The poem, All Rivers at Once written by Rumi, a 13th-century Persian poet, is the inspiration for the performance of...
The New Canadian Global Music Orchestra, recently created by The Royal Conservatory of Toronto and masterminded by its Executive Director, Performing Art, Mervon Mehta, premiered the...
Protégé of Quincy Jones and David Foster, Andreas Varady is only 18 years old and has already made a name for himself in the world jazz...
Flato Markham Theatre announced its 2016-2017 Diamond Series season, featuring an eclectic lineup of internationally renowned productions, gifted pop stars, dazzling classical and jazz musicians, exhilarating...
Juan Luis Guerra is one of the most internationally recognized Latin artists of recent decades. His popular style of merengue and Afro-Latin fusion has garnered him...
Under One Sun – Jamey Haddad Jazz Ensemble Master percussionist Jamey Haddad, who collaborates regularly with singer-songwriter Paul Simon, composer Elliot Goldenthal, and saxophonist Joe Lovano,...
Brazilian-born, Paris-based for over 20 years, Márcio Faraco stays true to the traditional music of Brazil, melding the language of the samba, bossa nova and choro...
Edith Piaf’s 100th birthday is celebrated by French singer Anne Carrère; a star of the Oscar winning documentary 20 Feet from Stardom. On the evening of...
Illustrious flamenco dancer José Porcel brought his dance company Compañia Flamenca to the city with his sizzling hot show “Flamenco Fire”, on stage at Flato Markham...
Biréli; Django: two names, a vision of the guitar to celebrate in an imaginary head-to- head, past the ropes “French” has never been so much future,...
The Assad Brothers with Romero Lubambo made a magnificent appearance at Flato Markham Theatre on February 12, 2015, as part of the Diamond Series Season 2014-2015....
On October 21, 2014, a rare reunion of Canada’s greatest big band – “Rob McConnell’s Boss Brass” took place at Koerner Hall in Toronto. McConnell passed...
First there was life; then death and then life again. Perhaps that’s because human have a natural tendency to aspire...
If a record label – or imprint – were to be considered an “unfillable” library in the sense that the...
Ana-Marija Markovina: Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy – Complete Works for Piano [Solo] Few composers – artistic geniuses at that – have...
Not long ago – despite the advent of the Renaissance of African American composers of music in the classical realm...
There has been a plethora of re-issued recordings in the past few years, but none quite like this on –...
The brilliant young guitarist Plínio Fernandes proves once again [although he probably did not set out to do so] that...
Nella Rojas, or simply Nella, is a new voice hailing from the Venezuelan Island of Margarita Born in Venezuela, Nella...
Rail Band of the Train Station Hotel, Ambassadeurs of the Motel of Bamako, Ambassadeurs Internationaux, and lately, Les Ambassadeurs Internationaux: so many bands that...
His sugarcane-sweet melodies, pop-soul hooks and powerful guitar riffs, relinquish a conventional stereotype that exemplifies much of the Latin music...