The Chan Centre lilies up a world of talent Venue announces series of concerts that includes Angelique Kidjo and Chucho Valdes Quintet BY DAVID GORDON DUKE For its 2012-13 concert season, the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts plans to bring a world of music to Vancouver as an addition to its function as a venue for programs by partner groups such as the Vancouver Symphony and the Vancouver Recital Society. At a Telus Studio Theatre reception Wednesday, the Chan announced details of its very own six-pack of concerts- a series that samples the work of performers from around the globe. Joyce Hinton, co-managing director of the Chan Centre, introduced the lineup, pointing out the musical diversity and quality of the Chan Centre's guest artists and underscoring the social and political resonances of their work. University of B.C. dean of arts Gage Averill, who
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Angelique Kidjo comes to the Chan Centre on Oct. 13. has degrees in ethnomusicology, stressed how much of the excitement of the series stems from interplay of styles and idioms. Concerts begin Oct. 13 with a
performance by"Africa's premier diva" Angelique Kidjo, recently named by the Guardian as one of the top 100 women in art, film, music and fashion. Latin jazz is
according to The New Yorker, "old-time music and contemporary sensibilities." In "Tango Meets Jazz," Feb. 16, jazz violinist Regina Carter teams up with Pablo Ziegler, a longtime associate of tango great Astor Piazzolla, and his quartet. Lila Downs, who represents a world of musical styles from the music of Oaxaca to blues and klezmer, returns to the Chan April 21. The series ends with Simon Shaheen's "The Call: Songs of liberation," a program featuring new compositions by Shaheen, as well as songs by Arab composers from the 1950s and '6os. DARIO AYALA/POSTMEDIA NEWS FILES The centre continues its "ConCuban Latin jazz player Chucho nections" community outreach Valdes and his band arrive Nov. 2. programming, which contextualizes events through talks, panels the focus Nov. 2, with the Chu- and film. Various ticket plans are cho Valdes Quintet. The Punch available from Ticketmaster or the Brothers, who make their Van- Chan Centre Ticket Office. couver debut Nov. 24, are a fivemember string band who marry, Special to The Sun