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Ripley’s Aquarium Jazz Night
2026-10-09 19:00 - 23:00 (America/Toronto) | Ripley’s Aquarium, 288 Bremner Blvd, Toronto, Ontario, M5V 3L9, Canada
Drift away to the sounds of live jazz as you sip your drink of choice under the sea – it’s JAZZ NIGHT, at Ripley’s Aquarium, October 9th, at 7PM.
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RCM: John Beasley’s Unlimited Miles: Miles Davis at 100
2026-11-07 20:00 - 22:30 | Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Canada
Under the direction of Grammy Award-winning pianist, composer, and arranger John Beasley, star‑studded musicians Marcus Strickland on saxophone, Sean Jones on trumpet, Ben Williams on bass, and Terreon Gully on drums delve into the visionary spirit and boundless creativity of Miles Davis.
A musical shapeshifter with deep jazz roots, Beasley performed with Miles Davis and Freddie Hubbard in his twenties and has since collaborated with Dianne Reeves, Christian McBride, Chaka Khan, A.R. Rahman, Chucho Valdés, and Steely Dan, among others.
“Beasley, the one-time keyboardist for Freddie Hubbard and Miles Davis, reflects a variety of generational influences, incorporating the emphatic chordal clusters of Herbie Hancock, the rhythmic quirkiness of Monk and the lush intelligence of Art Tatum into a highly refined personal voice.” (Los Angeles Times)
After the concert, enjoy a beverage and more music at the Postlude Performance in the Leslie and Anna Dan Galleria.
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Ripley’s Aquarium Jazz Night
2026-11-13 19:00 - 23:00 | Ripley’s Aquarium, 288 Bremner Blvd, Toronto, Ontario, M5V 3L9, Canada
Drift away to the sounds of live jazz as you sip your drink of choice under the sea – it’s JAZZ NIGHT, at Ripley’s Aquarium, November 13th, at 7PM.
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RCM: Béla Fleck: My Bluegrass Heart
2026-11-13 20:00 - 22:30 | Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Canada
The banjo visionary leads an all‑star ensemble through some new music and classic tunes, blending bluegrass roots with jazz and classical influences.
Over the last four decades, Béla Fleck has made a point of boldly going where no banjo player has gone before, a musical journey that has earned him 19 Grammys in nine different fields, including country, pop, jazz, instrumental, classical, and global music. But his roots are in bluegrass, and that is where he returns with his band of all-star players, My Bluegrass Heart.
Taking its namesake from Fleck’s 2021 Grammy Award-winning album, My Bluegrass Heart, the album was the third chapter of a trilogy which began with the 1988 album, Drive, and continued in 1991 with The Bluegrass Sessions. Fleck’s band spotlights a multi-generational gamut of the best of bluegrass players, all sporting a myriad of Grammy nominations, as well as gigantic piles of IBMA awards for their instruments: fiddler Michael Cleveland, mandolinist Dominick Leslie, Jeff Partin on dobro, bassist/multi-instrumentalist Mark Schatz, and Jake Stargel on guitar.
After the concert, enjoy a beverage and more music at the Postlude Performance in the Leslie & Anna Dan Galleria.
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RCM: Aga Khan Master Musicians
2026-11-14 20:00 - 22:30 | Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Canada
The Aga Khan Master Musicians create music inspired by their own deep roots in the cultures of the Middle East and Mediterranean Basin, South Asia, Central Asia, and China.
Brought together by the Aga Khan Music Programme to explore how musical innovation can contribute to the revitalization of cultural heritage, the Master Musicians are venerated performers and composer-arrangers who appear on the world’s most prestigious stages while also serving as preeminent teachers, mentors, and curators. Each of these exceptional artists has achieved mastery within a rigorous musical tradition defined by canonical styles, repertoires, pedagogy, and performance techniques.
At the same time, they share a belief that tradition can serve as an invaluable compass for an artistic search into new forms of creativity inspired, but not constrained, by the past. This search has led to a strikingly original body of work composed, arranged, and performed by the Master Musicians, often joined by distinguished guests. Musicians include Basel Rajoub (Syria – saxophone), Feras Charestan (Syria – qanun), Yurdal Tokcan (Republic of Türkiye – oud), Abbos Kosimov (Uzbekistan – doira frame drum), and Vincent Peirani and Vincent Ségal (France – accordion and cello).
After the concert, enjoy a beverage and more music at the Postlude Performance in the Leslie & Anna Dan Galleria.
Presented in partnership with the Aga Khan Museum
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RCM: Roby Lakatos and Medusa Quartet with Turkwaz
2026-12-02 19:00 - 22:00 | Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Canada
Hungarian violinist Roby Lakatos dazzles with fiery Roma‑inspired virtuosity. Medusa and Turkwaz, a powerhouse octet of string players, percussionists, and vocalists open the night.
Lakatos is a world-renowned Hungarian violin virtuoso, directly descended from the legendary 19th-century violinist-composer János Bihari. With his groundbreaking talent – ​​and early professional support from Yehudi Menuhin – Lakatos has performed on many of the world’s greatest stages, from Carnegie Hall and the Vatican to London’s Royal Albert Hall. His musical greatness has been recognized with numerous international honours, including being named an Honorary Citizen of Mexico and receiving a major music award from the Spanish Ministry of Culture in 2021.
Turkwaz is a unique combination of four musician/singers, immersed in diverse traditions from mysterious Sufi devotional love songs, to rousing Thracian dance music. Each performer brings a special flavour to the group: Maryem Hassan Tollar draws on her Arabic language heritage; Jayne Brown and Sophia Grigoriadis bring their experience with Greek music; and Brenna MacCrimmon adds Turkish elements to this mix.
The electrifying chamber-folk band Medusa Quartet wields ancient fiddle-like instruments that could propel classical music scholars right out of their chairs. The Quartet cross-pollinates traditional music from around the world with original tunes, engaging stories, and their one-of-a-kind stringed instruments to create a “must-see live show” (Exclaim!). Medusa Quartet is Georgia Hathaway, Lea Kirstein, Marta Sołek, and Saskia Tomkins.
After the concert, enjoy a beverage and more music at the Postlude Performance in the Leslie & Anna Dan Galleria.
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RCM: Ravi Coltrane: The John Coltrane Centennial with special guests Ewen Farncombe & Friends
2026-12-05 20:00 - 22:30 | Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Canada
The visionary saxophonist honours his father’s legacy. Ewen Farncombe and friends open with a Miles Davis set.
Ravi Coltrane is a critically acclaimed Grammy Award nominated saxophonist, bandleader, and composer. During a 20+ year career, Mr. Coltrane has worked as a sideman to many, recorded noteworthy albums for himself and others, and founded a prominent independent record label, RKM.
Born in Long Island, the second son of John Coltrane and Alice Coltrane, Ravi was named after Indian sitar legend Ravi Shankar. He was raised in Los Angeles where his family moved after his father’s death in 1967. His mother, Alice Coltrane, was a significant influence on Ravi and it was he who encouraged Alice to return to performance and the recording studio after a long absence.
Ewen Farncombe on piano, Jesse Ryan on sax, Norbert Botos on drums, and Jon Meyer on bass, open the evening with a Miles Davis set. Farncombe is a Juno Award nominated pianist and composer who has earned a reputation as a highly skilled musician. They will reimagine tunes from Miles’ Kind of Blue along with other works by the master.
After the concert, enjoy a beverage and more music at the Postlude Performance in the Leslie and Anna Dan Galleria.
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RCM: Robi Botos and Friends
2026-12-10 19:00 - 22:00 | Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Canada
The protégé of Canadian jazz legend Oscar Peterson and RCM’s Jazz Artist in Residence returns with his mesmerizing blend of bebop, modern jazz, and eastern European sounds.
A three-time Juno Award-winning musician, composer, and educator, Robi Botos has been hailed as one of the most diverse multi-instrumentalists of this generation. Drawing on inspiration from his Hungarian roots, his invariably expanding taste in music, or the experiences that shaped his life, Robi’s incomparable creativity and seemingly limitless technical ability have kept audiences returning to his performances with an eagerness for more than 25 years.
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Ripley’s Aquarium Jazz Night
2026-12-11 19:00 - 23:00 | Ripley’s Aquarium, 288 Bremner Blvd, Toronto, Ontario, M5V 3L9, Canada
Drift away to the sounds of live jazz as you sip your drink of choice under the sea – it’s JAZZ NIGHT, at Ripley’s Aquarium, December 11th, at 7PM.
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RCM: Meow Meow: Feline Festive
2026-12-12 20:00 - 22:30 | Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Canada
Rekindle the true spirit of the holidays with the fabulous Meow Meow!
The international cabaret sensation brings her singular blend of comedy, glamour, and vocal brilliance to Koerner Hall for a holiday performance like no other. Featuring a band of superb musicians, and music ranging from jazzy vintage showbiz to original and contemporary classics, this is going to be a night to remember.
During this unforgettably steamy evening, prepare to be hypnotized, inspired, and slightly terrified as “the chanteuse brilliantly embodies a new kind of performance art” (The New Yorker).
After the concert, enjoy a beverage and more music at the Postlude Performance in the Leslie and Anna Dan Galleria.
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RCM: Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd in Concert
2027-01-15 20:00 - 23:00, 2027-01-16 20:00 - 23:00, 2027-01-17 15:00 - 18:00 | Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Canada
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Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by Hugh Wheeler
From an Adaptation by Christopher Bond
Originally Directed on Broadway by Harold Prince
Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick
Originally Produced on Broadway by Richard Barr,
Charles Woodward, Robert Fryer, Mary Lea Johnson, Martin Richards
in Association with Dean and Judy Manos
Directed by Richard Ouzounian
Conducted by Paul Sportelli
Broadway in concert returns to Koerner Hall! Director Richard Ouzounian and Music Director Paul Sportelli reunite with the Royal Conservatory Orchestra for this in concert staging of Sondheim’s macabre masterpiece starring a who’s who of Canadian theatre, TV, and opera talent, including Ben Carlson, Deborah Hay, Robert Markus, Thom Allison, Elena Howard Scott, Jason Howard, Jeigh Madjus, and more to be announced soon!
Sweeney Todd has become a bloody, worldwide success since being awarded eight Tony Awards (including Best Musical) for its Broadway premiere. Stephen Sondheim’s and Hugh Wheeler’s (A Little Night Music, Pacific Overtures) tasty, thrilling, theatrical treat has simultaneously shocked, awed, and delighted audiences across the world.
An infamous tale, Sweeney Todd, an unjustly exiled barber, returns to nineteenth century London, seeking vengeance against the lecherous judge who framed him. The road to revenge leads Todd to Mrs. Lovett, a resourceful proprietress of a failing pie shop, above which he opens a new barber practice. Mrs. Lovett’s luck sharply shifts when Todd’s thirst for blood inspires the integration of an ingredient into her meat pies that has the people of London lining up … and the carnage has only just begun!
ARTISTIC TEAM
Richard Ouzounian, director
Paul Sportelli, music director
David Atkinson, associate music director & piano
Arun Srinivasan, lighting designer
Alexandra Herzog, choreographer
Lesley Abarquez Bradley, stage manager
Ellie Koffman, costume designer
SWEENEY TODD
Is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).
All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.
www.mtishows.co

RCM: Bang on a Can All‑Stars: Reich and Glass at 90
2027-01-29 20:00 - 22:30 | Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Canada
The Bang on a Can All-Stars have collaborated and toured with fellow New Yorkers Philip Glass and Steve Reich for more than 30 years. This concert features Glassworks, exclusively arranged by Michael Riesman for Bang on a Can All-Stars, alongside Reich’s acclaimed rock-infused Electric Counterpoint, for electric guitar, in honor of these two outstanding composers during their milestone 90th birthday year.
In 1982 Philip Glass became the first composer since Aaron Copland to join the CBS Masterworks label. His first album for Masterworks, Glassworks, tripled all sales projections, and was lauded by audiences and critics alike. But Glass never performed the complete album live with his touring ensemble. Celebrating the legendary composer’s 90th Birthday year (2027), Bang on a Can All-Stars perform a brand-new arrangement of the iconic Philip Glass album in its entirety for the very first time.
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RCM: Don Was and the Pan‑Detroit Ensemble
2027-01-30 20:00 - 22:30 | Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Canada
Six-time Grammy Award-winning musician, producer, and composer Don Was [Was (Not Was)] channels the soul of the Motor City through a blend of steamy jazz, juke-joint blues, and loose-limbed funk with the Pan-Detroit Ensemble.
The Pan-Detroit Ensemble is comprised of top-tier jazz musicians from Don’s hometown, including longtime collaborator saxophonist Dave McMurray and Eminem’s Oscar-winning collaborator, keyboardist Luis Resto. Additional members include trombonist Vincent Chandler, trumpeter John Douglas, drummer Jeff Canaday, percussionist Mahindi Masai, guitarist Wayne Gerard, and vocalist Steffanie Christi’an.
“There’s a unique sound and feel to Detroit that permeates the music in a way that resonates all over the globe,” says Was. “There’s a rawness, a lack of pretension, and an unmistakable underlying groove that reflects the people and culture of the entire city.”
After the concert, enjoy a beverage and more music at the Postlude Performance featuring a local emerging artist in the Leslie & Anna Dan Galleria.
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