danae Olano Presented in partnership with Lula Music and Arts Centre JUNO-Award winning OKAN fuses their Afro-Cuban roots with jazz, folk, and global rhythms in songs about immigration, courage, and love. Led by Elizabeth Rodriguez and Magdelys Savigne, the group enthusiastically embraces Cuban genres and musical […]
2021-09-15 7:00 pm Online Five remarkable women unite their talents and traditions to explore music from across Asia. This documentary tells the stories of the artists, who hail from China, Korea, Japan, and Iran as they gather, develop new repertoire and find common ground in music. It culminates with a stirring performance at one of […]
2021-09-14 7:00 pm Online The two-time JUNO Award nominees will showcase songs from Until When, their first album in nine years. The core band of Aaron Lightstone (oud, guitars), Tamar Ilana (vocals), Justin Gray (bass), Sundar Viswanathan (winds) and Rakesh Tewari (drums) will be accompanied by Shawn Rompre (electronics). Presented as a part of 25 […]
2021-09-13 7:00 pm Online Presented in partnership with Raag-Mala Toronto Recorded live at the Small World Centre, this performance provides an immersion into Indian Classical Music and showcases a Jugalbandi (duet), from the outstanding presenters. Accompanying Pankaj Mishra (Sarangi) and Andrew Kay (Saxophone & Himalayan Singing Bowls), is Abbas Janmohammed (Tabla). Both Andrew & Abbas […]
2021-07-03 8:00 pm Online Presented by Small World Music as a part of Uma Nota’s Mixto Festival 2021. The first day in this three day festival is a special evening presentation in a transformed west-end Toronto outdoor lot featuring music, food vendors, custom visual art installations and more. This block party happens rain or shine, […]
2021-07-03 8:00 pm Online Five remarkable women artists unite their talents to create new and unique repertoire that bridges China, Korea, Japan and West Asia. The group combines strings, winds and percussion with erhu, gyageum, shinobue, daf, darbuka and cajon. Bringing together their collective experience in traditional musical in 21st Century Toronto, we witness the […]
2021-07-02 8:00 pm Online Taking their name from the word for heart or soul in the Afro-Cuban religion of Santeria, Juno-Award winning OKAN fuses their Afro-Cuban roots with jazz, folk and global rhythms in songs about immigration, courage and love. Having recently worked with Bomba Estereo, Lido Pimienta, Hilario Duran and Telmary Diaz, OKAN has […]
2021-05-02 7:00 pm-7:30 pm Online Freehttps://www.facebook.com/smallworldmusic Presented by LUCfest as a part of Small World’s Asian Music Series A cinematic weave of percussive instrumental soundscapes and pulsing electronics, referencing an eclectic and vast range of influences – the group at one moment could be crafting the soundtrack to a John Carpenter film and at another sending […]
2021-05-09 10:00AM Online Presented in partnership with Hot Docs Festival While eagerly learning to play fantastic Roma music in Serbia, Faith, a free-spirited British artist, falls hard for Branko, a young Roma violinist. Passionate and collaborative, their onstage chemistry fuels explosive performances and a star-crossed love affair. Dreaming of the music they will make together, […]
2021-05-30 7:00 pm-8:30 pm Online Freehttps://www.facebook.com/smallworldmusic Presented by Autumn Melody Collective and Axé Worldfest as a part of Small World’s Asian Music Series An enchanting virtual program as part Ottawa’s Asian Heritage Month celebration. The interactive program features awarded winning Korean dancer Yeonji Hong, the renowned exponent of Kathak Deepti Gupta, and gender-bending Chinese operatic dancer William Lau. The three explore […]