SING! in Concert: Global Voices - Women in A Cappella
REGION 5: Greater Toronto Area 888 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON The Concert Hall
ABOUT THE EVENT / PROMOTION
Global Voices features the spectacular sounds of Canadian global divas Tamar Ilana, Meher Pavri, Suba Sankaran (curator), Jordana Talsky and Turkwaz. Take a spin around the world in 55 minutes with a cappella music spanning several centuries and styles, from live-looping to opera, flamenco dance to Eastern Mediterranean and Balkan songs, with unexpected stops in between. This is where singing goes beyond borders and cultures collide!Global Voices features the spectacular sounds of Canadian global divas Tamar Ilana, Meher Pavri, Suba Sankaran (curator), Jordana Talsky and Turkwaz. Take a spin around the world in 55 minutes with a cappella music spanning several centuries and styles, from live-looping to opera, flamenco dance to Eastern Mediterranean and Balkan songs, with unexpected stops in between. This is where singing goes beyond borders and cultures collide!
DORA award-winning, thrice JUNO-nominated world/fusion vocalist/musician @sankaransuba has effortlessly combined musical worlds, performing across 6 continents in over 25 countries with Autorickshaw, master drummer Trichy Sankaran, FreePlay (a cappella/live-looping duo with Dylan Bell) and Retrocity (80s a cappella revue), to name a few.
Jordana Talksy is a singer, songwriter and vocal loop artist who fuses multi-genre influences into her own sound. She accompanies herself by voice with a Boss RC505 loop machine, creating a choir on the spot with no pre-recorded parts.
Turkwaz is a unique combination of four musician/singers, immersed in diverse traditions from mysterious Sufi devotional love songs, to rousing Thracian dance music. Each performer brings a special flavour to the group.
Parsi-Canadian soprano, Meher Pavri, is a multidisciplinary artist who enjoys performing in opera, musical theatre, theatre, film/television and is most passionate about new Canadian works.
Tamar Ilana is an internationally renowned award-winning vocalist in over 20 languages and a mesmerizing flamenco dancer and choreographer. She has released 3 albums and been nominated for 4 Canadian Folk Music Awards.