The Toomai String Quintet is an ensemble devoted to playing a variety of musical traditions from around the world, creating its own string arrangements, and commissioning new works. The award-winning group has been engaging audiences across the US for over a decade, performing concerts in collaboration with presenters such as Carnegie Hall, 92nd Street Y, Midori and Friends, and The Juilliard School, among others.

Tonight at Barbès, Toomai will feature music from Brazil (Milton Nascimento, Gilberto Gil, Léa Friere, Heitor Villa Lobos), Cuba (Israel "Cachao" Lopez and Ernesto Lecuona), and the U.S. (Duke Ellington).

With violinists Emilie-Anne Gendron and Keiko Tokunaga (violins), George Meyer (viola), Hamilton Berry (cello), and Andrew Roitstein (bass)

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