Over the last decade and more, Maryem Tollar has built a reputation as a singer who can live and thrive in a variety of musical milieus. She was born in Egypt and raised in Canada with frequent sojourns in the Middle East. She has toured across Canada several times with a variety of projects including her own ensemble; Christos Hatzis’ multimedia project, “Constantinople” and his large scale work “Sepulcher of Life”. She premiered a new work by Christos Hatzis commissioned by Tafelmusik in March 2008. Maryem has sung on several film and television scores including the theme music for CBC Television’s “Little Mosque on the Prairie” and A.R.Rahman’s hit “Mayya Mayya” in the Bollywood movie “Guru”. Her 2008 performances include a concert in the Toronto Downtown Jazz Festival with guest master musicians Alfred Gamil (violin, oud) and Mohamed Aly (vocals, violin, oud) from Egypt, and Bassam Bishara (vocals, oud) from Toronto/Palestine; as well as a concert at the Calgary Folk Festival and at the Ottawa Chamber Music Festival.
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