Saturday February 18, 2012 at 8 pm, $15 (students $10). Reservations call 905-543-8512. CONCERT CHANGE: jazz pianist Adrean Farrugia will play with Mike Malone, trumpet and flugelhorn player extraordinaire. Sophia Perlman will not appear, due to illness (we promise that she will be back later on).
Multi-award winning pianist and composer Adrean Farrugia is one of Canada’s most distinct voices on the piano. Fusing many diverse musical influences he has forged a personal sound which generates a uniquely individual creative statement. 
Multi-award winning pianist and composer Adrean Farrugia is one of Canada’s most distinct voices on the piano. Fusing many diverse musical influences he has forged a personal sound which generates a uniquely individual creative statement.
As a vehicle for his skills as a composer, pianist and band leader, Adrean formed the ensemble RICOCHET in 2008. The band released their self-titled debut recording in 2010 on the main stage at the Toronto International Jazz festival. Since the album has received expansive radio play across Canada as well critical acclaim nationwide and has been nominated for a JUNO award (Canada’s GRAMMY’s) for best Contemporary Jazz Recording of 2011. Adrean won a JUNO award in 2008 for best Traditional Jazz Recording (Debut, Brandi Disterheft) and a Hamilton Music Award in 2010 for Pianist of the Year.
Currently on the music faculties of York University and Mohawk College of Arts and Technology in Ontario Canada, Mr. Farrugia teaches piano and improvisation and has also done workshops and clinics internationally at the University of Colorado, University of Toronto, The Banff Centre for the Arts, and the Polish Jazz Society’s annual Summer Jazz Workshop in Warsaw. Adrean has also been a contributing writer to piano guru Larry Fine’s publication “The Piano Book”, the world’s foremost periodical on all things piano. Adrean was also honored to be invited as a performer and panelist at the 63rd Conference On World Affairs in Boulder Colorado in 2011.
