The Toronto Sound: David Buchbinder’s Odessa/Havana
April 7, 2018 - Koerner Hall, The Royal Conservatory - Toronto
When you have Maestro Hilario Durán involved in a project you can be assured...
Paco de Lucía: The Duende of Timelessness
I waited for his concert with bated breath. The tickets were purchased about a year ago. Then Kuwait was invaded by Iraq and suddenly it was not safe to travel to the Arabian Gulf anymore. Like many Europeans and Americans, Paco De Lucía…
Inti-Illimani and Nano Stern: Bringing the House Down
On the 27th of October, 2017 Canadian lovers of music were again given the opportunity to sit and listen to the legendary Chilean nueva...
David Broza at Koerner Hall, Royal Conservatory on October 26, 2013
“To hear David Broza’s music is to be moved. To see Broza in concert is to be mesmerized.”
– (New York Post)
Back in 1977 when...
Concha Buika Live in Concert at Koerner Hall in Toronto
“Much like Chavela, Buika is able to make her audience feel completely exposed. Her songs transport us to a place where we are left...
Focus On Flamenco at Aga Khan Museum
On Friday, October 2nd and Saturday, October 3rd, I had the opportunity and the pleasure of attending two mesmerizing performances that took place at...
The Toronto Sound: KUNÉ – Canada’s Global Orchestra
April 7, 2018 - Koerner Hall, The Royal Conservatory - Toronto
What do you think of when you think of a musical Toronto sound? For...
“Salsa al Parque” Festival 2011 – A Tribute to the Magical Joe Arroyo
Last weekend Bogotá, the Colombian capital, celebrated another edition of Salsa al Parque, one of the biggest salsa festivals in Latin America. This is the fourteenth time the “capitalinos” (people from Bogota) enjoyed the great event of salsa rhythm. In this opportunity the festival paid a tribute to Joe Arroyo...
Gilberto Gil: Mystical Tropicalista in Toronto
It is eight o’clock and the audience has taken its seats in the musical shrine, Massey Hall. A cursory look around reveals that the...
Jully Black In Concert At The Flato Markham Theatre
An exciting and engaging show of Jully Black and her band on Saturday March 1st, celebrated Markham’s own, “Canada’s Queen of R&B” homecoming at the Flato Markham Theatre before a highly enthusiastic local crowd...
Laura Pausini World Tour 2016
Touched Down In Brampton - Powerade Centre - July 26, 2016
Simili - Similares
Through a series of connections made in far away places I came...
Lenka Lichtenberg and Yair Dalal – Lullabies from Exile
I have been listening to the music of Lenka Lichtenberg for some time now. Still, it never fails to amaze me that I find...
Angela Hewitt: At the Heart of Bach
As long as musicians such as Keith Jarrett play and record Johann Sebastian Bach’s most frequently performed keyboard (harpsichord) works on the harpsichord there...
A True Living Legend: José Feliciano
Singer and guitarist José Feliciano (born 1945) is one of the best known Hispanic entertainers in the United States and a major star in...
Opus 4 and Septófono Celebrating the art of singing in Colombia
The respected and well known Argentinean vocal group Opus 4 performed together with the innovative Colombian vocal-instrumental group Septófono at The Pedro Gómez Valderrama Theater...
Barbara Hannigan: An Evening with the Empress of Song
Two years ago I saw Barbara Hannigan perform György Ligeti’s Mystères du Macabre dressed in a schoolgirl’s kilt, chewing bubblegum. The orchestra was Sinfónica...
Al Jarreau in Concert at the Markham Flato Theatre
When the lineup for the new season at the Markham Flato Theatre in Markham was announced in the spring of this year, the biggest wave of excitement was created when fans of Al Jarreau found his name on the list of performers. As it was the only show in the Toronto area, anticipation was building...
Amanda Martínez with Special Guest Javier Limón at Koerner Hall
It was a magical night for Canadian singer/songwriter Amanda Martínez. During this long-awaited concert at Toronto's Royal Conservatory of Music's Koerner Hall, followers of...
Susana Baca takes Brooklyn by Storm
Performance Review: Susana Baca At Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, NY - March 17, 2017
The Afro-Peruvian singer-songwriter Susana Baca made a rare appearance at PIONEER WORKS,...
Turkish Masters At Aga Khan Museum
On the evening of April 1, 2016, Toronto's Aga Khan Museum and Turkuaz TV (which is Canada’s only Turkish community television program), co-presented two...
