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Peter Van Huffel
Peter van Huffel (born September 6, 1978 in Kingston, Ontario) is a Canadian jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and composer based in Berlin. Biography Van Huffel grew up in Kingston, Ontario. He first learned to play the clarinet at the age of twelve, but switched to the alto saxophone at the age of 13. In 1997, he attended Humber College in Toronto, where he studied jazz under Pat LaBarbera and Don Thompson, and graduated from in 2001. His music career also began in Toronto. From 2002 to 2008, he lived in New York City. He earned a master's degree from the Manhattan School of Music. During this time, he made a name for himself in the local jazz scene and performed alongside jazz musicians Chris Potter, Clarence Penn and Donny McCaslin. He released his first independent album ''Mind Over Matter'' in 2003. He released the album of ''On Common Ground'' in 2005 and the album ''Silvester Battlefield'' in 2007 by the "Peter van Huffel Quintet". In 2008, he moved to Berlin. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingston, Ontario
Kingston is a city in Ontario, Canada. It is located on the north-eastern end of Lake Ontario, at the beginning of the St. Lawrence River and at the mouth of the Cataraqui River (south end of the Rideau Canal). The city is midway between Toronto, Ontario and Montreal, Quebec. Kingston is also located nearby the Thousand Islands, a tourist region to the east, and the Prince Edward County tourist region to the west. Kingston is nicknamed the "Limestone City" because of the many heritage buildings constructed using local limestone. Growing European exploration in the 17th century, and the desire for the Europeans to establish a presence close to local Native occupants to control trade, led to the founding of a French trading post and military fort at a site known as "Cataraqui" (generally pronounced /kætə'ɹɑkweɪ/, "kah-tah-ROCK-way") in 1673. This outpost, called Fort Cataraqui, and later Fort Frontenac, became a focus for settlement. Since 1760, the site of Kingston, Ont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anchor of the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration of 9,765,188 people (as of 2021) surrounding the western end of Lake Ontario, while the Greater Toronto Area proper had a 2021 population of 6,712,341. Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, sports and culture, and is recognized as one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world. Indigenous peoples have travelled through and inhabited the Toronto area, located on a broad sloping plateau interspersed with rivers, deep ravines, and urban forest, for more than 10,000 years. After the broadly disputed Toronto Purchase, when the Mississauga surrendered the area to the British Crown, the British established the town of York in 1793 and later designat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
