Award-winning trumpeter and composer David Buchbinder teams up with a crew of top Jazz and World musicians to present this exhilirating, unprecedented project of musical discovery: the Jewish-Cuban connection. David Buchbinder’s Odessa/Havana presents “delicately textured and dazzlingly music,  that is “passionate, powerful and irresistible.” A truly original sound. Between the writing of Buchbinder and Grammy-nominated Cuban piano master Hilario Durán, and the band of killer musicians, these forces take audiences on a journey of cross-cultural discovery, that consistently engages, challenges and delights.

Odessa/Havana’s two CDs have been hailed as outstanding in both the World Music and Jazz realms. Walk to the Sea was recently honoured with a JUNO Award (Canadian Grammy) and the group’s self-titled debut CD nabbed a Canadian Folk Music Award

While the cities and cultures of Odessa and Havana might seem many miles apart, their musical associations are many-faceted, multi-layered and rich indeed; rooted in their common ancestry in medieval Andalusia and sharing Arabic, Roma (Gypsy), Sephardic and North African forbearers. Buchbinder and Durán’s compositions explore these commonalities as they break new ground.

David Buchbinder: Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Hilario Duran: Piano
Roberto Occhipinti: Bass, Guitar
Mark Kelso: Drums, Bata, Percussion
John Johnson: Clarinet, Tenor And Soprano Saxes, Alto Flute
Aleksandar Gajic: Violin, Viola
Joaquin Nuñez Hidalgo: Congas, Dumbeq, Bata, Chekere
Maryem Hassan Tollar: Vocals

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“Versatile, serious and a whole lot of fun, keyboardist Christopher Bagan is a rising star  in Canada’s music scene.” He is equally at home on modern and historical keyboard instruments and is in high demand as a collaborator, chamber musician and basso continuo specialist. Recent engagements include appearances with soprano Ellen Hargis, Toronto Masque Theatre, Aradia Ensemble, University of Toronto Opera and the Britten-Pears Baroque Orchestra as well as his debut as music director for Handel's Giulio Cesare in Ferreira do Zezere, Portugal. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of British Columbia where he studied with Jane Coop. He is a regular performer in the Early Music Vancouver main series and Summer Festival as well as Vancouver’s Music on Main concert series. He has performed with many of the leading baroque singers, instrumentalists and conductors in North America. He now resides in Toronto where he is on faculty at the University of Toronto and at St. Michael’s Choir School, and is a staff accompanist at the Glenn Gould School. He also freelances across Canada, working as a soloist, chamber musician, lecturer and collaborative keyboardist.

Pianist/Composer Adam Sherkin is a dynamic and versatile musician who commands a multi-dimensional approach to performance and composition. Adam has appeared in performance at the Four Seasons Centre, the St. Lawrence Centre, the Glenn Gould Studio, the Toronto Centre for the Arts, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Covent Garden and the Royal Albert Hall. Adam's works been premiered throughout Canada, the United States and Britain including Toronto, Ottawa, Washington, Philadelphia, Manchester and London (UK). Venues have included the Luminato Festival, the Spotlight Festival (Waterloo), the King’s Lynn Festival (Norfolk), The Bridgewater Hall (Manchester), The Warehouse and the National Portrait Gallery in London. 

An associate of the Canadian Music Centre, Adam is set to release his debut recording on Centrediscs, As at First, in November of 2012. 


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