Orchid Ensemble

2016-10-148:00 pm–11:00 pm Small World Music Centre $20 Established in 1997, the JUNO nominated Orchid Ensemble is Lan Tung (Taiwan/Canada) on the erhu/Chinese violin, Yu-Chen Wang (Taiwan/US) on the zheng/Chinese zither, and Jonathan Bernard (Canada) on percussion. The ensemble blends ancient musical instruments and traditions from China and beyond, creating a beautiful new sound. The […]

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Muzsikás: The Lost Jewish Music of Transylvania

2015-11-058:00 pm Toronto Centre For The Arts / George Weston Recital Hall Tickets $36 / $30 (+ HST and service charges) http://www.ashkenaz.ca/news/muzsikas/http://www.ticketmaster.ca/ashkenaz-foundation-toronto-ontario-11-05-2015/event/10004F38F51D9F60?artistid=2167680&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=5 Ashkenaz Presents: Muzsikás: The Lost Jewish Music of Transylvania Thursday November 5, 8pm – Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge St. Making their first Toronto concert appearance in 20 years, Budapest’s legendary […]

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The Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma

2015-09-158:00 pm Massey Hall $59.50 – $199.50http://tickets.masseyhallroythomsonhall.com/single/SYOS.aspx?p=2055&_ga=1.196426540.1070824576.1441903007 Massey Hall presents The coming together of different cultures is part of our city’s everyday reality, but the way The Silk Road Ensemble embodies that idea, and demonstrates how those cultures are, and can be, connected, is extremely rare. The group, led by celebrated cellist, Yo-Yo Ma, unites […]

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The Fugitive Minds Album Release

2015-09-109:00 pm Revival Bar General Admission $10http://www.ticketweb.ca/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=6149385 The Fugitive Minds Album Release w/ The Human Rights & The Chronicles Dub Trio Revival Bar NuFunk Records proudly presentsThe Fugitive Minds, a Toronto based Roots Reggae and Afrobeat band who play original politically and spiritually charged music along with some Reggae and Afrobeat classics’. The band is […]

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Song in a Time of No Song: A celebration of Jeff Bien’s music and poetry

2015-09-238:15 pm Small World Music Centre FREEhttp://music.cbc.ca/#!/artists/Jeff-Bien Song in a Time of No Song: A celebration of Jeff Bien’s music and new collection of poetry feat Mercan Dede, with a host of Canada’s finest musicians and writers. Guests include: Barry Callaghan, George Elliott Clarke, A.F. Moritz, Rafi Aaron, Diana Kuprel, Robert Priest, George Koller, Rick […]

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SULTANS OF STRING featuring sitar master ANWAR KHURSHID

October 30, 20158:00 pm Trinity-St Pauls United Church $20 Adv // $25 Doorhttp://sultans-of-string2015.eventbrite.com 2015 JUNO Award Nominees and 2012 Canadian Folk Music Award winners SULTANS OF STRING, are releasing their fifth CD… Subcontinental Drift… with sitar virtuoso ANWAR KHURSHID, Sultans of String thrill their audiences with their global sonic tapestry of Spanish Flamenco, Arabic folk, […]

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Jane Bunnett & Maqueque and Emeline Michel

2015-10-248:00 pm Koerner Hall Starting at $50https://tickets.rcmusic.ca/public/hall.asp?event=1506 For more than 30 years, celebrated Canadian flutist and saxophonist Jane Bunnett has been bridging the gulf between Cuba and North America, introducing jazz audiences to some of the finest musicians that the island has to offer. Now, with her new sextet Maqueque, she introduces the world to […]

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