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Spotlight on Italy: Toronto Jazz Festival

June 20 – June 26 | Click here for more info.

As part of the 2019 TD Toronto Jazz Festival, Italian musicianship takes centre stage for the first ever Spotlight on Italy. From emerging talent to an Oscar winning composer, this showcase features musicians at every stage in their careers, highlighting the very best Italian jazz has to offer. Explore the sounds of Italy without leaving your doorstep!

Spotlight on Italy events are co-presented with the Istituto Italiano di Cultura with generous support from the Italian National Tourist Board. June 24 & 25 concerts are also co-presented with I-Jazz.

All concerts are free admission except for the June 20 presentation of Nicola Piovani.

June 20, 8PM
Nicola Piovani
TIFF Bell Lightbox
Co-presented by the Italian Contemporary Film Festival, Consolato Generale d’Italia a Toronto and the Fondazione Musica per Roma

June 24, 7PM
O Jana / Rosa Brunello
Church of the Redeemer

June 24, 8:15PM
Gabriele Boggio Ferraris Quartet
TD Mainstage on Cumberland Street

June 25, 12:00PM
Michele Tino Quartet
TD Mainstage on Cumberland Street

June 25, 4PM
Giacomo Tantillo 4et
OLG Stage on Hazelton Avenue

June 25, 6:45PM
Hobby Horse
OLG Stage on Hazelton Avenue

June 26, 6:45PM
ITACA
OLG Stage on Hazelton Avenue

  • Organized by: Ambasciata d'Italia - Ottawa, Consolato Generale d'Italia - Toronto, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, ICFF, Fondazione Musica per Roma, MIDJ Musicisti Italiani di Jazz, Italian National Tourist Board, and i-jazz