X Avant

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  Laraaji

  The Music Gallery, Toronto ON, October 16

  PUBLISHED Oct 17, 2014

  The rain was pouring down outside last night (October 16) when Laraaji took the stage. He sat down on the floor between a zither and severa...

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  Gurpeet Chana & Alaniaris featuring Scott Good

  The Music Gallery, Toronto ON, October 20

  PUBLISHED Oct 21, 2013

  The X Avant VIII Festival closed out with an ear tuned toward the wider world as "This Is Our Music" set its sights upon the happy collisio...

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  A Tribe Called Red

  Black Box, Toronto ON, October 19

  PUBLISHED Oct 20, 2013

  The X Avant VIII Festival took its genre-defying mandate outside its comfort zone of chamber music and avant-jazz to explore similar cross-...

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  Ensemble SuperMusique

  Music Gallery, Toronto ON, October 18

  PUBLISHED Oct 19, 2013

  The opening piece of Ensemble SuperMusique's first set was an exercise in extreme restraint. A group dynamic that includes two drummers con...

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  Charlemagne Palestine

  The Music Gallery, Toronto ON, October 13

  PUBLISHED Oct 14, 2013

  Charlemagne Palestine is the eccentric uncle we'd all like to become when we grow up. He is armed with just enough accomplishments in his l...

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  Quartetski / Gordon Grdina Trio

  The Music Gallery, Toronto ON, October 11

  PUBLISHED Oct 13, 2013

  Quartetski's arrangement of The Rite of Spring won't inspire any riots, but it does stretch at the same boundaries that caused such a stir...

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  FLUX Quartet play Morton Feldman's 'String Quartet No. 2'

  The Music Gallery, Toronto ON, October 12

  PUBLISHED Oct 13, 2013

  Writing about Morton Feldman's String Quartet No. 2 poses a daunting challenge; how does one discuss this richly rewarding work without fix...

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  John Kameel Farah

  The Music Gallery, Toronto, ON, October 21

  PUBLISHED Oct 22, 2012

  As the last performance of this year's X Avant festival, John Kameel Farah took some time to explain to the audience the background of the...