Jill to front Canada’s charm offensive
Catch the acclaimed singer at Jubilee Stage today at 5pm
Three-time Juno Award nominated singer-songwriter Jill Barber will lead Canada’s cultural diplomacy at Expo 2020 Dubai.
The Consulate General of Canada in Dubai and the Northern Emirates announced its agenda, ‘Looking Forward’, as part of its diplomacy through arts and culture. The country is also being promoted as a destination of choice for education and immigration, as well as a hub of innovation and technology.
Special interaction
Jean-Philippe Linteau, Consul General of Canada in Dubai and the Northern Emirates, said: “Canada will bring more artistic and cultural talents in the coming year to the UAE. Through cultural diplomacy, Canada seeks to promote its core values such as diversity and inclusion. The consulate held a special event for media to interact with Jill Barber and launch its cultural agenda.”
Barber, one of Canada’s most highly praised singersongwriters, is scheduled to perform today at 5pm, at the Jubilee Stage.
According to the Canadian Consulate, Barber’s “timeless voice will take listeners from the jazz clubs of 1950s Paris, to the cafés of 1960s Greenwich Village, to present day.”
Barber’s repertoire spans a transformative spectrum from folk, to vocal jazz, to pop, and includes songs in both French and English.
Aside from Barber, Les Grands Hurleurs, who have won the hearts of international audiences by performing modernised traditional music with the integration of folk, classical and bluegrass influences, will also perform at the Expo.
The group Beolach are also in town until tomorrow with novel arrangements of traditional tunes from Nova Scotia, Scotland and Ireland for fiddle, bagpipes, piano and guitar.