Duduk, Jazz & Winter Nights
Dudukhouse Music
Two years ago, Ethnosonic sold out its debut at City Playhouse Theatre. On Saturday, January 16, 2027, the world's only duduk-led jazz fusion ensemble returns to the same stage — with a new program, new original material, and the shape of album number two.
A lot has happened in between. Ethnosonic released its debut album ONE on Dudukhouse Records, was awarded an Ontario Arts Council grant, headlined Hugh's Room Live, broke all-time tip records at Drom Taberna (and was invited back to headline its prime Friday and Saturday slots), and played the Mississauga World Music Festival two years running. Internationally acclaimed jazz flutist Bill McBirnie called them "ALL outstanding musicians." Audiences who have never heard world music in their lives routinely call it the best concert of theirs.
The seven-piece Toronto ensemble — Sar Kamler (duduk / vocals), Aslan Gotov (arrangement / keys), Viktor Khomenko (bass), Inal Gotov (guitar / Circassian vocals), Sasha Boychouk (reeds), Val Chitac (accordion), and Adam Mansfield (drums) — draws its DNA from Armenian, Ukrainian, Circassian, and Balkan folk traditions and rebuilds them as jazz. Irregular meters. Vocals in four languages. A 2,000-year-old reed instrument out front.
Expect special guests. Expect a first listen to material from the forthcoming 2027 album. Expect to hear what a duduk can do at the head of a jazz ensemble — and to leave wondering why no one else in the world is doing this.
The debut sold out. This one will too. Book early.
Saturday, January 16, 2027 Doors 6:00 PM · Show 7:00 PM Two sets with intermission City Playhouse Theatre · 1000 New Westminster Dr., Vaughan, ON
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