Sounds of Canada

The Dragon & the Rising Sun

We are pleased to share with you that Nagata Shachu and the American Rogues decided to continue working together! As a result - Their YouTube video of The Dragon & the Rising Sun…

Serenade de la France

Nightingale Music Festival presents a first-year anniversary concert “Serenade de la France”. The event will take place at the Trinity St Paul’s United Church in Toronto on October 27th. Famous arias from Carmen,…

Payadora at Jazz Bistro

An amazing concert will be held on October 6th from 6:00 PM to 9:30 PM at Jazz Bistro, 251 Victoria Street, Toronto. Payadora, one of Toronto’s most vibrant tango ensembles, will perform an…

In Memory of Giya Kancheli

It was tremendously sad to hear that Giya Kancheli passed away today, October 2nd, 2019. Our deepest condolences go out to Mr. Kancheli’s family. The world will miss the presence of the truly…

Okavango African Orchestra’s upcoming concert

Okavango African Orchestra, winners of the 2017 JUNO Award for World Music Album of the Year, will perform at Flato Markham Theatre, 171 Town Centre Blvd, Markham, on Friday, October 18, 2019. The…

Serenade de la France

The Nightingale Music Festival, one of the best series of classical concerts in Toronto, presents the “Serenade de la France” concert on October 27th in Toronto, ON. The concert will include arias and…

KW Octoberfest 2019

Join the Golden Keys band this year at the Kitchener-Waterloo Octoberfesthaus! The Golden Keys will be performing at their stage every night, engaging the audience with their high energy shows! Do not miss…

Kensington Market Jazz Festival

The famous contemporary chamber music ensemble Payadora will perform Argentinian-Uruguayan tango and folk music at the Kensington Market Jazz Festival on Friday, September 13th. The concert will be held at Cafe Pamenar, 307…

Yiddish Glory: The Lost Songs from the Holocaust

Great Yiddish songs from the World War II and the Holocaust era will be performed at Richmond Hill Public Library, 1 Atkinson street, Richmond Hill, ON. The concert will be held at 7:00…

Fire show for the Sounds of Canada project.

On Sunday, August 25, the Augusta & Oxford streets intersection near Kensington Market in downtown Toronto was closed to traffic. This was done specifically for our film crew. That evening we were filming…

Cool Waves Night at Whistle Bear Golf Club

Tony Gouveia along with Eduardo Camara will be performing on September 13th at the Whistle Bear Golf Club, 1316 Dickie Settlement Rd, Cambridge, ON. Their famous Cool Waves Night with lots of Portuguese…

Yiddish Glory. World War II.

Great Yiddish songs from the World War II and the Holocaust era were performed by Julian Milkis (clarinet), Sergiu Popa (accordion), Beth Silver (cello), Psoy Korolenko, Sasha Lurje and Isaac Rosenberg (vocals). The…

Cool Waves Night by Tony Gouveia

Tony Gouveia and Eduardo Camara present an amazing show “Cool Waves Night” at Moderno Bistro, 383 Elgin St N, Cambridge, ON. Bossa nova, nouveau flamenco, blues, classic rock, Portuguese folk, Afro-fusions, and much…

Festival des traditions du monde de Sherbrooke

Nelson Stewart, the leader of the Celtic band “The American Rogues”, has recently announced on his Facebook page that the band was invited to perform at the Festival des traditions du monde de…

The Dragon & The Rising Sun

The American Rogues and Nagata Shachu closed out the World Music Festival in Sherbrooke, Quebec this weekend. Celtic-Japanese Hybrid group “The Dragon & The Rising Sun” performed on the big stage with an…

Toronto Ukrainian Festival

Toronto Ukrainian Festival will be held from September 13th through September 15th, 2019 During these 3 days everyone will get a chance to enjoy national Ukrainian food, buy authentic Ukrainian souvenirs and much…

Grand Parade 2019

Do not miss the Grand Parade of the Toronto Caribbean Carnival, also known as Caribana, which will be held on Saturday, August 3rd, from 8:30 AM to 6:00 PM. Thousands masquerade attendees adorned…

TAIWANfest 2019

Tre Viet Performing Arts Group will be performing at the fifth Vietnamese Traditional Music Festival in California from August 1st to August 3rd, 2019. After that on the 24th and 25th of August,…

Giya Kancheli Festival

Julian Milkis is heading to Dilijan, Armenia, where he will be organizing Giya Kancheli Festival. Dilijan is one of Mr. Kancheli’s favourite towns. This is where all his symphonies were composed. Stay tuned…

Festival of Arabic Music and Arts

We are excited to let you know that The Canadian Arabic Orchestra is organizing their annual Festival of Arabic Music and Arts in the Greater Toronto Area. The festival, a series of concerts…

Poll – Who is your favourite Arab singer?

Taste of Manila

The biggest Filipino street festival outside of the Philippines “Taste of Manila” will be held on August 17th and August 18th on Bathurst street in Toronto, ON. Taste of Manila is a cultural…

Waterfront Awards 2019

We are happy to let you know that Mira Solovianenko, famous Ukrainian Opera singer, will be performing at the Waterfront Awards 2019 on July 19. The Waterfront Awards 2019 is a red carpet…

Taste of the Danforth

Toronto’s annual Greek festival “Taste of the Danforth” will be held from August 9th through August 11th, 2019. This year is the 26th anniversary of mouthwatering food, fun games and live performances. Taste…

Mediterranean Sounds of Canada

During the months of May and June, we were filming an episode of Mediterranean Sounds of Canada featuring dancer Joanne Comilleri. The filming was done in Sultan’s Tent, one of the best and…

Korean Sounds of Canada

In late June, our filming crew went to the Korean Cultural Center of Toronto which houses the Korean Dance Studies Society of Canada (KDSSC). We shot several interviews with members of the ensemble,…

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Canada Day Fireworks

Excited about 2019 Canada Day Celebrations? Here is the list of places where you can watch fireworks this year in Toronto, ON Mel Lastman Square, 5100 Yonge St, starts at 10:30 PM Amesbury…

Which province / territory are you from?

Mariachi Fuego

Recently, Toronto’s hottest Mexican mariachi band "Mariachi Fuego", were featured as guests on the 3rd season of the “Sounds of Canada” web series, shot in ECG’s studios. Made up of four veteran mariachi…

Celtic – Japanese Concert

Canada’s leading taiko group closed out their 20th anniversary season with “Taiko x Celtic” concert at Harbourfront Centre Theatre, Toronto on June 8th, 2019. Japanese ensemble performed with a highly energetic and entertaining…

Trojan Jazz

A premiere of “Trojan Jazz”, a movie about the 1962 Benny Goodman’s tour in the Soviet Union, was shown on June 8th in St. Petersburg, Russia. A famous clarinetist Julian Milkis was performing…

The best of Ukrainian Opera

The Nightingale Music Festival presents Canadian audiences with the best of Ukrainian Opera! Two amazing operas Natalka Poltavka and Zaporozhets za Dunayem will be performинг July 11th at the Huculak Centre, 516 The…

Giya Kancheli’s “Miniatures”

Julian Milkis, on clarinet, and Polina Osetinska, playing piano, performed together at Odessa’s Philharmonic Theatre in Ukraine June 3rd. The concert was dedicated to a famous composer Giya Kancheli. With a fully packed…

Poll. Are you going to Taiko – Celtic Concert on June 8th?

Toronto Japanese Film Festival

The Toronto Japanese Film Festival will be held from June 6 to June 27, 2019 at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, 6 Garamond Court, North York.  This is the 8th annual festival featuring…

HAPPENING Multicultural Festival

This weekend do not miss a multicultural festival that engages more than 60 performers and artists, who self-identified as immigrants, newcomers or refugees. This four-day festival will entertain you with contemporary music, dance,…

Pow-wow

Pow-wow (also powwow or pow wow) is a gathering held by various Native American communities. The name comes from the Narragansett language, from the word powwaw, meaning "spiritual leader." Modern Pow-wow is an…

Nightingale Music Festival’s charity concert

We are pleased to let you know that Nightingale Music Festival recently successfully held a charity concert in support of the Urban Angel St. Michael’s Foundation. Many young talented artists presented and Mira…

Upcoming concert

Do not miss the great concert of Nagata Shachu and the American Rogues! This mix of Celtic and Japanese cultures will definitely be a crowd-pleaser, so hurry up to get your tickets, while…

Jazz concert

Julian Milkis and Capella Orchestra under the direction of A.Chernushenko will be performing at a jazz concert by A.Gilliland. The first performance will be held in St.Petersburg on June 6th and the second…

Cool Waves Night

Tony Gouveia along with Eduardo Camara will present their show “Cool Waves Night” on April 26, 2019. The concert will be held at Moderno Bistro in Cambridge, ON. Info and reservation - 519-624-2351

Yiddish Glory

It’s been more than a year since “The Lost Songs of World War II” were released by Six Degrees Records. There are 18 songs written by the Soviet Jews who lived through World…

Fado with Tony Gouveia

Tony Gouveia and Elizabete have something special for you! On Saturday, April 27th, you will get a chance to enjoy a real Portuguese music. Fados performed by Tony Gouveia and dances with Tabu…

The American Rogues in NC, USA

The American Rogues were invited to perform in Banner Elk, a beautiful town in Avery County, North Carolina. It will be their second time performing there. The concert will be held on Sunday,…

More collaborations?

Kiyoshi Nagata, a leader of a Japanese taiko group, said that there’re so many groups in “Sounds of Canada” project they would want to work with, but a little bit later. Right now…

Japanese – Celtic fusion

Mr. Nagata, a leader of a world-renewed Japanese taiko group Nagata Shachu, says that it all began with “Sounds of Canada”. “Both groups had seen each other's episode on "Sounds of Canada". I…

Sounds of Canada connects talented people!

Two world-famous bands: The American Rogues, a Celtic ensemble, from Sounds of Canada Season 1, and Nagata Shachu, a Japanese group, from Sounds of Canada Season 2 will perform together on the 8th…

Celtic-Japanese Collaboration

The American Rogues and Nagata Shachu are working on something special for you! Do not miss out this summer! Two different music styles, Celtic and Japanese, will blend into one during this amazing…

Nagata Shachu’s DVD/BluRay release

We are thrilled to let you know that Nagata Shachu released their re-edited and re-mixed DVD/BluRay last week. Mr. Nagata, a leader of the Japanese group, expressed his gratitude to the crew of…

The American Rogues at the Scotiabank Arena

It’s a pleasure to let everyone know that The American Rogues performed at the event with Toronto Maple Leafs at the Scotiabank Arena. The event was organized to celebrate a release of the…

Season2. Backstage Pass.

Baroque Meets Jazz

Julian Milkis, a famous Canadian clarinetist, and the Russian Ensemble Siberian Virtuosi will performe in Miami Beach, FL as part of their American tour. The concert will be held on April 7th in…