In support of her highly-anticipated new album, multi-award winning vocalist, pianist and songwriter Laila Biali brings Wintersongs & Holiday Classics across Canada. Experience winter-inspired original music alongside thrilling arrangements of secular and sacred classics featuring an all-star ensemble – an enchanted world of snow-swept landscapes, twinkling lights, and the magic of the holiday season.
Laila Biali has headlined festivals and venues spanning five continents from New York City’s Carnegie Hall to Beijing’s National Centre for the Performing Arts, and supported international icon Sting. Her 2020 album release, Out of Dust, received rave reviews and was nominated for a 2021 JUNO Award. Laila was also honoured by SOCAN Music with the Hagood Hardy Award for Excellence in Songwriting. In 2019, Laila’s eponymous release won her a JUNO Award (Canada’s GRAMMY) for “Vocal Jazz Album of the Year.” The year prior, she was awarded top prize at the Canadian Songwriting Competition in the Jazz category. Laila was also the youngest-ever double winner at Canada’s National Jazz Awards when she was named “SOCAN Composer of the Year” and “Keyboardist of the Year.” She received her first JUNO nomination for Tracing Light (2011), and a spot on DownBeat Magazine’s “Best Albums of the Year” for both Live in Concert (2013) and Out of Dust (2020). In September of 2017, Laila was brought on as the host for CBC Music’s national radio show, Saturday Night Jazz, a weekly show broadcast to millions of listeners across Canada. Learn more at www.lailabiali.com.
Laila will be joined onstage by:
Rebekah Wolkstein - violin (Payadora, Venuti String Quartet)
Shannon Knights - viola (Venuti String Quartet)
Amahl Arulanandam - cello (Art of Time, Venuti String Quartet)
We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.
Tickets are $33.50 + HST.
For tickets: https://www.villageplayhouse.ca/laila-biali
Scroll down to buy tickets! Playing Saturday, November 16th @ 7pm at the Bancroft Village Playhouse *If you require wheelchair or fully accessible seating please call the box office at 613-478-6060.
