Diana Krall, Michael Kaeshammer & More Set For Massey Hall, Thomson Hall In May

May listings for Roy Thomson Hall and Massey Hall: 

DIANA KRALL

Thursday, April 30 & Friday, May 1, 2009 both at 8 PM / Massey Hall / $127 - $77

416 872 4255 / Roy Thomson Hall Box Office at King & Simcoe / www.masseyhall.com

After nearly five years away from Canadian concert stages, Grammy Award-winning jazz vocalist and pianist Diana Krall returns with a new tour in celebration and in support of her new Verve CD Quiet Nights, to be released imminently! To fully showcase the sumptuous arrangements of Claus Ogerman on both Quiet Nights and Krall's material from Look of Love and When I Look in Your Eyes, Ms. Krall will be accompanied in concert by her usual sidemen Anthony Wilson (guitars), Jeff Hamilton (drums), John Clayton (bass) plus a 45-piece orchestra under the direction of conductor Alan Broadbent.

For additional information or interviews, please contact:

Rob Bennett at rob.bennett@sympatico.ca or Erin Smyth at ErinSmyth@Live Nation.com

MICHAEL KAESHAMMER

Friday, May 1 & Saturday, May 2, 2009 both at 8 PM / Glenn Gould Studio / $49.50 (includes CD)

416 872 4255 / Roy Thomson Hall Box Office at King & Simcoe / www.roythomsonhall.com

Michael Kaeshammer was classically trained in his native Germany, fell in love with boogie-woogie piano at age 13; six recordings later - his latest on the Alert label, Lovelight, included in the ticket price - he has become Canada's brightest triple-threat combo of piano virtuosity, vocal ability, and charisma. The core of a Kaeshammer live performance is his extraordinary ability to stir or hush a large crowd using his piano and his sense of humour.

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NATHANIEL DETT CHORALE - AND STILL WE SING... ALL O'WE IS ONE

Wednesday, May 27 & Saturday, May 30, 2009 both at 8 PM / Glenn Gould Studio / $39.50

416 872 4255 / Roy Thomson Hall Box Office at King & Simcoe / www.roythomsonhall.com

Trini to de bone! Artistic Director Brainerd Blyden-Taylor revisits his Trinidadian roots in a festive interpretation of music by Trini folk legend David Rudder, with special guest, Toronto's own Calypso Queen Macomere Fifi, and the steelpan sounds of Pan Fantasy, led by Wendy Jones.

RTH: 60 Simcoe Street (corner of King Street & Simcoe Street)
MH: 178 Victoria Street (corner of Shuter Street, just east of Yonge Street)
GGS: 250 Front Street West (at John Street)