Patricia Cano
Patricia Cano is a Peruvian Canadian singer from Sudbury, Ontario,[1] most noted for her musical theatre performances in the stage musicals of Tomson Highway.[2] She graduated from the University of Toronto in Spanish Literature and Theatre.[3]
Recording and performing a jazz-based style in English, French and Spanish,[4] she has released two albums as a solo artist,[5] and won a Toronto Theatre Critics Award in 2017 as Best Actress in a Musical for her performance in a production of Highway's The (Post) Mistress.[6] She performed the songs from The (Post) Mistress on the album version, which was a shortlisted Juno Award nominee for Aboriginal Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2015.[7]
She played a minor role in the television series Météo+, and her music has appeared in the television series Hard Rock Medical.[8] Both series starred musician and actor Stéphane Paquette, who appeared as a duet vocalist on Cano's debut album This Is the New World.
Discography[]
- This Is the New World (2009)
- The (Post) Mistress (2013)
- Madre Amiga Hermana (2017)
References[]
- ^ "Patricia Cano coming home to perform". Sudbury Star, April 7, 2017.
- ^ "Nothing heavy, just some great Highway songs". The Globe and Mail, June 25, 2010.
- ^ "Patricia Cano - Ottawa International Writers Festival". writersfestival.org. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- ^ "Patricia Cano, ritmos multilingües". Radio Canada International, August 8, 2016.
- ^ "Patricia Cano chante les femmes". Ici Radio-Canada, October 5, 2017.
- ^ "Come From Away wins Toronto Theatre Critics Awards". Toronto Star, May 25, 2017.
- ^ "Tanya Tagaq, Leela Gilday nominated for 2015 Juno Awards". CBC North, January 27, 2015.
- ^ "Hard Rock Medical is 'unapologetically northern'". Northern Life, June 4, 2013.
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