X Avant

Egyptrixx / Dun Dun Band / deenzi

The Music Gallery, Toronto ON, October 13

PUBLISHED Oct 14, 2016

The Music Gallery's annual X-Avant festival opened with a bang last night (October 13). The first set featured the piano/flute/electronic d...

Absolutely Free with Sandro Perri / Keita Juma

The Music Gallery, Toronto ON, October 18

PUBLISHED Oct 19, 2015

Since X Avant was launched ten years ago, it's served as a flagship uniting all of the disparate strands represented in the Music Gallery's...

Tyondai Braxton / New Chance / Pantayo

The Music Gallery, Toronto ON, October 17

PUBLISHED Oct 18, 2015

Audiences spent the third night of X Avant on a journey through three very different sound environments. Seven-piece gong-chime ensemble P...

MG Encore: Works by Martin Arnold, Allison Cameron, Linda Catlin-Smith, Nic Gotham, Erik Ross and Ann Southam

The Music Gallery, Toronto ON, October 16

PUBLISHED Oct 17, 2015

X Avant's second night produced a feast of past Music Gallery commissions, premieres and other works by a cast of allies and other communit...

Lori Freedman / CCMC

The Music Gallery, Toronto ON, October 15

PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2015

The Music Gallery has come a long way since it was founded by the Canadian Creative Music Collective, or CCMC, in 1976. Now celebrating the...

Toronto's X Avant New Music Festival Brings Out Tyondai Braxton, Absolutely Free

PUBLISHED Aug 6, 2015

Toronto's annual X Avant New Music Festival turns 10 this year, and, as in year's past, organizers are bringing out a handful of experiment...

Lido Pimienta: La Papessa

Music Gallery, Toronto ON, October 19

PUBLISHED Oct 20, 2014

Last night (October 19), Lido Pimienta performed the closing show of this year's X-Avant festival, offering a multimedia, collaborative per...

Drums & Drones

The Music Gallery, Toronto ON, October 17

PUBLISHED Oct 18, 2014

The second night of this year's X-Avant festival brought one of its most exciting and innovative performances. Drums & Drones, the project...