The alto saxophonist Luis Deniz may have been a relatively late Cuban arrival in Canada, descending upon the music scene in Toronto in 2004. However, the...
Cuban-born, Toronto-based Saxophonist and Composer Luis Deniz Stuns On His Introspective Debut Release El Tinajón, due out on May 27th, 2022 via Modica Music Modica Music...
Cuban pianist/composer Hilario Durán makes his instrument sound like an orchestra and this virtuoso style makes him a favorite of legendary compatriot Chucho Valdés. With his...
On the evening of Saturday, February 9, 2019, Cuban-Canadian piano master Hilario Durán and his Latin Jazz Big Band returned to Koerner Hall in Toronto. This...
Svetlana Boym was the Curt Hugo Reisinger Professor of Slavic and Comparative Literatures at Harvard University, lived between 1959 and 2015, and has been described as...
Although the brilliant, virtuoso pianist Hilario Durán might be heard in a recording studio warming up by playing a Bach Partita or one of Charlie Parker’s...
Canada sometimes feels a lot like the Afro-Cuban mainland. The country is bristling with talent from the fabled island of the Orishas among other not-so-savoury things....
Afro-Cuban Jazz & Beyond Hilario Durán & Ignacio Berroa Chris Mitchell, Jorge Luis Torres and Roberto Occhipinti *Canadian Summer Tour 2015 The influence of Afro-Cuban music...
It seems both significant and appropriate that the eminent rumbero, Jorge Luis Torres Paumier “Papiosco” should choose the iconic “Iroko” tree as the title for his...
There are few young musicians who embrace their music with as much mysticism as the Cuban-born, Toronto...
The Cuban Piano Masters Project This unique musical group was first conceived in Havana, Cuba in 1992 at the National Theatre with the great Cuban pianists...