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Jou Tou

Imagine Quebec, China, South America and Ireland sitting down for a musical session. That’s the remarkable new sound of Jou Tou. In French, “Joue-tout” means “play everything”, which is the philosophy of this new group. As with the changing face of Canada, Jou Tou’s members come from wildly different backgrounds. Jou Tou takes the best from each musician’s heritage and blends the different traditions into a dramatic fusion...contemporary Global music with a truly Canadian sound.

Jou Tou is:
Andre Thibault: Quebec born, multi-instrumentalist, specializing in Latin guitar styles. He has developed a very personal sound on the Middle Eastern lute (oud), as well as percussion instruments and wind instruments including Shanaii and indigenous flutes.
Qiu Xia He: born in Shaanxi,China, virtuoso on the pipa (Chinese lute) and innovative musical collaborator. She is also a composer with several film credits to her name.