Rhapsody in Blue and White

Guy Mintus is equally at home sharing the stage with jazz legends, composing for classical orchestras, collaborating with masters of traditional music, working with kids or guesting as a soloist with ska-punk band Streetlight Manifesto with whom he performed at a sold-out Beacon Theater.

Coming from a mixed heritage of Iraqi, Moroccan and Polish Jews, his music is a meeting point between different sources of inspiration flowing freely into each other. A trained concert pianist with the energy of a rock-star and a jazz musician’s sense of adventure who’s unafraid to throw into the mix his native Middle-Eastern scales and rhythms.

Guy’s awards include the Leonard Bernstein Award by ASCAP and the Bernstein Family Foundation and the Prix du Public at the Montreux Jazz Festival’s solo piano competition. His debut record, A Home in Between was selected as DownBeat Magazine’s Editor’s Pick while his sophomore release, Connecting the Dots, has been celebrated in concerts throughout the US, Canada, France, Switzerland, Germany, Israel, Turkey and Kazakhstan, including a New York CD release concert that has been recommended by the New York Times.

Guy’s latest record, A Gershwin Playground, was recently released on the prestigious label ENJA Records (Chet Baker, Charles Mingus, McCoy Tyner among others). The album that provides a fresh, modern and very personal take on the music of Jewish-American musical giant is receiving international support from both critics and audiences alike. An endorsed artist by Yamaha Pianos, Guy has performed/ composed works for Israel Chamber Orchestra, American Composers Orchestra, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, the Bavarian Philharmonic and for Miracle of Miracles, a new documentary about Fiddler on the Roof, by HBO director Max Lewkowicz.

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Gillian Sobel​​​​

Manager of Theatre Rentals and Administration at: gillian@prossermanjcc.com

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Galya Sarner​​​​

Director of Israeli Engagement at: galyas@srcentre.ca

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Talia Kojokaro

Program Coordinator at: talia@prossermanjcc.com