Togni Trio

Peter-Anthony Togni / piano
Peter-Anthony’s music is kaleidoscopic in nature – deeply rooted in spirituality and contemplative, yet energetic and explosive, it travels from the somber to the ethereal. With diverse contemporary soundscapes built from choral, jazz and instrumental palettes, Togni explores the limits of listeners’ expectations – both fulfilling them and shattering them. Togni has been heard everywhere from Toronto’s Roy Thompson Hall, the Moscow Conservatory, the Oriental Arts Centre in Shanghai, to the Vatican in Rome for His Holiness Pope John Paul II. His music is broadcast regularly in Canada on the CBC, as well as internationally. Togni’s works have been released on XXI Records, CBC Records, Hänssler Classics, Warner Classics UK. In 2010 his Lamentatio Jeremiah Prophetae, was recorded by bass clarinettist Jeff Reilly and the Elmer Iseler Singers for ECM records. In October of 2012 the Togni Trio’s latest recording Spatium was released. Peter-Anthony is also organist for the internationally acclaimed trio Sanctuary and his jazz group the Togni Trio plays regularly through Canada and the US. He is also a well-known broadcaster on CBC Radio 2 and is currently the host of Choral Concert. In 2012, Peter-Anthony was the recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee Medal in honour of contributions made to Canadian community life. He currently resides in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
George Koller / bass
George Koller has accumulated hundreds of wildly diverse performing and recording credits in his 26-year musical career: the Shuffle Demons, Phil Woods, Peter Gabriel, Loreena McKennitt, Bruce Cockburn, Holly Cole and Ian Tyson, to name only a few. Recognized primarily as a bass player, George plays a variety of instruments; many featured on his award-winning solo CD, Music for Plants Animals, and Humans.
George Koller’s activities over the last 3 years have included touring with Holly Cole, producing new artists (Julie Michels, Ani Aubin, Deanna Knight, Andree Bernard, and The Toronto Tabla Ensemble), composing new music (guitar, voice chants), and appearing on many new recordings.
Most recently, he has released 2 independent CD’s for Yoga practice (Chants des Lumieres, and Music for Internal Arts). His playing of Indian stringed Instruments: Sitar, Sarode, Tanpura, and the violin-like Esraj and Dilruba are featured in the motion picture: Such a long Journey and on Loreena McKennitt, Jane Siberry, and Bruce Cockburn recordings.
Malcolm Gould / drums
Malcolm Gould is a Toronto-based drummer and percussionist with a wide variety of musical interests. During his 25-plus years as a music producer for CBC Radio Music he has produced many different CBC Radio 2 programs and a large number of recordings, including Celso Machado’s Juno Award-nominated CD “Jogo da Vida.” Malcolm has played with Peter Togni for many years and also produced the original Peter Togni Trio CD, “Shimmeree.”